Under an iron cover marked "SURVEY MON", 78H7526 was monumented near the south side of Kirkup Avenue and the east side of the Nancy Greene Highway. It is one of the few whose iron cover is actually removable. Upon removing the cover, however, one will always find the box full of silt and sand, as did we.
Rossland, home of Olympic Gold Medalist
Nancy Greene, is a high mountain town and, as such it receives a lot of snow. Its best known local attraction in the winter is
Red Mountain Resort, a renowned ski resort. In the summer Rossland attracts mountain bikers from around the world to test their sills and stamina on the world class mountain bike trails surrounding the town. With all that snow inevitably comes lots of sand on the streets through the winter. Come spring and melting snow, much of that sand washes into the many benchmark valve boxes arrayed on the streets. The result is that all become filled to overflowing with sand and silt. Many (most?) become impossible to open without the use of power tools. So, most of markers submitted in Rossland include photos of the valve box, but not the actual benchmark beneath. Each is stamped
British Columbia Control Survey. There's no mention on the datasheets whether the series are intended for vertical or horizontal control, though data for both is included. The iron covers are stamped "
SURVEY MON".
Name Province NTS map sheet Municipal
78H7526 British Columbia 82F.001.4.4 27-ROSSLAND
Rossland
Marker Type
TYPE 1 STANDARD CONCRETE POST
SIT AT THE JUNCTION OF NANCY GREEN LAKE HIGHWAY AND KIRKUP AVE. D.WHITE 1981 ROSSLAND INTEGRATED SURVEY AREA #27.
MKD BY P.CON #78H7526.
From MASCOT