84C273 84C273 -- Canal Flats BC CAN
N 50° 09.410 W 115° 48.556
11U E 585057 N 5556747
The Canadian benchmark was on the FORMER Canal Flats School building on 4958 Burns Ave -- now converted into part of an Asian fusion restaurant that operates seasonally in this small town
Waymark Code: WM15PTZ
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 02/06/2022
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When Blasterz were buzzing around Canal Flats in July 2019, we found this benchmark behind a sheet of plywood. It looked to us (knowing nothing about the community) that the school was undergoing renovations.
Blasterz are Texans, so we are going to sneak the plywood off the building far enough to get a shot of the benchmark, but we are NOT going to MOVE the plywood and disturb any creepy crawlies that might take offense and make themselves known.
In the process of writing this benchmark in 2022, as we checked Google Earth to verify street names and etc., we see that this building is still standing, part of the Viibrant Earth Cafe, which opened in October 2019: (
visit link)
Well, that explains the 2019 plywood and renovations. Even the bush with the bees buzzing in it is still there in 2022.
"Name: 84C273
Province: British Columbia
NTS map sheet: 082J04
Unique Number: 84C273
Provincial Identifier: none
Network: 50115
Marker Type: Permanent agency marker
Inspected in: 1984
Established by: Canadian Geodetic Survey - NRCAN
Status: Good
Comments: None
Accessible by passenger car or light truck and a walk of less than 50 m.
Canal Flats Canal Flats Elementary Junior Secondary School, tablet in SE conc fdn, 33 cm from S cor, 53 cm below stucco siding."