423J - Midway, BC
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N 49° 02.594 W 118° 52.617
11U E 362837 N 5433958
This benchmark is along Highway 3, midway between Midway and Rock Creek.
Waymark Code: WMGPZN
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 03/29/2013
Views: 4
If you're interested in getting up close and personal with this benchmark, I suggest you bring your own ladder. This one is right where NRCAN says it should be, but the pier it's on is a bit out into the river and stands about 6 or 7 feet above ground. The only sane way to get close is with the use of a ladder or something similar.
Access is from a road that comes off the highway just east of the present highway bridge. Park close to the bridge and you can walk along the Kettle Valley Rail Trail to the pier.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with a zoom with me that day, so the pix are taken from the river bank, as close as I could get.
NRCAN:
Unique Number : 25C423J
Name : 423J
Established by : Geodetic Survey Division - Nrcan
Province : BC
Prov. Identifier : None
NTS Map No : 082E02
STATION COORDINATES
Method : Scaled
Latitude : N49 02' 35
Longitude : W118 52' 34
DISMANTLED WOODEN TRUSS HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER KETTLE RIVER, IMMEDIATELY WEST OF RAILWAY, 10.0 KM EAST OF INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY NO. 33 IN ROCK CREEK, TABLET IN TOP OF EASTERLY CONCRETE PIER, 61 CM FROM NORTH (UPSTREAM) END.
Inspected in : 1925
Status : Good
Unique Designation: 25C423J
Marker Type: Benchmark Disk
Condition: Good
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