D 1982 - Niagara Parkway, ON
Posted by: Ernmark
N 42° 58.310 W 079° 00.171
17T E 662861 N 4759622
Blank disk stamped 'D' & '1982' NE of Niagara Parkway - near a set of steps leading down to the Niagara River.
Waymark Code: WMP8PB
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/20/2015
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This mark located on the SW side of the Niagara River and NE of Niagara Parkway.
This mark is in the Geocaching.com benchmark database which was imported from the US National Geodetic Survey database in 2000 - (
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Description information pulled from geocaching.com's copy of the NGS datasheet is as follows:
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE 1982 (RHH) THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHIPPAWA CHANNEL OF THE NIAGARA RIVER SOUTH OF THE ENTRANCE TO BAKER CREEK.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE BRIDGE OVER THE WELLAND RIVER IN TOWN OF CHIPPAWA, GO SOUTH AND EAST ON THE NIAGARA PARKWAY FOR 17.0 KM (10.6 MILES) TO SCHWEGLER ROAD ON THE RIGHT AND THE STATION ON THE LEFT.
THE STATION IS A BLANK DISK STAMPED---D 1982---, SET INTO THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT 30 CM IN DIAMETER RECESSED 5 CM BELOW THE GROUND. IT IS LOCATED 14.26 METERS (56.8 FT) NORTH FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE JUNCTION OF NIAGARA PARKWAY AND SCHWEGLER ROAD, 1.426 METERS (4.68 FT) SOUTH FROM THE TOP OF THE WOODEN STAIRWAY DOWN TO THE BOATHOUSE, AND ON LINE WITH CENTERLINE OF SCHWEGLER ROAD.
HEIGHT OF LIGHT SHOWN ABOVE THE MARK WAS 1.48 METERS.
DESCRIBED BY J. DANIEL.
Note - disk and mounument now project about 1" above grade.