Surveying for the Future - Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
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This survey monument and plaque is dedicated to the surveryors of Canada whose skill and industry contributed so greatly to the exploration , mapping and development of our nation.
Waymark Code: WM12TMF
Location: Yukon Territory, Canada
Date Posted: 07/13/2020
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Inscription on the plaque:
Surveying for the Future
This survey monument and plaque is
dedicated to the surveyors of
Canada whose skill and industry
contributed so greatly to the
exploration, mapping and development
of our nation.
It is symbolic of the beginning of
the second century of surveying in
Canada and is a first post in
a unified system of precisely
coordinated survey points.
With eleven other Centennial
monuments erected across
Canada, it signifies the contribution
by surveyors both past and present
to the charting of our nation's future.
Location: In front of the Elijah Smith Building, in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: Not listed
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