Ontario's Post One - Toronto, Ontario
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N 43° 39.760 W 079° 23.437
17T E 629760 N 4835665
This unusual benchmark was placed in 1967 to celebrate Canada's centennial.
Waymark Code: WMEJZG
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/06/2012
Views: 37
Located outside Ontario's Legislative Building, this marker reads
"ONTARIO POST ONE
Lat. 15.864.968.428' N
Long. -1.0.28.914.662 E"
and is accompanied by a plaque which reads in part:
"ONTARIO POST ONE
THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHIC POSITION OF THIS GEODESIC STATION "ONTARIO POST ONE" IS LATITUDE 43° 39' 45.421" NORTH- LONGITUDE 79° 23'26.620 WEST. THE COORDINATE POSITION IN THE ONTARIO COORDINATE SYSTEM BASED ON THE NORTH AMERICAN GEODETIC SURVEY 1927 ADJUSTMENT IS 15.864.968.428' NORTH - 1.028.914.662' EAST. ELEVATION ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IS 356.871 FEET G.S.C. DATUM.
AZIMUTH AND DISTANCES TO SIMILAR STATIONS ERECTED THIS CENTENNIAL YEAR 1967 IN OTHER NATIONAL, PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL CAPITALS OF CANADA ARE:..."
The plaque proceeds to list the coordinates and distances for all those cities and concludes:
"ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
THE HONOURABLE JOHN P. ROBARTS, P.C., Q.C., PRIME MINISTER
21 JUNE, 1967"
Type of survey mark: post with accompanying plaque
What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?:
The Ontario Provincial Legislative Building
What property is this mark defining?:
The Province of Ontario
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