MON 154 - Danville, WA
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N 49° 00.005 W 118° 30.296
11U E 389927 N 5428556
This border monument is west of the Grand Forks, BC - Danville, WA border crossing by about 100 metres.
Waymark Code: WMGQ0C
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 03/30/2013
Views: 2
It's also uphill by about 100 metres. The way to get to it is not from the border crossing, but via Hillview Rd., off Highway 41, just south of Highway 3 in Grand Forks. Follow your GPS, and you'll be able to drive essentially to the border, then walk right to the monument. I've not approached it from the US side, but that looks to be possible, as well.
Over the years it has been broken and repaired, then re-repaired, so it is not in great shape any more. Recovery reports are at the bottom.
USGS:
DESIGNATION - MONUMENT 154
PID - TP1313
STATE/COUNTY- WA/FERRY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - Curlew
NAD 83(1991) POSITION- 49 00 00.26469(N) 118 30 17.73616(W)
HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
HISTORY - 1905 MONUMENTED IBC
HISTORY - 1946 GOOD IBC
HISTORY - 1952 GOOD IBC
HISTORY - 1958 GOOD IBC
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION 1905 (JJM)
THE MONUMENT IS AN ALUMINUM - BRONZE SHAFT SET IN A 3 FOOT SQUARE
CONCRETE BASE AND PROJECTS 4-1/2 FEET ABOVE THE BASE. ---CANADA---
IS CAST ON THE NORTH FACE OF THE SHAFT,---UNITED STATES---ON THE
SOUTH FACE, AND---TREATY OF 1846, LINE ESTABLISHED 1857-1907---ON THE
EAST FACE. ON THE WEST FACE IS A PLATE BEARING THE NUMBER OF THE
MONUMENT.
STATION RECOVERY (1946)
RECOVERY NOTE BY INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION 1946
MONUMENT 154--FOUND BROKEN OFF AND 2 SECTIONS OF THE SHAFT LYING
BESIDE THE BASE. THE SHAFT WAS FILLED WITH CONCRETE, REINFORCED WITH
STEEL RODS AND RESET ON THE BASE.
STATION RECOVERY (1952)
RECOVERY NOTE BY INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION 1952
MONUMENT 154--NEAR CARSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA AND DANVILLE, WASHINGTON.
THIS MONUMENT HAD BEEN REPAIRED IN 1946, BUT IN 1952 THE TWO UPPER
SECTIONS OF THE ALUMINUM POST WERE VERY LOOSE. AFTER THE CONCRETE
FILLING HAD BEEN CHIPPED AWAY TO CLEAR THE JOINTS AND THE POST HAD
BEEN BRACED IN A PLUMB POSITION, THE OVERLAPPING JOINTS WERE WELDED.
A CURRENT OF 170 AMPS AT 60 VOLTS AND A NO 61 BRONZE ROD WERE USED
IN THE WELDING.
STATION RECOVERY (1958)
RECOVERY NOTE BY INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION 1958
STATION SEARCHED FOR AND RECOVERED.
Type of survey mark: Silver painted obelisk on a concrete pad
What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?:
It is behind a fence at the back of a private yard. There is an azimuth disk on a 1 foot steel post a few feet directly west. Both are on the border.
What property is this mark defining?:
Canada - US Border
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