MONUMENT 553 (PG2202) - Derby Line, VT/Stanstead, QC
Posted by: Ernmark
N 45° 00.343 W 072° 05.881
18T E 728698 N 4987682
International Boundary Marker situated in beside the Haskell Free Library which straddles the Canada/United States border.
Waymark Code: WMVWZ9
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2017
Views: 8
The monument is located along the sidewalk on the E side of Rue Church, and N of Caswell Ave. This benchmark is often photographed by tourists visiting this unique library and unusual boundary location.
Recovery information from the (US) National Geodetic Survey datasheet is as follows:
1/1/1907 by IBC (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION 1907 STATION MARK--A CAST-IRON POST ABOUT 38 INCHES HIGH SET IN A CONCRETE BASE 3X3X3 FEET DEEP. NOTE--THIS DESCRIPTION HAS NOT BEEN FIELD CHECKED.
1/1/1966 by IBC (POOR)
RECOVERY NOTE BY INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION 1966 (HGD) REPAIR WORK WAS CARRIED OUT ON MONUMENT IN 1966.
1/1/1980 by IBC (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION 1980 (DD) MONUMENT WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.