Canadian Geodetic Surveys?

[+johnbarber]

I would like to know if there is anywhere that a Canadian Geodetic survey marker can be recorded as a find. I found one in a rather interesting spot that I am quite sure has not been seen lately and want to know if canadian markers can be logged like they do in the states?

[+canadazuuk]

Hmmm.... isn't there a locationless cache for this?

[+johnbarber]

I am not sure if this is the kind of survey marker that can be entered for the locationless cache.

[Curious George]

I would like to know if there is anywhere that a Canadian Geodetic survey marker can be recorded as a find. I found one in a rather interesting spot that I am quite sure has not been seen lately and want to know if canadian markers can be logged like they do in the states?

Not right now - but I read not too long ago that Jeremy was working on adding Canadian Benchmarks.

[QuigleyJones]

Hmmm.... isn't there a locationless cache for this?

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...85-a1595e9f51f6

[+johnbarber]

good to hear that, as I have come across a few of these markers in interesting spots.

[+PDOP's]

Here's a thread with some links to previous discussions about benchmarks in Canada.

[+johnbarber]

Hmmm.... isn't there a locationless cache for this?

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...85-a1595e9f51f6

this is not the type of benchmark that I have found.

[+BC Eagle]

I think the cache called "Canadian Base Network" GC45B1, is the one you are looking for. It is a virtual cache.

[+TheGertridgeExplorers]

Here is the link for Canadian Base Network Cache.

 

Donna G

Edited May 26, 2005 by TheGertridgeExplorers

[Mufinman]

I AM TOTALLY TRASHING THIS BOARD. I'm not even from canada! but i still think canada's awesome!

[+Tidalflame]

By chance I found a survey cap today that says "British Columbia Legal Survey" and has a bunch of numbers on it, including the date "1987." What kind of survey cap is this? Is there a locationless cache for these yet? Where can I get more information on them?

[+johnbarber]

That is also not the type of survey marker that I found. The one I found does not have the lat and long on it.

[Curious George]

That is also not the type of survey marker that I found. The one I found does not have the lat and long on it.

What kind of marker was it that you found? There are a number of different sites where you can search for the various types of markers, but nowhere to log them as finds yet - other than the few locationless cache ones.

[+Love Bugs]

Hi were abouts did you find the Marker? Was it near the tracks in the town you work in by any chance or was it out in the bush, up a mountain or some other unlikly place?

[+Tidalflame]

Not sure who you're talking to, but the one I found was out along a trail. A pretty secluded area - it's out of the city, and not too many people know about it.

[+Deneye]

did you take a picture?

[+Tidalflame]

Yeah. I could post it, but if there is a locationless cache for these kind of things, it would be a bit of a cheat. I just realized that I don't have the coordinates to it, though, and I'd probably need those as well. ...Woops.

[+Couparangus]

I'm not sure why people get so excited about these things.

 

That said, I've tried to find about six BMs from the 1800s with no luck at all. I figured these would be interesting as they are simply a metal rod protruding from some masonry. Okay, that in itself isn't that exciting I'll admit. The only ones I've found are the ones I've tripped over (literally) and the ones that are caches themselves.

[+Hard Oiler]

The only ones I've found are the ones I've tripped over (literally) and the ones that are caches themselves.

And don't forget to look for the couple that are travel bugs

 

Locationless Benchmark

Lost Geodetic Marker