GC166MQ George McPhillips Jr (Traditional Cache) in Manitoba, Canada created by area51-wpg

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onecrazycanadian: Hi,

I'm archiving this listing since it's been at least 2 weeks since I last contacted you and there has been no response. If you correct the problem I indicated at some time in the near future I will take another look at it and may consider unarchiving the cache.

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Hidden : 9/24/2007

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Terrain is a grassy/tree area beside McPhillips. It is a med camo lock and lock container.

I have decided to place some caches around Winnipeg with a history about a nearby street. This one is near McPhillips Street which is named after George McPhillips (c1848-1913) who was a Land surveyor.

George McPhillips came from a family of land surveyors. His father, George Sr., was the first generation of the family to perform this work in Western Canada. George Sr. arrived in Manitoba in 1872 and set up a surveying business, joined by George Jr. until 1875 when he and his brothers Robert Charles McPhillips and Francis McPhillips opened an office of their own, McPhillips Brothers. The firm was active during the Winnipeg boom of 1881-82.

In 1875, George Jr. was authorized by the Winnipeg city council to prepare an official map of the city, the first of its kind in the West. It was a difficult task because the few existing maps of subdivisions had to be revised and brought together. The first of these maps was done in January 1872 and comprised the homestead of James Ross, whose property extended from the Red River west to Princess Street. The width of the homestead was one city block, from James Avenue to Rupert Avenue. In the course of the project, McPhillips surveyed 625 streets, measuring 290 miles. The job gave him such publicity that, in 1883, he was asked by the council of Windsor, Ontario to prepare a map of that city. He later returned to Winnipeg.

George McPhillips Jr. died at his home at 168 Kennedy Street on 20 November 1913, and was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery.

He is commemorated by McPhillips Street in Winnipeg.

This profile is based on information compiled by historian Harry Shave. Here is the website I found the information. A really neat site that gives insight how most of streets of Winnipeg were named.

(visit link)

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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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