On June 21st 1967 at 2:30 EST. a simultaneous dedication in all Capital cities of Canada took place to honour the land surveyors of this country. The twelve Centennial monuments and plaques were unveiled to the public showing the important part the surveyor played in the exploration and mapping of our nation. Each capital city will have a brass cap which is a First Post in a unified system of precisely co-ordinated survey points. Some monuments have a document cache or a time capsule encased to be opened on our 200th birthday.
The first survey of land in Canada was made in 1625 on the St. Charles River near the City of Quebec and was made by the man recognized as Canada's first surveyor, Samuel de Champlain.
Early surveying in Saskatchewan was done by M.B.Weeks, Lindsay Russell, and W.S Gore. In 1872 forty survey parties were sent out to survey the prairies. The Free Lands Homestead Act of 1872 gave homesteaders 1/4 of a section of land to occupy and improve by clearing trees and sod breaking.
To Log your find e-mail a description of what is directly east and west of the Brass Cap. You can include pictures of the monument if you'd like.
First Post locations :
Ottawa
Whitehorse
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Fredericton (destroyed)
St John's
Charlottetown(under repair)
Halifax
Quebec City (destroyed)
Toronto
Victoria(destroyed)
Regina