A454 - Canadian Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Long Description:
Documented History (by the NGS)
1/1/1973 by NGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1973 0.5 MI N FROM BLAINE. 0.5 MILE NORTH ALONG THE BURLINGTON-NORTHERN RAILROAD FROM THE STATION AT BLAINE, 0.4 MILE NORTH OF THE CROSSING OF MARINE DRIVE, 0.15 MILE NORTH OF THE U.S. CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION BUILDING, AT THE UNITED STATES-CANADA INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY LINE, IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTHEAST CONCRETE FOUNDATION OF A STEEL TOWER SUPPORTING A CHANNEL LIGHT, 65.0 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST RAIL, 25 1/2 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 5 (JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY), 25.6 FEET EAST OF BENCH MARK INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY MONUMENT 5, 0.7 FOOT SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST STEEL LEG OF THE TOWER, ABOUT 6 1/2 FEET HIGHER THAN THE TRACK, ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET HIGHER THAN THE HIGHWAY, AND 1.0 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND. SECTION 36, T 41N, R 1W.
1/1/1978 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1978 STANDARD DISK SET IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE 30-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE FOUNDATION FOR THE SOUTHEAST LEG OF A 50-FOOT HIGH STEEL TOWER WHICH STRADDLES THE U.S.-CANADIAN BORDER AND HOLDS A NAVAGATION LIGHT AND AN ORANGE DAY BEACON. THE MARK IS ABOUT 40 FEET EAST OF THE RAILROAD AND 20 FEET WEST OF THE SOUTH BOUND LANES OF U.S. HIGHWAY 99.
1/1/1988 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1988 (SD) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

Unique Designation: A454 Marker Type: Survey Disk Condition: Slightly Damaged

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