SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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SURVEYORS OF
B.C. ODDITIES
TO THE INDIANS
ABORIGINES STARTLED BY YEAR
LY CHARTING OF CANADA
ACROSS COUNTRY
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Jan. 19. (ff)—
From mountain to mountain, all the
way up the British Columbia coast,
from the 49th parallel of north lat
itude to the panhandle of Alaska,
highpowered lights have flashed every
summer for the past twelve years.
On the quarter decks of some
of British Columbia’s giant hills
men could be seen waving their
arms, loitering when it was foggy,
alive when the moon shone and,
on the whole, doing, everything
possible to give the Indians a night
mare. Gladsome glades resounded
with the noise of stakes being driv
en, forests being felled to make way
for the Invar ape, and camps sil
houetted against the foothills, in
places the Indians were certain no
rich mineral could be located.
The invasion of the primeval wil
derness was nothing more or less
than a party of twenty men making
the geodetic survey of Canada.
Every summer from May 1, to
September 15, for the past twelve
years this party has worked on this
important charting of the Canadian
Coast on the Pacific and fixing a def
inite point from which the great ba
sic survey line across Canada is to
be run.
Last summer the line was started
and went 120 miles inland, paral
leling the Canadian National Rail
way.
From the St. Lawrence in East
ern Canada a line is moving west
ward and in time the two parties
will meet and tie their line together,
giving the provinces af Canada a
definite position to work from in all
future development. Surveyors will
plumb their instruments over cop
per posts set a given distance apart
and bearing the exact longitude and
altitude of the position, to the. sec
ond, and from there provinces will
have their corner posts established,
cities will be laid out, villages lo
cated, timber-limits fixed, and min
ing claims confirmed.
Charting Canada by the stars, has
been an interesting procedure for
the past twelve years, and will no
doubt be equally engaging for the
next twelve years.
Commencing at the 49th paral
lel of north latitude, the party es
tablished a post from which to
work, did considerable tangent work
around the mouth of the Fraser
River, then hopped over to a straw
berry shaped hill on Bowen Island
in Howe sound, set up a light, at
first taken as a distress signal but
later found to be a minor observa
tory, and fixed locations in that vi
cinity.
Prospect point and Point Atkinson
in the confines of Vancouver were
tied into the survey and the wireless
station in Point Grey, a suburb of
Vancouver, also received a position.
From that point thework was all
in a northerly direction on moun
tains about 4000 feet high and near
ly thirty miles apart. On each of
these a point w’as made, rectangular
lines were run to other mountains
and length ad agles af these measur
ed, ad the party sat down to await
the coming of night so that the
North Star could be located.
Then by the La Place reading the
definite position of the post, already
fixed by mathematics would be made.
By this triangulation system of
measurement checked on the stars,
the coast line was established in
jumps of about thirty miles.
As the party moved farther into the
jungles of the country, the curiosity
of the Indians had to be contended
with.
By this triangulation system of
measurement checked on the stars,
the coast line was established in
jumps of about thirty miles.
As tlhe party moved farther into
the jungles of the country, the
curiosity of the Indians had to be
contended with.
■From bivouacs hidden in trees
along the banks of streams, red
blanketed figures would gaze for
days, then would slowly approach
the survey party. When the instru
ments failed to go off, made no deaf
ening noises, and the men ignored
their presence it was not an uncom
mo thing for the native to pick up
one of the copper posts and make
away with it if not stopped.
The shining aright copper appeal
ed to the Indian.
Every few miles along the en-1
tire traverse north, deserted log
cabins were encountered. Horses
and dogs, wild, having bene de
serted by their owners when the
latter left the districts or died,
wandered through tlhe woods, in
stinct urging them to make friends
with the surveyors but their en
vironments giving them a furtive
backwardness, akin to the natives
of the forests.
Here and there along the routes
totem poles of olden days were
seen, always in the vicinity of the
little Indian churches.
From Prince Rupert to the Queen
Charlotte Islands, a distance of 100
miles, the longest line in the whole
geodetic survey was thrown, and
now if a cannery or -wharf is to rise
on those islands, there is a survey
post already established, and no ex
cuse can be given for encroaching on
other people’s property.
All along the coast survey, light
houses, church spires and wireless
stations were tied into the meas
urement and given a definit posi
tion While corner posts for all the
little settlements and villages were
established.
OLDTIMER BACK
TO PROSPECT
With the purpose in mind of con
tinuing prospect work in the Chick
en Creek district, Iditarod, where he
has been located for many years,
D. S. McDowell, arrived in town Sat
urday from the States, departing yes
terday morning for the Interior. Mr.
McDowell sold out the majority of his
holdings some months ago to Nellie
Beatty and Mr. Duffy.
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—Alaska Shop. tf
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tionary—Alaska Shop. tf
Fine leather writing companions at
$2.50 and up—Alaska Shop. tff.
Smokers’ sets and fine merschaum
pipes with genuine amber stems—
$8 and up—Alaska Shop. tf.
Ladies’ hand tooled leather purses
and bags—Alaska Shop. tf.
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