Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Old Surveys

Was checking the Deerwood property line the other day and noticed the orange spray paint I'd applied to trees last autumn have faded quite a bit.

Seems your regular, run of the mill orange spray paint don't do too good on tree bark. I've picked up some special tree marking spray paint, but haven't tried it yet. Plastic flagging tape is pretty good too. I'm not going as far as priming wood stakes and painting them red because the boundaries I mark are only with an orienteering compass - red stakes are for the pros.

Below is a nifty photo of a crew of surveyors at camp circa 1870. That's when the first survey work was done in the Parry Sound district. Not too long ago was it?

Surveyors' camp in Parry Sound District (1870s).

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