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Chapter D11 ver. 1

Boundary Maintenance

Table of Contents

Effective Date

This Chapter is effective January 1, 1997. It was originally published as Chapter D11 of the Third Edition of the Manual of Instructions for the Survey of Canada Lands.

Chapter Sections

General

  1. Boundary maintenance of previously surveyed boundaries may consist of any or all of the following:
    1. clearing of vistas
    2. blazing trees; or
    3. restoring obliterated monuments and ancillary monumentation.
  2. Specific survey instructions are issued for boundary maintenance surveys.

Procedures

  1. The general instructions in Chapter D1 regarding cutting out and blazing lines apply to boundary maintenance surveys.
  2. The condition and markings of all monuments and ancillary monumentation shall be recorded.
  3. The general instructions in Chapter D1 for the placement of marker posts apply to boundary maintenance surveys.
  4. Lost or disturbed monuments shall not be re-established, unless specific survey instructions to do so have been issued by the Surveyor General or a person designated by the Surveyor General to issue such instructions.

Returns

  1. The returns shall consist of:
    1. a survey report as prescribed in chapter D15;
    2. sketch plans, if necessary, to convey the condition of the vistas and monumentation;
    3. official field notes, if ancillary monumentation or monuments have been restored;
    4. reproducible copies of plans registered or filed in a provincial land titles or land registry office pertaining to the survey; and
    5. any other information required by the specific survey instructions.