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In Ontario, a baseline forms a straight line parallel a geographical feature (mostly a lake, especially Lake Ontario or Lake Erie) that serves as a reference line for surveying a grid of property lots. The result of this surveying is the concession road and sideline system in use today.
Any errors in the survey became apparent at the road junctions, with the side roads being offset. [9] Example Jogged Intersection in Single Front Township. Single-front survey example (Ontario) In a double-front survey, lots were measured from the front of the concession to a midpoint, and then from the back of the concession to the midpoint ...
Albert Pellew Salter (1816–1874) was a provincial land surveyor in Upper Canada then Ontario in the mid-19th century. [1] He is historically most notable for having discovered magnetic abnormalities at what is now Creighton Mine in Greater Sudbury, while surveying a baseline westward from Lake Nipissing in 1856.
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Figure 1. This BLM map depicts the principal meridians and baselines used for surveying states (colored) in the PLSS. The following are the principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States, with the year established and a brief summary of what areas' land surveys are based on each.
The recorded history of the area begins with the original survey of the northern shore of Lake Ontario conducted by Augustus Jones in 1791. The survey established a baseline soon to be called Lot Street (later renamed Queen Street).
In 1791, Augustus Jones undertook a survey of the area, establishing the baseline and some of the concessions. The same year, the District was transferred to the newly created province of Upper Canada. In 1792, the district was renamed Home District, and Pickering was established as a township. [10]
Baseline (surveying), a line between two points of the Earth's surface and the direction and distance between them; Baseline (typography), the line upon which most letters "sit" and below which descenders extend; Baseline (budgeting), an estimate of budget expected during a fiscal year; Baseline (science), information found at the beginning of ...