Royal Engineers Observatory Memorial Cairn

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ROYAL ENGINEER CAMP
OBSERVATORY
1859-1860
AT THIS SITE, ROYAL ENGINEER
SURVEYORS OF THE COLUMBIA
DETACHMENT DETERMINED AN
ABSOLUTE VALUE FOR LONGITUDE
OF NEW WESTMINSTER, NAMELY,
8 HRS. - 11 MINS. - 33.3 SEC. WEST
OF GREENWICH FROM A SERIES OF
LUNAR OBSERVATIONS AT LATITUDE
49O - 12' - 47" NORTH.
RELOCATED JANUARY 1980, IN
COMMEMORATION OF THE BEGINNING
OF CADASTRAL SURVEYING AND
MAPPING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, BY
THEY SURVEY CLASS OF BCIT ON
THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
CORPORATION OF LAND SURVEYORS
OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
REFURBISHED 1990 BY THE BCLS
CORPORATION AND THE MINISTRY
OF CROWN LANDS.