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Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Jun 28, 2021 • 15 hours ago • 6 minute read • • IMG 1501 – Although the life of a surveyor was not always an easy one, there were times for recreation – not all work and no play. In this photograph of an ALS Weir Album photograph from Judy Lamour’s Laying Down the Lines: A History of Land Surveying in Alberta, we see a surveying crew making music. Photo by SUPPLIED Article content We were reminded in the previous Ponderings of the 1905 addition of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan to Canadian Confederation. They were the eighth and ninth provinces do so, and among the last to be surveyed. ....
Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Jun 22, 2021 • 5 days ago • 6 minute read • • Photograph from Earth Sciences Museum – Dr. E.D.G. Deville, Chief Inspector of Surveys, later Surveyor General, and Director General of Surveys. He was recognized, among other accomplishments, for his introduction and enforcement of a more scientific method of survey and development of phototopography (photogrammetry) used to photograph difficult terrain. Photo by SUPPLIED Article content The last few Ponderings made us aware of the Tomkins family – Peter Tomkins Sr., Peter Tomkins Jr., and his son Charles (Checker) Tomkins and their contribution to Canadian and Alberta history for which we all are the beneficiaries. ....
Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Jun 22, 2021 • 5 days ago • 6 minute read • • Photograph from Earth Sciences Museum – Dr. E.D.G. Deville, Chief Inspector of Surveys, later Surveyor General, and Director General of Surveys. He was recognized, among other accomplishments, for his introduction and enforcement of a more scientific method of survey and development of phototopography (photogrammetry) used to photograph difficult terrain. Photo by SUPPLIED Article content The last few Ponderings made us aware of the Tomkins family – Peter Tomkins Sr., Peter Tomkins Jr., and his son Charles (Checker) Tomkins and their contribution to Canadian and Alberta history for which we all are the beneficiaries. ....