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Records related to the North American Boundary Commission [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1872-1876

Reference:

R190-143-3-E, RG48-A-I-2

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

185461

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Department of the Interior fonds

Dominion Astronomical Observatory

Records related to the North American Boundary Commission
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Date(s):

1872-1876

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.7 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of records of the North American Boundary Commission that were incorporated into the filing system of the Dominion Astronomical Observatory. The sub-series includes field notes, astronomical observations, memoranda and miscellaneous records accumulated by Captain Cameron and his staff.

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North American Boundary Commission (1872-1876)

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North American Boundary Commission (1872-1876) : In 1872, a joint British-American Commission commenced the survey of the international boundary between Canada and the United States from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains. Captain DR Cameron was named as the British Commissioner in 1872 to work with a Commissioner appointed by the United States. Lieutenant Samuel Anderson was assigned to the expedition as chief astronomer with Lieutenant Albany Featherstonhaugh as his first ranking assistant and William F. King as sub-assistant astronomer. The commission has been referred to by a variety of names: the British North American Boundary Commission, the Northern Boundary Commission, the United States Northern Boundary Commission, American North-West Boundary Commission. The North American Boundary Commission completed its work in 1876. RG48 General Inventory; Thomson, Men and Meridians v.2, p. 164-165; NA, RG 88, Vol. 474, file 35324.

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(Paper) Finding aid 48-1 is a typed and hand-written file list. 48-1 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002629.pdf

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Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

Custodial history:

The records were presented to Canada by the Royal Observatory (Greenwich) and placed in the custody of the Chief Astronomer in 1898. The records were carried forward into the Dominion Astronomical Observatory after its creation. The stamp of the Observatory, dated 13 July 1907, can be found on all records of the western survey. While the records were held by the Observatory, they were organized by the alpha-numeric system (ie: 1E, 2E ...). In 1934, the documents were transferred to the then Public Archives of Canada.

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No further accruals are expected.

Related material:

Related records may also be found in the Archives of American North-West Boundary Commission series (MIKAN 105626, MG16-FO302), part of the Foreign Office fonds (MIKAN 158582, MG16-FO).

Source:

Government

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RG48-A-I-2
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG48] 29--32

[Consultation 90 Open]

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