Report of Research, Field Investigation and Survey of Robert D ...

5) Findings from Field Survey
5.1 General Goals
My goal for the preliminary site visit was to locate and make survey connections to all of the
survey monuments related to the subject Road Allowances, as well as to the nearby properties
(and especially the subject of the provisional Boundaries Act plan). Some monuments along the
Road Allowance between Lots 18 and 19 to the south of the Road Allowance between
Concessions 6 and 7 were also found, although several were either missing or disturbed. We also
found some survey monuments for the nearby lots within Reg’d Plan 779, and some near the
southerly end of Reg’d. Plan 757.
In addition to the subject boundary, I wanted to be able to give a reasonable answer to the
question: What will the impact on the adjoining owners be if we establish the Road Allowances
to the water’s edge in accordance with the methods prescribed by The Surveys Act? Boundaries
Act File B-1173 (see para. 6.4.3) dismissed that application because insufficient consideration or
research had been undertaken into its impact on neighbouring properties.
After reviewing the preliminary findings and the recent BA Application by O.L.S Stewart I
determined that some additional bars needed to be located and measured to. In addition,
additional survey monuments needed to be placed to define the boundaries of the Road
Allowances in question. Also, during a meeting with the Surveyor General and staff, it was
determined that a profile along the centre of both Road Allowances needed to be measured so
that sketches could be prepared showing the location of water’s edge at different important dates
during the history of the area. These would be:
1. 1823 (Patent to John Groessmann);
2. 1891 (Municipal Survey of Road Allowance between Concessions 6 and 7);
3. 1920 (Grant to J.B. Caston);
4. 1929 (Field Work for Survey of Reg’d. Plan 757).
The derivation of these elevations is explained at Paragraph 6.5.4, and the profiles for both
Road Allowances are included at Appendix D.
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