Eric D. Colburn, PLS

PICTURESQUE AU SABLE CHASM, NEAR LAKE CHAMPLAIN, IS ABOUT TO BE SURVEYED FOR A STATE PARK

I came across this newspaper article from the New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, August 10, 1902. The title of this pictorial is “PICTURESQUE AU SABLE CHASM, NEAR LAKE CHAMPLAIN, IS ABOUT TO BE SURVEYED FOR A STATE PARK (Photographs by Katherine E. McClellan.)”.

The five captions to the photographs are:

• THE ELEPHANT’S HEAD.
• CROSSING TO DEVILS OVEN.
• THE BOAT IN THE FLUME.
• CATHEDRAL ROCKS.
• TABLE ROCK.

Perhaps it’s a little wanderlust but this sounds like a great surveying adventure to me. Hard work? Yes. Unforgiving, yet beautiful, terrain? Yes. Days full of challenges? Yes. But in the end, I bet it was done and done well. Or, is this a more a more generic usage of the term “surveyed”?

In either case, it looks like magnificent lands.

Anyone familiar with this park and/or survey? If so, leave us a comment below.

“Mohawk, NY -

The village of Mohawk is preparing to expand its tax base after completion of a recent land survey. Pending legal contracts and approval through the office of the Secretary of State of New York, the Mohawk trustees will be approving a new boundary, according to Denny Mowers surveyor. A total of 17 acres of land, which includes portions of several taxable parcels, is being annexed from the town of German Flatts…..”

Professional Land Surveyor Source: The Evening Telegram, Read the Entire Story