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Post by lizmc on Jun 24, 2015 16:40:27 GMT
From Twitter today about how Toronto's streets are in the grid system:
I grew up near Gibson House, a museum in the house of David Gibson, who was one of MacKenzie's rebels in 1837,who, once he returned from exile in the US, surveyed large parts on the north end of Toronto, specifically Willowdale (my neighbourhood), and Parry Sound, Ontario (north of here on Georgian Bay). There is a lot of information about the grids and how the farms were long and narrow, at the museum.....I was able to see the original survey for the farm our house was built on. |
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Post by shangas on Jul 21, 2015 7:14:47 GMT
In case anyone is wondering, this is a surveyor's chain:  It's the instrument used to measure land. From one end to the other, fully stretched-out, is one chain, or 66ft, as in the picture above. |
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Post by snacky on Jul 21, 2015 7:17:06 GMT
In case anyone is wondering, this is a surveyor's chain: It's the instrument used to measure land. From one end to the other, fully stretched-out, is one chain, or 66ft, as in the picture above. I'm still trying to get my act together to go to an antiques fair in my area. I blame you for inspiring me! I have one scoped out, but it requires getting up early, so I haven't gone yet. Someday I have to ask you for some tips or good books to read. It's amazing what you know! |
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Post by lizmc on Jul 21, 2015 11:03:11 GMT
In case anyone is wondering, this is a surveyor's chain: It's the instrument used to measure land. From one end to the other, fully stretched-out, is one chain, or 66ft, as in the picture above. Which is why road concessions and a lot of lots were 66 feet wide.......they were a chain wide...... |
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