Ontario Post One

Ontario Post One. Surveying for the Future. The precise geographic position of the Geodetic Station “Ontario Post One” is latitude 43° 39’ 45.421” North-longitude 79° 23’ 26.620” West. The coordinate position in the Ontario Coordinate System based on the North American Geodetic Survey 1927 Adjustment is 15,864,968.428’ North , 1,028,914.662’ East. Elevation above Mean Sea Level is 356.871 feet G.S.C. Datum. , Azimuth and distance to similar stations erected this Centennial Year 1967 in other national, provincial and territorial capitals of Canada are: , Whitehorse 317° 25’ 43.5” (azimuth) 2542.392 (miles) , Victoria 294° 36’ 50.5” 2110.738 , Edmonton 305° 55’ 19.0” 1685.158 , Regina 300° 26’ 22.0” 1271.991 , Winnipeg 303° 20’ 12.8” 942.912 , Quebec 58° 33’ 29.8” 453.989 , Fredericton 71° 21’ 16.1” 645.814 , Halifax 79° 33’ 39.9” 787.927 , Charlottetown 71° 46’ 53.5” 814.162 , St. John’s 68° 45’ 36.6” 1313.358 , Ottawa 54° 54’ 20.0” 219.189, Erected by the Government of the Province of Ontario , The Honourable John P. Robarts, P.C., Q.C., Prime Minister , 21 June, 1967, Surveying for the Future. This survey monument and plaque is dedicated to the Surveyors of Canada whose skill and industry contributed so greatly to the exploration, mapping and development of our nation. , It is symbolic of the beginning of the second century of surveying in Canada and is a First Post in a unified system of precisely coordinated survey points. , With eleven other Centennial Survey Monuments erected across Canada, it signifies the contribution by surveyors both past and present to the charting of our Nation’s future.