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Canal Boundary Retracement Panel:
N.Y.S. Assoc. of Professional Land Surveyors60th Annual Surveyors ConventionSaratoga Springs, N.Y.January 29, 2019
Laura Ayers, Esq. & James Vianna, PLS
“What did I get myself into”
“type 1” canal survey,i.e. high probability of
finding original undisturbed monuments with excessive
time lost due to dense vegetation
“type 2” canal survey,i.e. low probability of finding
original undisturbed monuments with excessive time lost due to digging through fill
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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE “BLUE LINE”(or is it?)
Excerpts from “MANUAL OF CANAL LAWS RELATING TO THE NEW YORK STATE CANALS; ------ TOGETHER WITH THE CANAL REGULATIONS ---- AS ESTABLISHED BY THE CANAL BOARD”, Compiled by George W. Chapman, Counselor at Law 1873, Page 410-412.
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Revised Statues of 1827, Chapter 9, Title 9, Article 1
Excerpts from “MANUAL OF CANAL LAWS RELATING TO THE NEW YORK STATE CANALS; ------ TOGETHER WITH THE CANAL REGULATIONS ---- AS ESTABLISHED BY THE CANAL BOARD”, Compiled by George W. Chapman, Counselor at Law 1873, Page 410-412.
Excerpts from “MANUAL OF CANAL LAWS RELATING TO THE NEW YORK
STATE CANALS; ------ TOGETHER WITH THE CANAL REGULATIONS ---- AS ESTABLISHED BY THE CANAL BOARD”,
Compiled by George W. Chapman, Counselor at Law 1873, Page 410-412.
Excerpts from “MANUAL OF CANAL LAWS RELATING TO THE NEW YORK
STATE CANALS; ------ TOGETHER WITH THE CANAL REGULATIONS ---- AS ESTABLISHED BY THE CANAL BOARD”,
Compiled by George W. Chapman, Counselor at Law 1873, Page 410-412.
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Laws of 1910 Chapter 199 calling for a survey of
canal lands not associated with the Barge Canal
(improved canal)
Laws of 1917, Chapter 51
Champlain Canal mapping just prior to abandonment
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Westerly marker description (top left corner of map)
Easterly marker description (bottom left corner of map)
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“Abandonment maps” Circa 1920
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Barge Canal
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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Barge Canal
Standard Barge Canal Witness Post @ Sta. 552+70.88
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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Champlain Canal
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NOTE: This section of the former Champlain Canal contains a two foot ± mis-closure error as shown on Map Reference One. The boundary line as shown hereon is by orientation to original undisturbed points recovered during this survey, namely canal traverse stations 935+33.19, 949+85.41, 961+40.19 and “Blue-Line” points 77, 82, 83, 85 and 91. Where record dimensions differ from actual field measurements, they are shown in parenthesis
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Abandoned canal pitfallsa.k.a. the “Blue line” may not be the
boundary
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Canal Boundary Retracement Panel:
Abandoned canal pitfallsa.k.a. the “Blue line” may not be the
boundary
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a.k.a. never do surveys for friends and family
FINAL CAUTION
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