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H.M.S. Egeria Benchmark

Overview

HMS Egeria Benchmark. Credit: Jarmila Storkova
Photo Credit: Jarmila Storkova

Neighbourhood

Stanley Park

type

Other

Significance

O: Other

Description

Near the Nine O’Clock Gun is situated a plaque, which notes that this spot was used as a reference point by the HMS Egeria, a surveying ship, in 1898. This point was previously used as a reference point by the Royal Engineers in 1863 during their survey of Burrard Inlet. The Engineer’s mark was rediscovered in 1936, when the plaque was commissioned.

Source

Stanley Park, National Historic Site- Commemorative Integrity Statement 2002

More information

http://stanleyparkecology.ca/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/02/ParksCanada_Commemorative-Integrity-Statement-2002.pdf

Map

H.M.S. Egeria Benchmark

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