Restoration of USGS Latitude Pier Established in 1896
 The project is the idea of Jim McLefresh, GPS Surveyor
for Spokane County. Jim has done an outstanding job researching
the history of the monument and lining up permission from
various sources to restore this historical pier in front
of the Spokane County Courthouse. The monument
will be restored
by Spokane County under the direction of the facilities director,
Ron Oscarson, P.E. Both the LSAW Historical Society and Inland
Empire Chapter of LSAW will
cooperate in placing a brass
informational plaque at the base of
the restored monument.
This instrument pier was believed to be used by the USGS
to retrace the Washington-Idaho State boundary and establish
the upper Idaho-Montana State boundary.
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100th Anniversary of the International Boundary Commission
 On June 7, 2008, Denny DeMeyer, representing the LSAW Historical
Society and the Surveyors Historical Society, and Adam Nelson,
President of the Northwest Chapter of LSAW, attended the
ceremony at the Peace Arch in Blaine, WA, celebrating the
100th Anniversary of the International Boundary Commission.
Surveyors attending from the Canadian side included the
Canadian Commissioner to the IBC, Peter Sullivan from Edmonton,
Alberta. He is also the Surveyor General for Canada. Also
Doug Culham from Ottawa, Deputy Surveyor General of Canada
(East); Michael Thomson from Victoria, BC, Surveyor General
for the province of British Columbia; Robert Allen from Sechelt,
chairman of the BCLS Historical and Biographical Committee
and Gordon Thomson from Fort Langley, former executive director
of the BCLS.
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2008 David Thompson Conference
 The LSAW Historical Society and Surveyors Historical Society
were both represented at the 2008 David Thompson Conference
held in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, June 19, 20 & 21. Featured
was a "Kootenai Encampment" drawing attention to
the Kootenai way of life experienced by surveyor and map maker
David Thompson and his crew of voyagers between 1807 & 1811.
Almost 1/3rd of the sponsors and supporters of this event
were surveying organizations from all across the United States.
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Photo Gallery.
Next year's 2009 David Thompson Conference
will be held in Sand Point, ID. |
