Renfrew Benchmark

The term, "benchmark", has come to have many meanings. In this post we use the original meaning for it, "a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point." These benchmarks exist in many places. The one pictured here occupies a place on the grounds of the Renfrew Town Hall on the northeast corner of Raglan Street South and Railway Avenue in Renfrew, Ontario.

GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA
THE ELEVATION OF THIS BENCHMARK IS
424.892 FEET
ABOVE SEA LEVEL

GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA
OTTAWA
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BM
No 1980