Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide - by Jay Sherwood (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>In this highly visual and authoritative work, award-winning author and historian Jay Sherwood returns to the Alberta/BC boundary and the survey of one of Canada's most stunningly rugged landscapes.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide is the second book of a two-part series describing the initial Alberta/BC boundary survey undertaken between 1913-1924. Surveying the 120th Meridian focuses on the years 1918-1924, when the Alberta crew continued the survey of the 120th meridian while the BC crew split off to continue mapping the Great (Continental) Divide. <p/> The Alberta/BC boundary survey was a unique Canadian project that combined talented surveyors, high-tech surveying equipment, rugged crew members and Canadian wilderness. This is a story of adventure and danger: the crew climbed mountains and surveyed from the peaks of the Canadian Rockies; slogged through the muskeg north of the Peace River; occasionally crossed rivers at high water; and often worked in the rain, snow or cold. <p/> The boundary survey produced the first detailed maps of the terrain along the divide and the first pictures of the northern Canadian Rockies taken from an airplane. But the most important legacy of this project is the collection of approximately 5,000 photographs developed from high-quality glass plate negatives. These photographs provide full panoramas of the Rocky Mountain landscape as it looked over a century ago. Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide combines the best of these photographs, diary entries and government documents to recount the astonishing journey of the surveyors and their crew members as they explored Canada's most dramatic landscape.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Jay Sherwood has done another remarkable job of combing through the old records, diaries, and field notes to produce his second book on the surveying of the border between British Columbia and Alberta. Here, again, described in detail and in chronological order, are the trials and tribulations of the survey parties--led by the remarkable Chief Land Surveyors: A.O. Wheeler, R.W. Cautley, and H.F. Lambart--working from the top of the peaks of the Rocky Mountains to the flat muskeg swamps of the Peace River Country." -- <b>Robert Allen</b>, British Columbia Land Surveyor (Life Member and Past President, Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors), Canada Lands Surveyor (Past President, Association of Canada Lands Surveyors) and Life Member Canada Institute of Geomatics</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Jay Sherwood</b> is a historian and retired teacher-librarian who worked in surveying for several years. He is the author of six BC history books, including SURVEYING NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA (Caitlin Press, 2004), SURVEYING CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA (Royal British Columbia Museum, 2007), RETURN TO NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA (Royal British Columbia Museum, 2010), FURROWS IN THE SKY: THE ADVENTURES OF GERRY ANDREWS (Royal British Columbia Museum, 2012), IN THE SHADOW OF THE GREAT WAR (Royal British Columbia Museum, 2013), SURVEYING SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA (Caitlin Press, 2014), which was shortlisted for the Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for Historical Writing, CHAUTAUQUA (Caitlin Press, 2015), and THE LANDSCAPE OF EARNEST LAMARQUE (Caitlin Press, 2016). Three have won awards, including two from the series about Frank Swannell. Jay was also the editor for BANNOCK AND BEANS (Royal British Columbian Museum, 2009), Bob White's account of the Bedaux Expedition.</p>
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