Bronzed plaque honours pioneering surveyor

Have you ever wondered where those dark blue, bronzed highway plaques come from. There is one plaque that has much to do about our back roads and it’s very specific location tells us why the byways appear as straight lines, running north-south for the most part.
The plaque is located three kilometres west of Cochrane on the north side of Highway 11. It’s on the 49th parallel of latitude north of the equator. It is the 81st line of longitude, west of the Prime Meridian, crossing Highw