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| J.H. Turner was a surveyor with the US geological service. In 1889, American geologists came north to make an independent determination of the 141st Meridian on the Yukon and Porcupine rivers. The steamer //Yukon// dropped J.E. McGrath and his ten-man party at Fort Yukon and continued up the Porcupine river with J.H. Turner and his ten-man party. On August 11th, Turner's surveyors reached (Old) Rampart House and determined that the Hudson's Bay Company post was 20 miles west of the boundary line between Canada and the United States. On August 18th, Turner established a site for his Camp Colonna at the mouth of Sunaghun Hun (Old Wife's River) that he thought was just east of the boundary. By September 17th, the surveyors' outfit had been transported to the site, a space cleared of trees, and a 50' x 15' house with a projected "T" 15'x 20' erected. Another ten foot square log building was erected with a meridian telescope in place as an astronomical observatory. These were the first buildings erected on what became present-day Rampart House, Yukon.((Lewis Green, //The Boundary Hunters: Surveying the 141st Meridian and the Alaska Panhandle.// University of British Columbia Press, 1982: 28-32.)) | J.H. Turner was a surveyor with the US geological service. The Canadian governmnet started surveys to locate the US Canada border in Alaska in 1888. In 1889, American geologists came north to make an independent determination of the 141st Meridian on the Yukon and Porcupine rivers. The steamer //Yukon// dropped J.E. McGrath and his ten-man party at Fort Yukon and continued up the Porcupine river with J.H. Turner and his ten-man party. On August 11th, Turner's surveyors reached (Old) Rampart House and determined that the Hudson's Bay Company post was 20 miles west of the boundary line between Canada and the United States. On August 18th, Turner established a site for his Camp Colonna at the mouth of Sunaghun Hun (Old Wife's River) that he thought was just east of the boundary. By September 17th, the surveyors' outfit had been transported to the site, a space cleared of trees, and a 50' x 15' house with a projected "T" 15'x 20' erected. Another ten foot square log building was erected with a meridian telescope in place as an astronomical observatory. These were the first buildings erected on what became present-day Rampart House, Yukon.((Lewis Green, //The Boundary Hunters: Surveying the 141st Meridian and the Alaska Panhandle.// University of British Columbia Press, 1982: 28-32.)) |
