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Brian Brown, President Message from the President - Moving Forward August 2017 4

Kelly Stofer, Secretary Secretary's Letter - Unauthorized Practice August 2017 5

Chad Rintoul, CAO Setting Goals August 2017 8

Brian Brown, President Delegate Reports - APEILS - AGM August 2017 9

Brian Brown, President Delegate Reports - ANLS - AGM August 2017 12

Brian Brown, President Delegate Reports - ALSA - AGM August 2017 13

Wayne Griffith OIP Luncheon August 2017 17

Mike Thomson LTSA Update August 2017 19

Robert Allen British Columbia Farm Museum Update August 2017 24

Robert Allen George Blair Miller August 2017 26

Robert Allen Rupert Seel Obituary August 2017 30

Photos Memories of the 2017 AGM Victoria August 2017 32

New Commissions August 2017 35

40 Year Pins August 2017 36

25 Year Pins August 2017 37

Robert Allen Unlikely Coincidences August 2017 40

Robert Allen Arthur Holland, BCLS, Photo Scanning Project August 2017 43

Peter Goodier Understanding the Difference Between Reference Plans and Posting Plans August 2017 46

AGM Information Whistler 2018 August 2017 48

Cristin Schlossberger Land Act Right of Way Titles August 2017 51

GIRBC Information August 2017 53

Link Reader Photographs August 2017 55


Brian Brown President's Message April 2017 3

Chad Rintoul CAO- Positive Transitions for the ABCLS April 2017 4

Brian Brown Delegate Reports - Land Surveyors Assoc. of Washington AGM April 2017 5

Ron Johns Delegate Reports - National Surveyors Conference - Ottawa April 2017 6

Ron Johns Delegate Reports - ANBLS April 2017 10

Wayne Griffith OIP Luncheon April 2017 14

Mike Thomson LTSA Update April 2017 15

Brad Hlasny CGVD2013 - Provincial Adoption January 2018 April 2017 20

Robert Allen Book Review-Ootsa Lake Odyssey by Jay Sherwood April 2017 25

Robert Allen Doug Roy's Photo Album April 2017 27Complaint Inquiry

Committee The CIC on Boundary Resolution April 2017 29

Robert Allen Hiking on the Sunshine Coast April 2017 33

PAD Section 59.1 Land Surveyors Act - What Does it Mean? April 2017 35

New Commissions April 2017 39

Doug Dodge Resume for Madam IP Con April 2017 46

CCOG Canadian Generally Accepted Land Surveying Principles April 2017 47

Jeff Beddoes Post Renewal Form Filed with the Surveyor General April 2017 55

Ron Johns 5th Annual BCLS Boating Rendezvous - July 2017 April 2017 57

112th AGM - Sponsors April 2017 57


Ron Johns Message from the President - Maintaining Professionalism December 2016 3

Kelly Stofer Secretary's Letter - Entering Private Property December 2016 4

Chad Rintoul CAO-The Link Magazine--A New beginning December 2016 5

Bronwyn Denton Delegate Reports - ANSLS AGM December 2016 6

Ron Johns Delegate Reports - AMLS AGM December 2016 8

Wayne Griffith OIP Luncheon December 2016 9

Marissa Moore 2016 BCLS Golf Tournament December 2016 11

Reid Egger CPD Committee Update December 2016 13

Mike Thomson LTSA Update December 2016 15

Brad Hlasny CGVD2013 - Provincial Adoption January 2018 December 2016 21

ABCLS 112th Annual General Meeting & CPD 2017 December 2016 25

Larry Marshik Trig Network and Rays to Himalayan Peaks December 2016 32

PAD Practice Advisory Department - Digital Field Notes December 2016 36

PAD Practice Advisory Department - Tampering with Field Evidence December 2016 41

PAD Practice Advisory Department - Survey Letters December 2016 44

Karen Martin Can a Land Surveyor File a Lien in British Columbia December 2016 45

External Relations Com. Mandatory BC One Call December 2016 47

Robert Allen Biography - Jon Michael Magwood December 2016 49

Richard Wey BC Land Surveyors Foundation December 2016 53

BC Land Surveyors Foundation Awards BCIT - 2016 December 2016 56

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Dave Morton Windows 10 Revisited August 2016 4

John Motherwell Letters: Section 59.1 of the Land Surveyor's Act August 2016 4

Ron Johns President's message: Staying Afloat August 2016 5

Ron Johns ALSA - AGM August 2016 6

Ron Johns ACLS - AGM August 2016 7

Ron Johns ANFLS - AGM August 2016 9

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum August 2016 10

Gord Gamble PAD - Creating Perfect Plans August 2016 17

Chad Rintoul CAO - The Public Interest August 2016 24

Robert Allen North American Surveyors Canoe Team Reunion August 2016 25

Robert Allen 2016 McVittie House and Land Surveying Office August 2016 26

Wayne Griffith OIP Luncheon - Wayne Griffith August 2016 36


The CIC on Posting Plan Timelines August 2016 42

Michael Kidston Professional Liability Insurance Committee August 2016 42

Reid Egger Continuing Professional Development Committee August 2016 43

The Art and Science of Estimating August 2016 44

Jane Seyd Legal Issues: Man who Chain-sawed Neighbours Deck August 2016 44

Dave Swaile Elk Pass Bountdayr Restoration Survey August 2016 45

Ernest Yap The Combo that Opens Access August 2016 48

Robert Allen Book Review: The Landscape of Ernest Lamarque by Jay Sherwood August 2016 54

Robert Allen Book Review: The Land of Heart's Delight by Michael Layland August 2016 57

Bill Brookes New Canadian Provinces Accidentally Discovered August 2016 58


Dave Morton The Land Surveyor and Technology April 2016 4

Ron Johns President's Message - The Next Step April 2016 5

Bronwyn Denton New Brunswick AGM April 2016 6

Bronwyn Denton Ontario - AGM April 2016 7

Chad Rintoul From the CAO April 2016 8

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum April 2016 8

Robert Allen LMG-Donation to the BC Land Surveyors Foundation April 2016 13

Jordan Litke FIG Young Surveyors North America & Minnesota Society - Meeting April 2016 14


Marrisa Moore 2015 BCLS Golf Tournament April 2016 18


Minda Riley CPD Committee Update April 2016 23

AGM 2016 April 2016 25

Robert Allen Biography - Kenneth Kew Wong April 2016 37

Richard Redfern Legal Issues: Section 59.1 of the Land Surveyors Act April 2016 40

Warren Barnard Where the Roads Have no Name April 2016 41

Nick Raeside Timber Surveys in the Kinbasket Public Sustained Yield Unit April 2016 44

Brad Cooper Earthquakes that Distorted Canterbury, New Zealand April 2016 50

Robert Allen Book Review - Chautauqua Serenade by Jay Sherwood April 2016 54

Robert Allen Book Review - Through an Unknown Country by Mike Murtha and Charles Helm April 2016 55

Bill Brookes Rollie and the Porcupine April 2016 57


Dave Morton Windows…. 10 Again December 2015 4

Letters: Doug Meredith David Trevorrow December 2015 5

Bronwyn Denton President's Message - AGM & Reflections on the Past Year December 2015 6

Steve Buzikievich Manitoba AGM - Lake View Hecla Resort December 2015 7

Ron Johns Nova Scotia AGM December 2015 8

Ron Johns PEI AGM December 2015 10

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum December 2015 11

Chad Rintoul From the CAO December 2015 16

Robert Allen McVittie House 2015 Work Party and Grand Opening December 2015 17

Len Orrico Surveyors on Bikes December 2015 19

New Commissions December 2015 20

Wayne Griffith OIP Luncheon - BC Farm Museum December 2015 21

Michael Kidston Professional Surveyors Canada - PLIC December 2015 23

Chuck Salmon Lifetime Achievement Award - Stan Nickel December 2015 24

Stan Nickel Thank you to the ABCLS December 2015 25

CIC Communication December 2015 26

CPDC Getting It Right BC - 2016 December 2015 36

AGM - 2016 December 2015 39

Robert Allen/Wayne Griffith Biographical Corner - Paul G. Penner December 2015 44

Steve Buzikievich Biographical Corner - Richard Chapman December 2015 48

Robert Allen Biographical Corner - Christopher Charles Everett December 2015 50

Neil Bennett Face to Face with a Terrorist? December 2015 52Neil Bennett/Nigel

Hemingway Fort Steele at Night December 2015 53

Robin Kenyon Photos: Treaty Survey for the Toquaht Nation December 2015 56

Dave Morton Editor's Effort - More on Windows 10 August 2015 4

Bronwyn Denton President's Message - McVittie House and Presidential Challenges August 2015 5

Bronwyn Denton Delegate Report - Alberta Land Surveyor's AGM August 2015 6

Bronwyn Denton National Surveyors Conference August 2015 7

Bronwyn Denton Association of Newfoundland Land Surveyors AGM August 2015 8

Bronwyn Denton Association of Saskatchewan Land Surveyors AGM August 2015 9

Chad Rintoul Chief Administravie Officer - Public Awareness August 2015 10

Peter Goodier PAD - Horizontal Positional Accuracy (HPA)- How is it Calculated August 2015 11

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum - LTSA August 2015 17

Lawyer Story of the Year August 2015 22

Wayne Griffith The Center of the Universe August 2015 23

Robert Allen Robert's Corner: A Short Primer on Geocaching August 2015 32

Robert Allen Robert's Corner: BC Farm Museum Exhibition August 2015 33

Bulletins New Commissions August 2015 36

Minda Riley CPD Committee and CPD Program Update August 2015 40

Don Watson OIP Luncheon Report August 2015 41

Chuck Salmon The Complaint Inquiry Committee on Conflicts of Interest August 2015 43

Robert Allen Biographical Corner: David Victor Trevorrow, BCLS #402 August 2015 44

Bill Brookes Catless Collection - The Mouse that Soared August 2015 46

Robert Allen Silver Pockets Full August 2015 47

Will O'Hara Can a Land Surveyor be Wrong Without Being Negligent? August 2015 49

Steve Estopinal E-Files: Feeling the Heat August 2015 51

Dave Morton Windows 10 Preview April 2015 4

Steve Buzikievich Recollections of the Past April 2015 5

Bronwyn Denton Reflections of a New President April 2015 5

Steve Buzikievich Ontario AGM 2015 April 2015 6

Chad Rintoul From the CAO April 2015 8

Gord Gamble/Peter Goodier Field Notes Revisited April 2015 9

Mike Thomson Land Title and Survey Authority of BC April 2015 12

Robert Allen Fort Steele - McVittie House and Land Surveying Office 2015 Surveyors Rendezvous April 2015 18


Continuing Professional Development Committee Report April 2015 22


Surveyor-On-Bikes April 2015 36

Robert Allen Biographical Corner - Robert Durling April 2015 37

Robert Allen Biographical Corner - Augustus Wilberforce McKnight April 2015 38

Will O'Hara and Anna Husa Protecting Survey Monuments April 2015 42

Robert Allen Book Review: The Elusive Mr. Pond by Barry Gough April 2015 45

Robert Allen Book Review: Surveying Southern British Columbia by Jay Sherwood April 2015 48

Bill Brookes Spies, Vigilantes and Cattle Rustlers April 2015 49

AGM 2015 Penticton - Photo April 2015 52


Dave Morton Apology and Technology April 2014 4

Dorothy Bunbury Note of Thanks - Alex Bunbury April 2014 5

Steve Buzikievich President's Message - The Nature of the Job April 2014 5

Ian Lloyd Delegate Reports April 2014 6

Chad Rintoul Chief Administrative Officer - Looking Ahead April 2014 8

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum April 2014 9

Basketball BC Hall of Fame Inductee - Mike Thomson April 2014 13

Robert Allen Roberts Corner - McVittie 2014 Work Party Request April 2014 13

Chatter - New Commissions April 2014 14

Kate Fairlie, Calling all Young Surveyors to the FI Young Surveyors Network April 2014 15

Jamie Enders Norm Swanson and Made to Measure April 2014 17

Robert Allen Navigating Nanaimo… Maps and Charts of the Harbour City April 2014 17

Chuck Salmon Complaint Inquiry Committee Corner: Investigating Boundary Complaints April 2014 18

Don Watson/Dick Mak OIP Luncheon Report - January 8th, 2014 April 2014 19

AGM 2014 - Continuing Professional Development April 2014 21

Pat Burnham ABCLS AGM Photo review April 2014 25

Jeff Salmon Business Practices - Public Relations for Your Land Surveying Business April 2014 42

Robert Allen George Norman Worsley - Biography April 2014 44

Barry Cotton Alexander Clive St. Piere Bunbury - Biography April 2014 45

Steve Rogers The Centennial of the Alberta - BC Interprovincial Bounday Commission April 2014 47

Peter Goodier BCLS Teaches Surveying in Bhutan April 2014 52

Doug Dodge Substitute Instrument Tripod April 2014 54

Bill Brookes Catless Collection - How to Change a Light Bulb April 2014 54

Neil Bennett On the Job - Person of interest April 2014 55

Robert Allen Land Survey Trumps all Documents in a Purchase April 2014 57

Robert Allen The Champlain Award April 2014 58

Dava Sobel Book Review - Longitude by Ken Allred April 2014 58

Dave Morton Editor's Effort - Surveys and Software August 2014 4

Steve Buzikievich Presidential Activities August 2014 5

Bronwyn Denton Delegate Report - ACLS - AGM August 2014 5

Steve Buzikievich Delegate Report - Saskatchewan AGM August 2014 6

Steve Buzikievich Delegate Report - Newfoundland and Labrador AGM August 2014 7

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum - LTSA Update August 2014 9

Chad Rintoul Chief Administrative Officer August 2014 12

Jeff Bedoes/Tim Sheaff Sections 55 and 56 of the Land Act: A Simplified Summary August 2014 13

Ken Johnson The Old Man Sits in the Corner August 2014 17

Don Watson/Dick Mak OIP Luncheon Report - May 5, 2014 August 2014 19

Neil Bennett Mentoring August 2014 20


Minda Riley CPD at Regional Group Meetings - What's Behind the Big Green Curtain August 2014 22

Changtal Meijer Biographical Corner: All in the Nash Family August 2014 23

Robert Allen Kootenay River Resurvey Project - July 31, 2012 August 2014 38

Robert Allen McVittie House and Land Surveying Office August 2014 51

Dave Morton Editor's Effort - Technology and Scams December 2014 4

Steve Buzikievich President's Message - The Torren's Land Registry System December 2014 4

Bronwyn Denton AGM 2014 - Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors December 2014 5

Steve Buzikievich Geo Congres2014 December 2014 6

Steve Buzikievich Corporation of Quebec Land Surveyors AGM December 2014 7

Steve Buzikievich Association of Nova Scotia Land Surveyor December 2014 8

Chad Rintoul Strategic Plan December 2014 9

Peter Goodier/Gord Gamble Georeferencing and Plan Preparation December 2014 10

Mike Thomson Land Title and Survey Authority (LTSA) of British Columbia Update December 2014 14

Naomi Miller The McVittie House December 2014 18


Marissa Moore 2014 BCLS Golf Tournament December 2014 20

John Whittaker Update on the Moberly Monument Project December 2014 21

BC Land Surveyors Foundation Awards - BCIT 2014 December 2014 21

110th ABCLS AGM December 2014 23

Gerry Rempel Biographical Corner: Gerhard Rempel, BCLS December 2014 40

Peter Tassie Biographical Corner: James Currie Agnew, BCLS December 2014 42

Robert Allen Biographical Corner: Desmond (Dem William Carrier, BCLS December 2014 43

Robert Allen Biographical Corner: (Captain) Lionel Austen-Leigh, BCLS December 2014 45

Chuck Salmon Propiretorships, Partnerships and Companies December 2014 47

Bill Brookes About Torpedoes, Belugas and Diapers December 2014 48

Mike Taylor An Adventure to the Dempster: Ticking an item off the Bucket List! December 2014 50

Jeff Salmon Business Angle: Maps and Legends December 2014 56


Ian Lloyd President's Message - Looking Forward April 2013 4

Nigel Hemingway Delegates Report - ANBLS AGM April 2013 5

Nigel Hemingway Delegates Report - AOLS AGM April 2013 7

Chad Rintoul Chief Administrative Officer - Six Months on the Job April 2013 10

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum - LTSA April 2013 11


Don Watson OIP Luncheon April 2013 18

John Armstrong McVittie House Restoration: 2012 Projects April 2013 20

CPD Committee Update April 2013 21

ABCLS Photo Review - 2013 AGM Whistler, BC April 2013 23

Minda Riley The UPSIDES of the Election Process April 2013 39

Robert Allen Biographical Corner - Gordon Thomson BCLS #425 April 2013 41

Biographical Corner - Case Wagenaar BCLS #416 April 2013 44

Hugo Lachapelle-Chisholm Legal Issues - Emmett v. Arbutus Bay Estates Ltd. April 2013 46

Robert Smith Beyond the Plumbob - Alan Comfort's Velocette MSS April 2013 49

Robert Allen Book Review: Gold Rush Steamboats: Francis Rattenbury's Yukon Venture April 2013 50

John Whittaker Book Review: Beating About the Bush April 2013 52

Neil Bennett 1986 Bogota, Columbia April 2013 54

Don Watson Another Day in the Life of a Surveyor April 2013 56

Barry Cotton Neologisms April 2013 57

Dave Morton Editor's Effort - The Value of a Camera August 2013 4

Ian Lloyd President's Message - Association Bulletin August 2013 5

Ian Lloyd Delegate Reports August 2013 6

Chad Rintoul Chief Administrative Officer - Association Update August 2013 11

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum August 2013 11

Don Watson Chatter - OIP Luncheon January 9, 2013 August 2013 15

Wayne Griffith A Lost Link - Gus Gnadeberg August 2013 17


Continuing Professional Development Committee Update August 2013 19

Tim Jowett Examination of Plans and Documents August 2013 20

Bill Beardslee Business Practices - Beyond the Scope: Business is Still About Relationships August 2013 23

Robert Allen Biographical Corner - Life Membership Doug Roy August 2013 24

Robert Allen Douglas John Roy - Biography August 2013 36

Robert Allen William Charles Meyerstein - Biography August 2013 39

Robert Allen James Ferguson Nicoll - Biography August 2013 41

John Theed Puzzle Page August 2013 43

Justin Giovannetti Legal Issues - One Tree, Two Neighbours and a changed Legal Landscape August 2013 44

Bill Brookes Catless Collection - The Unexpected Holiday August 2013 45

Nick Raeside Out of Line… Misadventures of a Chainman August 2013 46

Remus Rudd Hoax - Browsing the Internet August 2013 55

Steve Estopinal E-Files: Corn Squeezins August 2013 57

Dave Morton Editor's Effort - Technology for Surveyors December 2013 4

Ian Lloyd President's Message - FIG's Vision of the Cadastre December 2013 5

Ian Lloyd Delegate Reports - Presidential Travels December 2013 6

Chad Rintoul Chief Administrative Officer - Professional Competency Program Update December 2013 7

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum - LTSA Update December 2013 8

Robert Allen Robert's Corner - Surveyors Rendezvous 2015 December 2013 12

Robert Allen Downton Lake Area Survey December 2013 13

Don Watson/Dick Mak Chatter - OIP Luncheon September 11, 2013 December 2013 14

BC Land Surveyors Foundation Awards BCIT 2013 December 2013 18

ABCLS AGM and CPD - March 19-21, 2104 - Richmond December 2013 20

Gord Gamble Practice Advisory Department - The Pad Challenge December 2013 39

Don Watson Doug Roy, BCLS #295 - Memorial Service December 2013 43

Robert Allen Fifty Years Ago December 2013 44

Don Duffy Legal Issues - Encroachments Update December 2013 45

Barry Cotton Survey History - Some Notes on Deadman's Island December 2013 46

Ian Lloyd Survey Technology - Black Boxes December 2013 47

Bill Brookes Catless Collection - Making Ice Cream in the Arctic December 2013 49

Chuck Salmon Complaint Inquiry Information to Members December 2013 50

Robert Allen Book Review - In the Shadow of The Great War December 2013 51

Robert Allen Book Review - 1958…. A Summer to Remember - Jim Ritchie December 2013 53

Surveyors are not Heroic Figures December 2013 54

Katherine Gordon We are Born with the Songs Inside Us December 2013 55

Neil Bennett On the Job - Career Awareness Miscue in Haida Gwaii December 2013 56

Jeff Salmon Business Practices - Business Angle: What to Do When There's Not Much to Do December 2013 56


Peter Mueller Past President's Message - Adapting to Change April 2012 5

Peter Mueller Delegate Reports April 2012 7

Gordon Gamble/Brent Taylor Practice Advisory Department - E-Filing: Completing the Application to Deposit Plan April 2012 12

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum - LTSA Update April 2012 14


Don Watson OIP's Luncheon April 2012 24

Steve Buzikievich Newbie No More April 2012 25

CPD Spring Report April 2012 26

2012 AGM Photo Review April 2012 39

John Parnell Remembering Jack (Parnell) - Biographical Corner April 2012 46

Hugo Engler William David Usher - Biographical Corner April 2012 48

Robert Allen Michael Glenn Mickiewicz (PLS Washington) - Biographical Corner April 2012 49

Shauna Goertzen Duncan Cran - A face from the Past - April 2012 50

Larry Marshik Mapping the West from Wheeler Peak April 2012 53

Jeff Baldwin True North April 2012 54

John Whittaker Walter Moberly - Biographical Corner April 2012 55

George Miller Survey Techniques - Underground Surveying - A Few Perils to Avoid April 2012 57

Dick Mak Computer Confusion - Dust Issues in a Computer April 2012 59

Pete Muralt Legal Issues - Liability… Edgeworth Construction v.Lea & Associates April 2012 60

Ron Johns Any Sailors Out There?? April 2012 62

Robert Allen Delegate Reports - Idaho Society of Professional Land Surveyors AGM August 2012 5

Nigel Hemingway ALSA 103rd AGM August 2012 6

Nigel Hemingway ANLS 59th AGM August 2012 8

Nigel Hemingway SLSA 102nd AGM August 2012 10

Chuck Salmon ABCLS Office Update August 2012 12

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum - LTSA Update August 2012 12


Chatter - New Commissions August 2012 19

OIP's OIP's Luncheon - May 9, 2012 August 2012 20

Michael Collins Biographical Corner - Maurice Heathwood Collins August 2012 22

Robert Allen Biographical Corner - My Summer Experiences with Maurice Collins August 2012 23

Blair Smith Biographical Corner - Messing About with Boats with Maurice Collins August 2012 26

Ron Scobbie Biographical Corner - Victor Howorth Ernest Crockford August 2012 27

David Jones Biographical Corner - James Samuel Irvine Jones August 2012 38

Don Duffy Legal Issues - Fences as Evidence August 2012 39

Don Duffy Iron Post Holes as Evidence August 2012 40

Larry Marshik Ultimate Limitation Period August 2012 41

George Miller Survey Techniques - Monitoring Buildings Adjacent to Excavations August 2012 42

Neil Bennett Neil's Adventures - Chapter One - the SW August 2012 43

Bill Brookes Catless in Ottawa - Just More Stinkin' Work August 2012 46

Larry Marshik Survey History - Use of GLO Survey Data in Ecology and History August 2012 52

Hands Across the Border August 2012 53

Evolution of the International Boundary August 2012 55

Artists and Photographers for the Commissions August 2012 57

Is the International Boundary on the 49th Parallel of North Latitude? August 2012 59

Robert Allen Book Review: Furrow in the Sky… The Adventures of Gerry Andrews August 2012 61

Nigel Hemingway President's Message: The Change Continues August 2012 62

Nigel Hemingway President's Message: Professional Compentency December 2012 4

Nigel Hemingway Delegate Reports - The Association of Manitoba AGM December 2012 6

Nigel Hemingway Quebec Annual General Meeting December 2012 7

Nigel Hemingway Nova Scotia Annual General Meeting December 2012 8

Chad Rintoul Chief Administrative Officer December 2012 10


Robert Allen Robert's Corner - Mount Gerry Andrews Mountain-top Ceremony December 2012 17

Robert Allen BCLS Foundation December 2012 20

Chatter - New Commissions December 2012 21

Don Watson OIP Luncheon December 2012 22

CIC - The Case of an Unprofessional Relationship December 2012 23

CIC - Avoiding the Pitfalls in Client Communication December 2012 25

LTSA Completes Business Modernization December 2012 41

ABCLS ParcelMap BC Update - 2012-11-01 December 2012 42

CPD Update - Natural Boundaries Seminars December 2012 43

BC Land Surveyors Foundation Awards BCIT - 2012 December 2012 44

AGM 2013 - CPD Seminars December 2012 48

Richard Wey Biography - Thomas Williams, BCLS #287 December 2012 52

George Miller Survey Techniques - George Miller December 2012 54

Bill Brookes Catless Collection - Not even a mouse… December 2012 60

John Theed Puzzle Page - Rectangle Calculation December 2012 61


Richard Wey Past President's Message - The Year in Review April 2011 5

Peter Mueller President's Message - Reflection and Looking Ahead April 2011 7

Janice Henshaw Executive Directors Message - Reflections on the Annual General Meeting April 2011 8

Gordon Gamble PAD - Evidence April 2011 9

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum - Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia April 2011 12

John Theed Puzzle Page April 2011 17

Robert Allen Robert's Corner - Mount Gerry Andrews April 2011 18

Chatter - ABCLS Foundation/Northern Group Scholarships April 2011 20

LTSA Board of Directors April 2011 20


Craig Johnston LTSA Requirements April 2011 25

Chuck Salmon Recognition for BC Land Surveyors April 2011 25

Bill Chapman/Janice Henshaw 2011 AGM… Photo Review April 2011 39

Dick Mak OIP Group Luncheon April 2011 49

Robert Allen Biographical Corner - Fred Stanley Lloyd Sheppard, BCLS #361 April 2011 51

Biographical Corner - Lothar Thaddaus Schwendtmayer, BCLS #441 April 2011 54

Biographical Corner - Albert Duff Wight, April 2011

Don Duffy Accretion Downstream from Dams April 2011 55

Bryan Bates Ignorance is Not Bliss for Land Surveying April 2011 56

Jeff Johnson Business Practices Committee - Fraud: How to Avoid Being Taken to the Cleaner's April 2011 59

Peter Mueller President's Message - The Last Four Months August 2011 5

Peter Mueller Delegate Reports - ALSA August 2011 6

Peter Mueller Delegate Reports - ANLS August 2011 7

Peter Mueller Delegate Reports - SLSA August 2011 9

Peter Mueller Delegate Reports - APEILS August 2011 10

Peter Mueller Delegate Reports - ACLS August 2011 12

Janice Henshaw

Current Events, Strategic Thinking, and Who Knows Where you will find a Survey

Stake August 2011 14

John Theed Puzzle Page - Point of Intersection August 2011 16

Chatter New Commissions August 2011 18

Todd Mackenzie 2011 World Student Environmental Summit August 2011 21

Ian Lloyd BCIT Update August 2011 23

2011 David Thompson Brigade August 2011 24

Don Watson OIP Group Luncheon - May 12, 2011 August 2011 37

Dick Mak Trials & Tribulations of a Compass Traverse August 2011 37

Neil Bennett Heaven or Hell with a Political Overtone August 2011 40

Don Watson Notice - OIPs Tour of the LTSA Office August 2011 40

CPD Report… Getting it Right BC (GIRBC) August 2011 42

Peter Goodier CPD Accretion Seminar August 2011 43

Stever Buzikievich The Newbie on the Board August 2011 44

Business Practices Committee Business Management Software Evaluation August 2011 44

Robert Allen Biographical Corner - Frederick Thomas Piercy Cond BCLS #71, DLS August 2011 50

Roger Galibois Survey Techniques - Underground Services August 2011 57

John Whittaker Book Review - Search for a Seaport August 2011 58

Peter Mueller President's Message - Planning for the Future December 2011 5

Peter Mueller Delegate Reports - AMLS December 2011 6

Peter Mueller Delegates Reports - ANSLS December 2011 7

Janice Henshaw

Executive Directors Message - Zipping into the Future… but Remembering the

Legacies of the Past December 2011 10


Robert Allen Robert's Corner - 2011 David Thompson Columbia Brigade December 2011 16

Robert Allen Presentation during the 2011 DTCB to the Snohomish Chapter, LSAW December 2011 21

Barry Cotton Neologisms December 2011 21

Rick Beaumont Chatter - Surveyors on Bikes (SOB's) 11th Annual Reunion December 2011 37


Don Watson OIP's Victoria Land Title & Survey Authority Office Tour December 2011 40

Stever Buzikievich The Board Adventure Picks Up Speed December 2011 42

Steven Burns Business Practices Committee - Discounting Can be a Pain the Bottom Line December 2011 43

Jeff Salmon Business Angle: Getting Paid December 2011 44

Robert Allen Biographical Corner - Denis Peter Noonan December 2011 48

Dick Mak Computer Confusion-Dust Issues in a Computer December 2011 48

CPD Report on Fall Activities December 2011 49

John Theed Puzzle Page - Playing field December 2011 53

Todd Mackenzie Agenda 21 of the French Order of Licensed Surveyors December 2011 54

Heab-Claude Tetreault GeoEd - Accessible CPD Acress Canada December 2011 55

Nigel Hemingway L'Ordres des Arpenteurs-Geometres du Quebec December 2011 56


Richard Wey President's Message - Introduction April 2010 5

John Armstrong Delegate Reports-ANBLS AGM April 2010 6

John Armstrong Delegate Reports-AOLS AGM April 2010 8

Janice Henshaw Executive Directors Message April 2010 9

George Fenning Practice Advisory Department - Update April 2010 10

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum-LTSA of BC - Update April 2010 12

John Theed Puzzle Page April 2010 16

Dick Mak Certificate of Fellowship-William Robinson April 2010 17

Chatter New Commissions April 2010 18

Minda Riley

Continuing Professional Development Committee-2010 AGM Review and Upcoming

Events April 2010 22

Ian Lloyd BCIT Geomatics Update April 2010 24

Ian Lloyd BCIT Geomatics - On Line Courses April 2010 25

Dean D. Exline Business Practices Committee-The Forgotten Profession April 2010 27

Tom Harkins/Dan Buelow Business Angle: Risky Business April 2010 34

Joeseph Paiva Professional Topography: Dumbing Down Surveying April 2010 37

John Armstrong 105th ABCLS AGM Address to New Members April 2010 38

Carol Armstrong 2010 AGM - Partners' Activities April 2010 39

Richard Wey Biographical Corner - Arthur Onwhyn Noakes April 2010 56

J.H. Webb Biographical Corner - Thomas George Watmore April 2010 47

Robert Allen Robert's Corner April 2010 49

Stephen Estopinal E-Files: The Tax Deed April 2010 52

Richard Wey President's Message - Delegate Reports August 2010 5

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - Summer - Choices August 2010 6

George Fenning Practice Advisory Department - General Survey Instruction Rules Exemptions August 2010 8

Gordon Gamble Practice Advisory Department - The Art of Field Notes August 2010 9

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum-LTSA of BC - Update August 2010 10

Jeff Beddoes Garth J. Lawrence v. Attorney General of British Columbia August 2010 12


Minda Riley Continuing Professional Development Committee Update August 2010 21

Ian Lloyd BCIT Geomatics Update August 2010 23

Career Awareness Committee Career Awareness Summer Update August 2010 24

Bronwyn Denton Career Awareness Event Presentation - Girl Guides August 2010 25

Minda Riley The Value of Volunteering August 2010 25

Shauna Goertzen Geomatics at NLC August 2010 26

Don Watson Retired BC Land Surveyors Group Report August 2010 27

Shauna Goertzen Business Practices Committee - Going Green August 2010 39Barry Cotton/Clare Hobbs/Peter

Tassie/Allan Winter/Cam Biographical Corner - Antony Charles Loach BCLS #307 August 2010 40

Barry Cotton Biographical Corner - Malcolm Bruce Paterson BCLS #291 August 2010 45

Katherine Gordon Turning 100 Doesn't Happen Every Day - McElhanney August 2010 46

Phillip Swift Points to Ponder - Least Squares: An Amazing Tool for Cadastral Surveys August 2010 49

George Miller Points to Ponder - A Few Things to Try Out August 2010 51

Tim Hall Points to Ponder - Evidence Out of Position August 2010 52

Neil Bennett Life After to Board August 2010 54

Ian Lloyd Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race August 2010 56

Robert Allen Robert's Corner - North American Land Surveyors Canoe (Koo Koo Sint) Team August 2010 58

Thomas G. LaCorte E-Files: X Marks the Spot August 2010 61

Richard Wey The Future of Surveying December 2010 4

Mike Taylor Delegate Reports -Manitoba Excursion December 2010 6

Janice Henshaw Exec. Director's Message - Moving on to 2011 December 2010 8

Gord Gamble PAD - General Survey Instructions Rules December 2010 9

Brenda Hansen Surveyor General's Datum - LTSA Victoria Office Consolidation - Records Move December 2010 11

John Theed Puzzle Page December 2010 12

Rebecca Broten The Value of the External Relations Committee December 2010 13

Craig Johnston LTSA: Requirements to Electronically File documents to the Land Title Office December 2010 14

Don Watson/Dick Mak Retired BCLS Meeting Report - September 2010 December 2010 16

Mike BarryJohn Holmlund Notes fro the Chair December 2010 17

Tony de Bruyne Practicable December 2010 17

Robert Allen A Trip to Goat Peak December 2010 18

Robert Allen 2011 David Thompson Columbia Canoe Brigade December 2010 20

Robert Allen LTSA Liaison Committee Update December 2010 21

Business Practices Comm. Permission and Protocols for Entering onto Private Land December 2010 21

Todor Latev Distance-Distance Intersection December 2010 22

Alan Comfort S.O.B. 2010 - Surveyors on Bikes go Back in Time in the Central Kootenays December 2010 40

Denny DeMeyer The 2011 David Thompson Columbia Brigade December 2010 42

Greg Nesteroff Biographical Updates December 2010 47

H.B. Smith No Fly-Fishing on the City of Columbia December 2010 48

Gord Gamble George Miller, BCLS … in Retirement December 2010 49

Steve Estopinal E-Files: Territorial Rights December 2010 51

BC Land Surveyors Foundation Awards BCIT - 2010


John Armstrong President's Message - 2009 Annual General Meeting (AGM) April 2009 4

John Armstrong Delegate Report - Association of Ontario Land Surveyors AGM April 2009 5

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message-ABCLS Office Update April 2009 6

Brent Taylor External Relations Committee - Work Groups April 2009 7

Robert Allen Chatter - Salmon Seeker aka Banksland Surveyor April 2009 8

New Commissions and Awards April 2009 12

Neil Bennett New Commission - Speech April 2009 17

Minda Riley Expanding CPD - A Success! April 2009 19

Puzzle Page April 2009 21

Business Practices Committee - March Outlook April 2009 22

Norm Strue & Chris Hirst The Misunderstood Builder Lien April 2009 22

Bryan Bates The Value of Professional Services April 2009 24

Ashley Rose-Malin The Next Generation … Surveying's Weak Suit April 2009 26

Robert Allen Biographical Corner - Sticks and Stones and Other Stuff April 2009 36

Wayne Griffith Frederick Raymond Bonn, BCLS #331 April 2009 38

John Whittaker Arthur Berbert Ralfs (1912 - 2008) #275 April 2009 39

John Motherwell Legal Issues - Composite Plans of Subdivision April 2009 45

Don Duffy Easements and Their Complications April 2009 53

Jean Sorensen Survey History - Building the Future Includes Taking Care of the Past April 2009 54

Phillip Swift Survey Technology - White Paper - Integrated Cadastral Surveys April 2009 55

John Armstrong Delegate Report - Saskatchewan Land Surveyors AGM July 2009 4

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - Some Great Things to do this Summer July 2009 5

Kelly Stofer Surveyor General's Datum - Update on the Alberta-BC Boundary Commission July 2009 8

Kelly Stofer Sewage Disposal Issues Work Group Update July 2009 10

New Commissions and Awards July 2009 12

Robert Allen BCIT Scholarships July 2009 14

Robert Allen Lower Mainland BCLS Group Bursary July 2009 17

Michael Taylor Claremont … Past, Present and … Future? July 2009 18

Jeff Salmon Business Angle: "Send Me Some Information on Your Company" July 2009 20

Jeff Salmon Business Angle: The Virtual Office July 2009 23

John Whittaker Biographical Corner - William Alfred Taylor, BCLS #282 July 2009 35

Art Bridge Biographical Corner - Kenneth Morton Bridge (1931-2009) July 2009 37

Survey History - Why the Four Corners Monument is in Exactly the Right Place July 2009 37

Lyall Pratt SPR Corner July 2009 39

Robert Allen (ERC) Differential GNSS July 2009 41

Minda Riley (CPD) ABCLS Continuing Professional Development Committee Update July 2009 44

Minda Riley (CPD) BC and Alberta - Exploring Continuing Professional Development Together July 2009 45

Jeff Salmon Book Review: The Mapmaker's Wife by Robert Whitaker July 2009 47

Zdenek Zvolanek Czechia The Sunken Cradle of Civilization July 2009 50

Earl F. Henderson GiggleBytes: Another Comedy Routine July 2009 52

Stephen Estopinal E-Files: The Professional Litigant July 2009 54

Be Prepared for the Summer Heat July 2009 56

Lyme Disease July 2009 57

John Armstrong President's Message - Board Activities October 2009 4

John Armstrong Delegate Reports October 2009 5

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - Everyone Needs to Pull! October 2009 6

George Fenning Practice Advisory Department - Update October 2009 7

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum - Surveyor General's Update October 2009 8

Stephen Fediow Study Seminar October 2009 13

John Theed Puzzle Page - Road Widening October 2009 14

Chatter - New Commissions/Summer Fun October 2009 16

Neil Bennett Newfoundland Trip October 2009 19

Nigel Hemingway My First Eight Months on the Board October 2009 21

Shauna Goertzen Back to School October 2009 22

Chuck Salmon Nomination and Voting Process for Election to the Board October 2009 24

Ian Lloyd BCIT Update October 2009 25

Robert Allen Robert's Corner - 100th Anniversary of the Alberta Land Surveyors Association October 2009 26

Robert Allen Electronic Checklist Registry October 2009 28

Dave Dediluke Changing the Rules to Favour One Party Over Another October 2009 28

Jim Maidment Business Practices - I Just Can't Get No Respect October 2009 32

Kimberly Taylor Executing a Claim in Small Claims Court October 2009 33

Bronwen Parsons "But the Client Pays the Bills" October 2009 35

Jeff Salmon Business Angle: Website Optimiaztion October 2009 36

Biographical Corner - David Andrew Le Patourel, BCLS #591 October 2009 46

Gord Thomson Biographical Corner - Patrick Joseph Brennan, BCLS #396 October 2009 49

Mike Taylor Survey Technology October 2009 50

Ian Lloyd History - A 2009 Visit to the Temple of Prasat Preah Vihear October 2009 52

Minda Riley Continuing Professional Development Committee Update October 2009 56

Brent Taylor Land Surveying and the Environment October 2009 57

Wray Childers Surveyor's Image October 2009 58

Letters: Mike Thomson, Doug Roy, Paddy Brennan, Ernie McMinn December 2009 5

John Armstrong President's Message - Board Update December 2009 6

John Armstrong Delegate Reports - Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors AGM December 2009 7

Delegate Reports - Congres de L'Ordre December 2009 8

Delegate Reports - Association of Nova Scotia Land Surveyors AGM December 2009 9

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - Seeing Systems… and Pinball? December 2009 10

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum - Land Title and Survey Authority Report December 2009 13

John Theed Puzzle Page - Street Widening December 2009 16

Chatter-2009 Getting It Right BC Seminars - Comments from Participants December 2009 18

25 Year Pins and New Commissions December 2009 22

Road Seminars/Scholarship Awards December 2009 32

Jeffery Lucas

Business Practices - A Funny thing Happened on the Way out of the Land Surveying

Business December 2009 33

Elaine Hughesman How will the New HST Affect Your Business? December 2009 35

Jennifer Walinga Energy Mangement: Learning to Thrive Not Just Survive Using Integrated Focus December 2009 36

Susan McLoughlin Biographical Corner: A Day to Remember (September 11th, 2009) December 2009 38

Don Duffy Legal Issues: Dealing With Encroachments December 2009 41

Ken Allred Survey History - What I did on my Summer Holidays December 2009 47

Lyall Pratt Survey Techniques - SPR Corner December 2009 48

John Purnell Book Review: Shooting Polaris: a Personal Survey in the American West December 2009 50


Joe Johnson (Past) President Message March 2008 4

Neil Bennett (Incoming) President Message… Crystal Ball Gazing March 2008 5

Joe Johnson Delegate Reports - Association of New Burnswick Land Surveyors AGM 2008 March 2008 6

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - Difficult Conversations March 2008 8

Jeff Beddoes Surveyor General's Datum - Electronic Survey Plans now accepted from all BCLS March 2008 11

Jim Sutherland Unleashing the Power of the Panorama - Part II March 2008 13

Jeff Salmon Business Angle: Marketing Your Professional Surveying Business March 2008 19

Wilhelm Schmidt Second Thoughts: Undoing a Survey March 2008 22

Dai Yates Surveyor's Tales: Before GPS March 2008 24

Bryan Bates Savvy Clients Prefer a Faster E-Filing Process for Survey Plan Registration March 2008 35

Angie Allwood EFS Allows Fast and Convenient Filing of electronic Survey Plans March 2008 35

Wayne Griffith Biographical Corner - Frederick Edward Tunbridge BCLS #319 March 2008 38

G.K. Allred Legal Issues - When Do Monuments Govern? March 2008 39

G.M. Neunzert Survey History - An Ancient Riddle and a Gentle Modern Jab in the Ribs….. March 2008 42

Lyall Pratt Survey Techniques - SPR Corner March 2008 44

Mike Maxwell Combating Survey Equipment Theft March 2008 46

George Miller Spiral Curves - No Mystery March 2008 48

Wilhelm Schmidt Book Review - Daniel Boone to the Rescue March 2008 50

Tommy Woodsmall GiggleBytes: Seen Any Tough Old Surveyor Warriors Lately? March 2008 54

Stephen Estopinal E-Files: The Mimic March 2008 56

Neil Bennett Alberta Land Surveyors Convention…….April 2008 June 2008 4

Neil Bennett Association of Newfoundland Land Surveyors Convention…….May 2008 June 2008 5

CPD Committee CPD Committee Report June 2008 7

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - Appreciative Inquiry June 2008 8

Brent Taylor & Jeff Beddoes Cadastral Evolution in British Columbia June 2008 9

John Theed Puzzle Page - Dedication and Subdivision June 2008 13

Jerry Mullin Commission Thanks June 2008 15

Sandy Watts More Yukon Highway Surveys…Crossing Paths on Sixty Mile June 2008 16

University of Calgary - Dept of Geomatics Engineering Student Awards Night June 2008 20

Bobbi Johnson The 2008 AGM in Kelowna - from the Partner's Side June 2008 20

Dr. Henryk Krajewski Three Ways to Keep High-Potential Talent June 2008 35

Derek Gagne The Four Ps of Hiring: HR Takes a Lesson from Marketing June 2008 36

Jeff Salmon

Business Angle: Going Wireless: Sharing Your Broadband Internet Connection at Your

Land Surveying Business June 2008 38

John Motherwell The Apex Law June 2008 42

Wilhelm A. Schmidt Second Thoughts: "All That Certain Messuage" June 2008 45

Lyall Pratt Survey Techniques: SPR Corner June 2008 46

Book Review - The L.S. Group: British Columbia's First Land Surveyors June 2008 47

BCIT Studies - Geographic Informations Systems June 2008 49

ABCLS Photo Contest - 2008 June 2008 50

Janice Henshaw ABCLS Foundation Update June 2008 51

BCIT Studies - Geomatics Engineering Technology June 2008 51

Earl F. Henderson Humour in Surveying: The Conversation June 2008 52

Stephen Estopinal E-Files: The Title Insurance Survey June 2008 55

Knud Hermansen Unspoken Words … The Conversation with the Client June 2008 57

Neil Bennett President's Message - Presidential Activities September 2008 4

Neil Bennett Delegate Reports - Saskatchewan Land Surveyor's AGM September 2008 5

Chuck Salmon TILMA - The next Steps September 2008 6

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - Congratulations! You are now a Committee Chair September 2008 7

Surveyor General's Datum September 2008 10

Puzzle Page - Road Widening September 2008 16

Chatter-David Thompson National Geomatics Awards… 2008 September 2008 16

New Commissions September 2008 18

Robert Allen 100th Anniversary - International Boundary Commission June 7, 2008 September 2008 20

Robert Allen New Items September 2008 22

Dai Yates Ante GPS (Part 2) September 2008 23

Stan Nickel Business Practices Committee - "That's Outrageous!" September 2008 24

Alan J. Tolliday The Torrens Title System September 2008 36

Marissa Epp Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Coumbia (2007) September 2008 40

Gord Thomson Survey History - The Journey-Retracing David Thompson September 2008 44

Bryan Bates Oil and Gas Activities Act - Changes for Surveyors September 2008 51

Lyall Pratt Survey Techniques - SPR Corner September 2008 52

Ian Lloyd BCIT Geomatics Update September 2008 54

Minda Riley Getting It Right in BC Program Development Update September 2008 55

John Whittaker Book Review - Chaining Oregon September 2008 56

Neil Bennett President's Message - Time on the Board December 2008 4

Neil Bennett Delegate Reports - Manitoba Land Surveyors AGM December 2008 5

John Armstrong 2008 APEGBC AGM December 2008 7

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - Is it Something I Said? December 2008 8

Mike Thomson Surveyor General's Datum - Land Title and Survey Authority Update December 2008 9


Ian Lloyd Chatter - BCIT Geomatics Update December 2008 14

Janice Henshaw ABCLS - Scholarships at BCIT December 2008 18

Neil Bennett Association of BC Land Surveyors AGM 2009 December 2008 19

Jay Sherwood Survey History - Maitland Lockhart Gordon December 2008 20

Stephen Estopinal E-Files: The Free House December 2008 36

Business Practices Committee - November 2008 - Volume 1 - Bulletin 16 December 2008 38

Moreen Singh ABCLS CPD Seminar - Business Practices for BC Land Surveyors December 2008 44

Don Duffy Legal Issues - Unregistered Leases December 2008 47

Ian Lloyd R. v Drybones December 2008 50

Robert Lea Survey Techniques - Hidden Basin Survey December 2008 52

Lyall Pratt SPR Corner December 2008 54

Garrett Winkel Gotta Love this Lawyer December 2008 57


Don Highe Remembering Jack Parnell March 2007 4

Paul Craig Letter of Thanks - Gerry Andrew Memoral Award March 2007 5

John Motherwell Accretion March 2007 5

Joe Johnson The Annual General Meeting and the Profession March 2007 6

Joe Johnson Association of New Brunswick Land Surveyors…AGM 2007 March 2007 6

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message March 2007 7

Jeff Beddoes Factors that can Influence Ownership of Beds of Bodies of Water on Vancouver Island March 2007 9

John Theed Puzzle Page - Road Improvement March 2007 10

Chatter - New Land Surveyors March 2007 12

BCIT - Scholarship & Awards Ceremony….November 8th, 2006 March 2007 14

2007 Annual General Meetings - Advertisers & Awards & Photo Gallery March 2007 16

Peter Mueller Wow…What a Day! March 2007 23

Karen Haley & Joanne DiMaggio Business Survivors: Ten Rules for Success March 2007 23

Godfrey Archbold BC Land Title and Survey Authority March 2007 26

John Whittaker George New, BCLS #359 (1911 - 2001) March 2007 35

Robert Allen Bernard (Bill) Cecil Lewall, BCLS #237, P.Eng. March 2007 39

Don Duffy Two Irons and Just One Corner March 2007 42

David Hardwicke The Posting Plan March 2007 45

Lyall Pratt SPR Corner March 2007 50

Paul Schiller

Survey Technology - For Surveyors, RTK GPS Technology Brings Changes to the

Professional Landscape March 2007 52

Norman J. Van Valckenburgh Book Review - Chains, Links and Gavels: The Surveyor in the Courtroom March 2007 55

Stephen Estopinal, PE, PLS E-Files: Cupcake March 2007 57

Joe Johnson President's Message - Quarterly Report June 2007 6

CPD Committee Report of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Committee June 2007 7

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - ABCLS Update June 2007

George Fenning Weather or Not June 2007 9

Rick Hargraves Has Anyone Seen My Land? June 2007 10

Robert Allen The Link - Thirty Years Old and Still Aging June 2007 14

Ian Lloyd BCIT Spring Update June 2007 16

Glenn Smerdon - Commission No. 816 June 2007 17

Katherine Gordon Made to Measure Goes on the Road June 2007 18

Jeff Salmon

Business Angle - Basic Concepts in Sustainable Land Development - A Semi-Rural

Perspective June 2007 20

Jeff Salmon

Business Angle - Bucolic Country Confidential… Having a company non-disclosure

policy can prevent legal problems. June 2007 22

Robert Allen William (Bill) Henry Jones June 2007 35

Ross MacDonald Charlotte Small June 2007 36

Eugene Taggert Surveyor in Court June 2007 37

Lyall Pratt Survey Techniques - SPR Corner June 2007 39

Jim Sutherland Dispelling the Myths About - Free Open Source Software (FOSS) June 2007 41

Polaris Land Surveying Inc.

Location of Strata Lot Boundaries/Repair of Property/Property Insurance required for

strata corporation/insurable interest/rules June 2007 46Bearings (Maine Society of Land

Surveyors Hoopskirts and Steel Tapes June 2007 50

Matthew MacNeil Nimby (Not in My Back Yard) June 2007 51

BC Land Surveyors Foundation AGM General Meeting/Fundraiser Donations/Auction June 2007 53

Stephen Estopinal, PE, PLS E-Files: The Search for Justice June 2007 55

Gavin Schrock, LS Humour In Surveying June 2007 57

Robert Allen As It Was June 2007 58

Peter Tassie Two Irons and Just One Corner September 2007 4

Joe Johnson President's Message September 2007 5

Joe Johnson Delegate Reports - Combined September 2007 5

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - Mentoring - Who Benefit's September 2007 7

Jeff Beddoes Surveyor General's Datum - Update on Digital Survey Plans September 2007 9

Tony de Bruyne Surveyor General's Datum - Fred Nash September 2007 10

Joseph Cross David Thompson (Kootenai Falls) September 2007 13

Joseph Cross David Thompson (Howse Pass) September 2007 14

New Commissions September 2007 14

David Thompson Awards September 2007 17

Janice Henshaw 2007 Photography Contest Results September 2007 17

Stan Nickel Surveyors on Bikes September 2007 20

John Armstrong Dealing with Mr. Handshake September 2007 21

Wilhelm Schmidt The Patron Saint of Surveyors September 2007 24

Steward Nash Surveying the Nisga'a Land Claim September 2007 25

Lyall Pratt SPR Corner - Case Study No. 17 September 2007 37

John Matonich Surveyin' da Situation September 2007 39

Jim White cvlTracker September 2007 40

Jon Purnell How to Lie with Maps September 2007 42

Business Practice - Bulletin 15 September 2007 45

Wilhelm Schmidt Professional Ethics September 2007 50

Wilhelm Schmidt Business Ethics September 2007 51

Stephen Estopinal The Feud September 2007 53

BCIT Studies September 2007 55

Harry Pfrimmer/Minda Riley CPD Update September 2007 57

Joe Johnson President's Message December 2007 4

Joe Johnson Delegate Reports - Combined December 2007 4

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - Stress in the Workplace December 2007 7

Jim Sutherland Surveyor General's Datum December 2007 9

Rob Tupper Wedgemount Glacier Surveys December 2007 16

Sandy Watts More Yukon Highway Surveys… Ups and Downs on Sixty Mile December 2007 20

Stan Nickel Business Practices Committee - BPC2007 Annual Report December 2007 23

Pro-Form Insurance Services Avoiding the Profit Squeeze December 2007 24

John Motherwell Legal Issues - A.G. of Canada-Heirs of Leigh and Adams December 2007 37

Wilhelm Schmidt Survey History - Second Thoughts: Riddles of the Compass December 2007 40

John Whittaker Thompson's Bicentennial and the Athabasca Pass December 2007 42


BCIT Geographic Information Systems - Geomatics Engineering Technology December 2007 48

Knud Hermansen/Carlton Brown Computer Confusion - Digital Data Transmission: Security and Safeguards December 2007 49

Chris Beasy, Eagle Mapping Survey Technology - Lidar and photogrammetry… How do I Choose? December 2007 52


Neil Bennett Don Quixote and Elections - Cervantes Style March 2006 4

Richard Redfern Recognition March 2006 5

Jeff Beddoes Association Activities - 2005 March 2006 6

Jeff Beddoes Association of New Brunswick Land Surveyors - AGM March 2006 8

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - Notes from February March 2006 9

Base Mapping News March 2006 12

Surveyor General's Datum March 2006 14

Chatter - BCLS Photo Contest Winners and Early Bird Winner March 2006 22

Robert Allen Scenic Survey March 2006 24

Association Office Annual General Meeting 2006 March 2006 25

Association Office Gerry Andrews - Celebration of Life March 2006 37

Dick Mak Matt Onderwater, BCLS #805 March 2006 40

Sandy Watts The Fun & Games Begin - Camp Life March 2006 41

Patrick Naville Business Practices Committee - Swap Meet Surveyors March 2006 42

Gerald Smedley Andrews - December 12 1903 - December 5, 2005 March 2006 45

Allan McWilliams Don Whyte, BCLS March 2006 47

William Lammerts, BCLS March 2006 48

Barry Cotton Alfred Driscoll, DLS, ALS, LS March 2006 49

Lyall Pratt Survey Techniques - SPR Corner March 2006 50

Patrick Toscano Book Review - Fundamentals of Boundary Surveying March 2006 54

William O'Hara Legal Issues - The Money Pit March 2006 56

Bob Daniels Creative Thinking March 2006 58

Tony de Bruyne Bashing Bush June 2006 4

Janice Henshaw Made to Measure - Announcement June 2006 4

Colin Ferguson Thank you letter - BCLS Award June 2006 5

Richard Redfern Check-in Time June 2006 6

Richard Redfern Delegate Reports - Ontario Land Surveyors AGM June 2006 7

Neil Bennett Washington/Oregon Conference June 2006 9

Richard Redfern A CFA in N & L June 2006 9

Richard Redfern Alberta LS AGM June 2006 12

Peter Mueller GLC Activity Report to Members June 2006 14

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message - Interview with Katherine Gordon June 2006 18

Dai Yates In my life June 2006 22

JE Hermon June 2006 23

Newly Commissioned June 2006 25

A test of skill and good will June 2006 26

Rick Hargraves Surveyor General's Datum - Unnatural Influences June 2006 39

Stan Nickel BPC - A progress report June 2006 40

Brad Hlasny Base Mapping News June 2006 42

Dick Goble & Family Richard (Dick) Joseph Goble June 2006 48

Gord & Floss Thomson John William Patterson Matthews June 2006 50

Bennett Survey High Precision Monitoring at Development Project in North Vancouver, BC June 2006 51

ALS News SPR Corner June 2006 54

Professional Land Surveyors Survey Technology - Life Span of Compact Discs June 2006 56

Patrick Toscano With Compass & Chain June 2006 59

Don Highe On His Retirement September 2006 4

Richard Redfern Fall into Autumn September 2006 6

Richard Redgern

The Saskatchewan LS Association AGM May 25 to 27, 2006 Radisson Hotel Saskatoon,

SK September 2006 7

Janice Henshaw Meetings - What makes them work September 2006 8

Jeff Beddoes Section 56(2)© Land Act September 2006 10

Alice Aldridge A Family of Land Surveyors September 2006 12

Robert Allen Reunion after 50 Years September 2006 14

Sandy Watts The Depth of Despair September 2006 16

Patrick Korabek BCIT Careers Fair - An Overwhelming Success September 2006 18

Sarah J. Cornett The Canadian Council of Land Surveyors September 2006 20

Murray Purcell Minding Your Business: Choosing Your Employees Wisely September 2006 22

Wayne Griffith Frederick Edward Tunbridge, BCLS September 2006 35

Dave Dediluke You Own Your Licence, Not Your Employer September 2006 41

ALS News The New Boundary Rsolution Process September 2006 42

Lyall Pratt SPR Corner September 2006 48

Knud Hermansen Retracement Using GPS September 2006 50

Patrick Toscano Fundamentals of Boundary Surveying: How Boundaries are Established September 2006 53

Curt Summer You Might be Married to a Surveyor….If September 2006 54

Warren D. Ward The Team September 2006 57

Richard Redfern Winter on the Way December 2006 4

Robert Allen External Relations Committee December 2006 5

Robert Allen 2006 U. of Calgary Survey Camp Held at Kananaskis December 2006 6

Richard Redfern 2006 Association of Nova Scotia Land Surveyors AGM, Wolville, NS Oct 12-14/06 December 2006 7

Richard Redfern 2006 Canadian Council of Land Surveyors AGM, Wolville, NS Oct 15,16/06 December 2006 7

Neil Bennett Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists AGM December 2006 9

Janice Henshaw Executive Director's Message December 2006 10

George Fenning Creating a PDF File from a Rapid Transit DAT file December 2006 14

Rick Hargraves Summary of Deregulation of the Land Surveying Industry in BC December 2006 16

Chatter - Congratulations to our New Land Surveyors December 2006 17

The Friendship Jar and Richard Redfern December 2006 18

Rebecca Broten BC Land Surveyor's Award and the H. Roy Goldfinch Memorial Award December 2006 21

Dai Yates Lost on Bathurst Island December 2006 22

Neil Bennett Helicopter Excursion December 2006 23

Sandy Watts The End of the Line 1963 December 2006 36

Stan Nickel Businees Practices Committee-BPC2006 Annual Report December 2006 38

Dick Mak Biographical Corner-Kenneth Kew Wong December 2006 41

Ian MacLean Legal Issues - Subject to Survey December 2006 42


Minda Riley Survey Techniques -GPS & Geo-Referencing: One Surveyor's Perspective December 2006 47

Ronald Scobbie Capilano Branch Library Display December 2006 50

Arthur Dias The Total Station Battery Has Alzheimer's… and That is a Good Thing!! December 2006 52

Serge Brunier Book Review - Great Atlas of the Stars December 2006 54

Three Toed' Jessie Flanderson December 2006 56


Stan Nickel Business Practices Committee Update March 2005 4

Jeff Beddoes Board Responsibilities March 2005 5

David C. Bazett Past President's Address March 2005 6

Jeff Beddoes Western Canadian Board of Examiners Update March 2005 8

Janice Henshaw The 100th AGM in Victoria March 2005 9

Rick Hargraves The Times they are A-Changin' March 2005 12

Iona Campagnolo Lieutenant Governor the Honourable Iona Campagnolo's Speech March 2005 16

David C. Bazett Government House Address March 2005 19

Chuck Salmon Meritorious Service Award March 2005 28

Dick Mak Shauna Goertzen.. BCLS 798 March 2005 28

Jeff Beddoes BCIT Meet and Greet March 2005 30

Rob Tupper Captain J. Herrick McGregor - World War 1 Hero Honoured March 2005 30

Sandy Watts Surveying Centerline - Yukon Territory Road Location 1963 March 2005 39Rick Bracey, Eric Kaardal,

Michael McIlvaneyColin Howard Bracey, NSLS, BCLS (1931-2004) March 2005 42

Robert Allen David Rhys Mason, BCLS (1917-2004) March 2005 43

Association of Washington Ken Allred Elected Vice President of FIG March 2005 44

Annette Dominik Reinhold Christian Dominik, BCLS (1926-2004) March 2005 45

Brian Alexander Douglas Alexander, BCLS (1926-2004) March 2005 45

Brad Hlasny News from BMGS March 2005 47

Gordon Thomson Survey History - The Travelling Board March 2005 53

Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Baseline Surveying March 2005 61

Katherine Gordon Made to Measure: A history of Land Surveying in BC March 2005 61

Jeff Beddoes Board Update - June 2005 June 2005 5

Jeff Beddoes Ontario Land Surveyors - AGM June 2005 6

Neil Bennett Washington State Land Surveyors - AGM June 2005 7

Jeff Beddoes Alberta's Land Surveyors - AGM June 2005 8

Janice Henshaw Association Office Update June 2005 10

Jim Sutherland Surveyor General's Datum - Survey Rules Change /Exemption Process June 2005 12

Dai Yates Tide Tool - Freeware for the Palm PDA June 2005 15

Robert Allen Doug Roy, BCLS - Lifetime Achievement Award June 2005 16

Paddy Brennan Gerry Andrews, BCLS - Lifetime Achievement Award June 2005 16

Association Office New Commissions June 2005 17

Sandy Watts Beating around the bush - Yukon Territory Road Location 1963 June 2005 18

Stan Nickel Business Practices Committee - Progress Report - May 2005 June 2005 20

Ian Williamson Opportunities for Surveyors in Modern Land Markets June 2005 21

A sirvayur June 2005 37

Maine Society Land Surveyors Was a surveyor the real father of baseball? June 2005 37

Hank Bulmash Differentiate? Who me? Why a client may pay more June 2005 38

Ralph Turner/Paul Bartlett Jerrold James (Jerry) Ward, BCLS June 2005 39

Stan Nickel Jerrold James (Jerry) Ward, BCLS June 2005 41

Barry Cotton William Hammond, C.E., L.S. June 2005 42

Knud Hermansen Legal Issues - Arbitrating a Boundary June 2005 44

Lyall Pratt Survey Techniques - SPR Corner June 2005 48

Survey Technology - How things work - Bluetooth - an introduction June 2005 49

Computer Issues - Things you should know June 2005 50

Bad times virus warning June 2005 52

David Chalk Computer Technology - High Capacity Data Storage: Finding the Best Solution June 2005 56

Jon PurnellBook Review - The map that changed the world: William Smith & the birth of Modern

Geology June 2005 58

FC Hutchinson Surface Drainage June 2005 60

Beware of the Bounce June 2005 61

Larry Holt Updated Version Definition of Surveyor June 2005 62

Stan Nickel Practice Review - A First Impression September 2005 5

Jeff Beddoes Association Office Responsibilities September 2005 6

Jeff Beddoes Association of Newfoundland Land Surveyors - AGM September 2005 7

Jeff Beddoes Saskatchewan Land Surveyors - AGM September 2005 12

Jeff Beddoes Association of Prince Edward Island - AGM September 2005 13

Janice Henshaw Demographics & Bylaw 10(m) September 2005 16

Rick Hargraves Acquiring Lawful Accretion in BC September 2005 17

Amin Kassam Base Mapping News - Branch Update - August 05 September 2005 20

Sandy Watts Line Cutting - Yukon Territory Road Location - 1963 September 2005 22

Katherine Gordon Teresa Myrfield - 1st female Land Surveyor in BC September 2005 26

William Brookes Helicopters & Survey Operations September 2005 37

Stan Nickel Determining a value when buying or selling a small survey practice September 2005 40

Robert Daniels What are Surveyors worth? September 2005 43

Hans Troelsen Biographical Corner - R.J. (Bob) Peck, BCLS September 2005 44

Canadian Institute of Geomatics Michael Bolton 1929 - 2005 September 2005 47

Don Duffy "Discrimination" in Plan Approvals & Zoning September 2005 48

Stephen Howard A boundary Dispute - Good neighbours make good fences September 2005 53


David Chalk Computer Technology - Privacy Protection - The next generation of internet Security September 2005 57

Robert Allen Book Review - The Slocan, Portrait of a Valley September 2005 59

Jeff Beddoes The Year in Review December 2005 4

Jeff Beddoes Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors - AGM December 2005 6

Jeff Beddoes Association of Nova Scotia Land Surveyors - AGM December 2005 7

Jack Larson Western Canadian Board of Examiners December 2005 10

John Armstrong University of Calgary - Geomatics Engineering Liaison Committee & Awards Dinner December 2005 12

Robert Allen University of Calgary Survey Camp December 2005 14

Janice Henshaw Executive Coordinator's Message December 2005 15

Dai Yates Surveyor General's Datum December 2005 17


Robert Allen Chatter - A Trip to the Chilcotin and Beyond December 2005 21

Association Office BC Land Surveyors Awards December 2005 24

Sandy Watts The Camp Move December 2005 27

Bill Robinson BCLS Foundation History December 2005 28

Robert Allen A GPS Puzzle December 2005 39

Dick Mak Around Town December 2005 40

Stan Nickel Business Practices Committee - Progress Report - November 2005 December 2005 42

Peter Mueller Are you doing your due Diligence? December 2005 44

Doug Meredith Gordon McRae, BCLS 1919-2004 December 2005 44

Rob Tupper William Allan (Bill) Tupper December 2005 46

Katherine Gordon Made to Measure: Closing the Gap December 2005 48

Ray Bonn The Stove December 2005 51

Doug Meredith Doug's Plan B December 2005 55

Bob Runnalls A Personal Celebration - 100 years of our profession December 2005 57

Barry Cotton Life's Moments as defined by Bob Hope December 2005 59

Association Office 2005 BCLS Link Photo Contest December 2005 62

Association Office Meet the Student night at BCIT December 2005 63

Association Office 101st Annual General Meeting December 2005 64

Ron Scobbie Difficulties of Surveying and Allotting in North America - 1840 December 2005 65


Neil Bennett Proposed Charitable Donations March 2004 4

David C. Bazett Past & Future Concerns March 2004 5

Hans Troelsen Outgoing President's message March 2004 6

Hans Troelsen Association of New Brunswick Land Surveyors - AGM March 2004 6

Jeff Beddoes Western Canadian Board of Examiners Report March 2004 8

Janice Henshaw New Privacy Rules for BC March 2004 8

Brad HlasnyNews from BMGS - BC's Geo-spatial Reference Systems - Current Status and looking

to the future March 2004 9

Robert Allen Andrew McCulloch Revisited March 2004 16

Sandy Watts Road Location Survey (1963) Yukon Territory March 2004 16

Robert Allen A Man & his Century (Gerald Smedley Andrews) March 2004 20

Larry Marshik Mount Seymour Expedition March 2004 20

Hans Troelsen New Land Surveyors .. 794 & 795 March 2004 22

Robert Allen AGM 2004 Meritorious Service Award March 2004 22

Hans Troelsen AGM 2004 Outgoing President's Address March 2004 23

Robert Allen AGM 2004 Notes March 2004 25

Ralph Turner Report of the 99th AGM March 2004 34

Chuck Salmon AGM 2004 Awards Presentations March 2004 35

Daniel Beardslee Business Practice Committee - The Business Angle… Do you charge too much? March 2004 38

Doug Meredith The Life and times of Doug Meredith (Chapter 1 Part 2) March 2004 40

Wayne Griffith Legal Issues - The Boundary Fence and the Civil Code in Quebec March 2004 46

Ken Kyler Computer Confusion - General Motors Press Release March 2004 47

Dick Mak Backup again March 2004 48

David Chalk Computer Technology March 2004 51

Rob Tupper BCLS Centennial Celebration & 100th AGM March 2004 53

Rob TupperBook Review - The Measure of all things: The seven year odyssey & hidden error that

transformed the world March 2004 54

Earl Henderson Humour in Surveying: The Snake March 2004 56

Barry Cotton Noah's Miracle March 2004 57

Douglas Critchfield Gunter's Legacy March 2004 58

David C. Bazett Corporation Issues June 2004 4

David C. Bazett Ontario Land Surveyors - AGM June 2004 5

Jeff Beddoes Western Canadian Board of Examiners - Report to the members, April 2004 June 2004 6

Jeff Beddoes Western Canadian Board of Examiners Exemptions - as of May 31, 2001 June 2004 7

Janice Henshaw Meeting Malaise June 2004 8

Ken Kyler The PAD .. AGM Round Table Discussion Paper June 2004 9

Jeff Beddoes Digital Survey Plan Project .. Update to May 15 2004 June 2004 12

Dai Yates Blast from the past - Surveyor General's Circular letter # 6 & 7 June 2004 13

Brad Hlasny News from BMGS - BMGS's Air Photo & Lab Services Section June 2004 14

John Whittaker Impressions of East Africa (Kiimanjaro Village Education Project 2004) June 2004 20

Patrick Korabek BCIT Career Fair .. March 22, 2004 June 2004 24

Tom Tryon New Statue Highlights Circle June 2004 24

McElhanney's Land Administration in Cambodia Mine Contaminated Areas June 2004 26

David C. Bazett Bazett on Floats June 2004 30

Wilhelm Schmidt Business Practices Committee - Second Thoughts: Surveying Fees - Revisited June 2004 37

Barry Cotton Walter Moberly, CE, LS .. A forgotten Pathfinder? June 2004 38

Don Duffy Legal Issues - Mission Creek (Part 2) June 2004 44

Janice Henshaw Can a Land Surveyor File a Lien in BC June 2004 46

Jim SutherlandSurvey Techniques - Integrating GPS & Conventional Survey Observations using GNU

Gama Least Square Adjustment Program June 2004 47

David Chalk Computer Technology June 2004 55

Graham CurrieNews Release - Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management - New authority to

Improve Land Title & Survey Services June 2004 60

Norman Van Valkenburgh I remember When … Surveyors and People: again June 2004 61

Richard Redfern Going the extra mile for your articled students September 2004 4

Don Highe Apropos the 2005 AGM September 2004 5

David C. Bazett Corporation update September 2004 5

Janice Henshaw You've put out the fires - But what did you accomplish? September 2004 7

Ken Kyler PAD - What brought us to this point in the program development? September 2004 7

Rick Hargraves Surveyor General's Datum - Land Title & Survey Authority of BC September 2004 9

Jeff Beddoes Digital Survey Plan Project- E Survey System update to August 15 2004 September 2004 11

Brad Hlasny News from BMGS - Geo-Referencing in BC September 2004 14

Sandy Watts Surveying Cross Sections - Yukon Territory Road Location Survey 1963 September 2004 24

Unv. Of Calgary 25 Years of Geomatics Engineering at the Unv. Of Calgary September 2004 26

At war with Saddam September 2004 30

Daniel Beardslee Business Practices Committee - The Business Angle: The capital purchase decision September 2004 35

Barry Cotton Alfred Richard Howse R.E. L.S. September 2004 38

Bob Aaron Legal Notes September 2004 41

Wilhelm Schmidt Survey History - W. & L.E. Gurley Co. September 2004 43

Maine Society Land Surveyors How old is my Gurley instrument? September 2004 44


Larry Marshik Survey Technology - The Curta Pocket Calculator September 2004 48

JT Baker Computer Confusion - Data Protection is your business September 2004 51

selling Tomatoes September 2004 52

David Chalk Computer Tricks to save you time' series September 2004 53

Jon Purnell Book Review - Mismapping of America September 2004 54

Doug Morin Humour in Surveying: The dream job September 2004 57

Lunar Landing - The ultimate conspiracy theory September 2004 60

Dead data collector September 2004 62

David C. Bazett President's Message December 2004 4

David C. Bazett Alberta Land Surveyors Association - AGM December 2004 5

Janice Henshaw Demographics December 2004 7

Surveyor General's Datum - Survey & Mapping Branch December 2004 8

Michael Kidston Circle the Wagons - G.C. Tassie's Early Survey December 2004 11

Times Colonist The Poole Murder Case December 2004 12

Unv. Of Calgary Geomatics Engineering at the Unv. of Calgary - Celebrates 25 years December 2004 13

Robert Allen Unv. of Calgary Survey Camp December 2004 14

Rob Tupper Unv. of Calgary 25th Anniversary: Alummi Per December 2004 16

Joan Yau BCIT Geomatics Technology - Update November 2004 December 2004 17

Corporation BCIT Awards Presented December 2004 17

Dick Mak Open House at DW Technologies Ltd. December 2004 18

Daniel BeardsleeBusiness Practices Committee - The Business Angle - The Perfect Non Sequitur -

Lowballing for Market Share December 2004 19

Barry Cotton Robert Homfray, C.E. L.S. December 2004 21

Liability of Surveyors for Retired Members Files December 2004 28

News Release - The "New" National Society of Professional Surveyors December 2004 30

Maine Society Land Surveyors Surveyor .. The French Connection December 2004 35


Gary Durbin Humour in Surveying: A lesson learned is a lesson used December 2004 41

Professional Surveyors

Survey Technology - How things work - Cellular Phone-based Technologies in

Surveying December 2004 44

Jan Bernnett PC Security or lack thereof December 2004 46

David Chalk Computer Tricks to save you time' series December 2004 48

Rob Tupper BCLS Centennial Celebration & 100th AGM December 2004 49

Sandy Watts Book Review - The Man who mapped the Arctic December 2004 52

Toni Graeme A Man & his Century (Gerald Smedley Andrews) December 2004 53

The Link - Front Cover Contest Winners December 2004 54

Dr. Tony Phillips The Great Moon Hoax December 2004 57

John Keating Where do professional surveyors come from? December 2004 61

Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Law on the Mayo-Keno Road December 2004 62


Bob Peterson Food for thoughts - leftovers from our AGM March 2003 2

Hans Troelsen A few words from the President - February 2003 March 2003 3

Doug Dodge Association of New Brunswick - AGM March 2003 4

Hans Troelsen Association of Ontario Land Surveyors - AGM March 2003 6

Robert Allen An Acronym story combined with another Halloween story March 2003 7

Robert Allen Another Halloween Experience March 2003 7

Gord Thomson Survey Monuments March 2003 8

Dai Yates Survey Tales March 2003 10

Chuck Salmon Awards Night at the 98th AGM March 2003 11

Bert Hol The GK Burnett Award - Tribute to Brent Taylor, BCLS 642 March 2003 14

Paddy Brennan Gerry Andrews … Medal Presentation March 2003 16

Chuck Salmon Corporation Activities March 2003 17

BP Committee Business Practices Committee - The Business Angle - DOIT! or call before they call you March 2003 20

Daniel Beardslee The Business Angle - Price Competition and bidding March 2003 22

Barry Cotton Captain Charles E. Perry, C.E., L.S. March 2003 24

Margaret Belford Spike Thomson Remembers March 2003 26

Malcolm Moore Legal Issues - Contracts .. Good Business Practice March 2003 29

Barry Cotton Kudos to Bob Allen March 2003 34

Irvine Jones It was bound to happen March 2003 34

David Chalk Computer Confusion - Creating your online Storefront March 2003 38

Dick Mak Backup, backup, backup March 2003 39

Treasure State Surveyors The lost art of taping (chaining) March 2003 40


Albert Lavarone Survey Technology - Laser Scanner Fundamentals March 2003 44

William Leybourn Book Review - The Compleat Surveyor & the Practical Surveyor March 2003 47

Warren Ward The Survey Dog March 2003 50

Gary Schuller Surveyor uses GPS for Coal Mine Rescue March 2003 51

Hans Troelsen Quarterly Report - May 15, 2003 June 2003 2

Hans Troelsen Association of Canada Land Surveyors - AGM June 2003 4

Hans Troelsen The 2003 Alberta Land Surveyors Association - AGM June 2003 6

Jeff Beddoes Western Canadian Board of Examiners June 2003 10

Derryll White McVittie House Update June 2003 10

Paddy Brennan Golf Registration June 2003 13

Sharron Dodge Travel Diary - Fredericton New Brunswick - Mid January June 2003 14

Sharron Dodge The Grand Finale June 2003 16

Dick Mak Have Gun will travel June 2003 16

Jack Gisborne Port Desire Retreat June 2003 18

John Blair Cambodian Mine Fields June 2003 23

Rick Hargraves Surveyor General's Datum - Perspective June 2003 25

BP Committee BP Bulletin 13 June 2003 26

BP Committee BP Bulletin 12 June 2003 28

Daniel Beardslee Business Angle - Nothing's cold as ashes after the fires is gone June 2003 32

Barry Cotton Ernest Meson Skinner, L.S. June 2003 33

Gord Thomson James Davidson, BCLS June 2003 34

Don Duffy Legal Issues - The Case of the missing road allowance June 2003 36

Jack Gisborne Bamfield Survey June 2003 38

Dave Dediluke Survey Techniques - Accepting the work of other Land Surveyors June 2003 42

Lyall Pratt SPR Corner June 2003 45

Penn State University Survey Technology - GIS for the Millions June 2003 46

David Chalk Computer Confusion - Drawing Traffic to your website June 2003 48

Patrick ToscanoBook Review - Mapping the world - A history of the directorate of overseas surveys

1946-1985 June 2003 50

Clifford Thorpe The Babylonian Marker June 2003 52

Don Highe More notes from the Benused or Quo Vadis BCLS? September 2003 6

Hans Troelsen Second Quarterly Report - President's Message September 2003 7

Rick Hargraves L'Ordre des arpenteurs-geometres de Quebec September 2003 8

Doug Dodge Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Association - AGM September 2003 9

Hans Troelsen Newfoundland & Labrador Land Surveyors Association - AGM September 2003 10

Gord Thomson On the Trail of David Flint Thompson - July 18, 2003 September 2003 14

Sandy Watts Sooke Fine Art Show September 2003 16

Sharron Dodge Travel Diary .. Moose Jaw Saskatchewan September 2003 19

Neil Bennett Yak Peak September 2003 20

Paddy Brennan/Heather Malloy BCLS Golf Tournament Results September 2003 22

Neil Bennett The Crane September 2003 22

Janice Henshaw Year 2005 Committee .. Update September 2003 23

Robert Allen Complaint Inquiry Committee Report September 2003 24

Jeff Beddoes Surveyor General's Datum - Business Processes September 2003 27

Nova Scotia Surveyor Surveying History - From the Ames instrument Company web site September 2003 29

BP Committee BP Committee Bulletin Binder September 2003 39

Wayne Griffith Frederick Raymond Bonn, BCLS September 2003 42

Janice Henshaw Introduction to the Executive Coordinator September 2003 45

Alberta Land Surveyors Survey Techniques - SPR Corner September 2003 46

David Chalk Computer Confusion - Toolkit for Small Business September 2003 49

Barry Cotton New Virus Warning - Read Carefully September 2003 51

Joe Dolan Survey Technology - What will our future be? September 2003 55

Patrick Toscano Book Review - The riddle of the compass: The invention that changed the world September 2003 59

Stan Nickel Guidance for Professional Business Practices December 2003 6

Ben Giesbrecht BC Land Surveyors Award Letter December 2003 7

Hans Troelsen Third Quarterly Report - November 20, 2003 December 2003 8

Hans Troelsen Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors - AGM December 2003 10

Hans Troelsen Association of Nova Scotia Land Surveyors - AGM December 2003 12

Gord Thomson BCIT Scholarship & Achievement Awards December 2003 17

Janice Henshaw Link Issues December 2003 18

Ken Kyler A New Challenge/Mixed Emotions December 2003 19

Jeff Beddoes The Surveyor General's Datum - Natural Boundary Adjustments December 2003 20

Brad Hlasny News from BMGS - The Base Mapping & Geomatic Service Branch December 2003 22

Gord Thomson The Andrew(s) McCulloch December 2003 26

Jack Gisborne Strange Objects on our Beaches December 2003 28

Mary Andrews Gerald Smedley Andrews … Centenarian December 2003 38

Richard Redfern New Member .. Number 795 December 2003 39

Various pictures of offices & Golf Tournament December 2003 39

Janice Henshaw BCLS 2003 Link Photo Contest December 2003 41

Ralph Turner 99th AGM - Feb 11 - 14, 2004 December 2003 43

Don Duffy Kenneth Douglas Mawle, (BCLS 322) 1930-2003 December 2003 44

Don Duffy Legal Issues - Mission Creek (Part 2) December 2003 44

Don Duffy Pacific National Investments vs. Victoria - How it turned out December 2003 46

Oregon Examiner Right of Entry (ORS.672.047) December 2003 49

David Chalk Computer Technology December 2003 50

Doug Meredith The Life and times of Doug Meredith (Chapter 1 Part 1) December 2003 51

BP Committee Business Practices Committee - The Business Angle - Managing Receivables December 2003 55


Doug Dodge President's Message March 2002 3

Bert Hol Association of Nova Scotia Land Surveyors - AGM March 2002 4

Hans Troelsen The H. Roy Goldfinch Memorial Award & BCLS Award March 2002 5

Gord Thomson The Roy Goldfinch Memorial Fund March 2002 5

Gord Thomson BCLS scholarship March 2002 6

The G.K. Burnett Award March 2002 6

Bert Hol AGM Point of view - from the podium March 2002 7

Floss Thomson Thanks they have been good years March 2002 8

AGM Pictorial Presentation March 2002 11

Sandy Watts Rupert's day to remember! March 2002 13

Robert Allen Reflections on the life of Robert Lemaster (1929-2001) March 2002 16

Barry Cotton Malcolm Bruce Paterson, BCLS March 2002 18

Barry Cotton James Orr, MLA, LS March 2002 20

Barry Cotton Historical Records March 2002 22

BP Committee Business Practices Committee - A business Primer Revisited - Bulletin # 11 March 2002 24

Daniel Beardslee The Business Angle .. Stepping up and starting out March 2002 26

Don Duffy Legal Issues - Caveat Emptor (Some of the Time) March 2002 29

Managing your money - Tax Deductions March 2002 32

Brent Taylor How do the changes to bylaw 10 affect my business March 2002 34

Victoria Johnson/Dave Bazett 2005 Committee update March 2002 38

Minnesota Surveyor Survey Techniques - Improving AutoCAD 14/2000 presentation March 2002 40


David Marquardt Survey Technology - The Digital Camera March 2002 48

Wayne Braid In the spirit of Cooperation March 2002 49

Stephen AmbroseBook Review - Nothing like it in the world The Men who built the transcontinental

railroad (1863-1869) March 2002 50

Chuck Salmon The Surveyor General's datum - Retirement March 2002 51

Phill Swift Memorandum of Agreement June 2002 4

Don Highe Life with Bruce Patterson June 2002 5

Doug Dodge Ramblings & Quotations June 2002 6

Doug Dodge Association of Ontario Land Surveyors - AGM June 2002 7

Doug Dodge Association of Canada Land Surveyors - AGM June 2002 8

Jeff Beddoes Western Canadian Board of Examiners June 2002 9

Faith Magwood Make your vacation count June 2002 10

Paddy Brennan 2002 Golf Tournament June 2002 10

Sandy Watts Chance Encounters June 2002 12

Victoria Johnson The Carrier Family of Land Surveyors June 2002 16

Gun Law promotes Corporation to donate historic carbine June 2002 16

Retirement Party for Clare Hobbs, BCLS 462 June 2002 17

Victoria Johnson The Links 25th Anniversary June 2002 18

Press Release … No trespassing (Nov 6, 2001) June 2002 19

Statement of Completion in High Accuracy Satellite Positioning June 2002 23

BP Committee Business Practices Committee - BP Corner .. Questions & Answers June 2002 24

Daniel Beardslee The Business Angle - The Inverted Management Paradox June 2002 25

Stephan Bown David Thompson .. Wilderness Astronomer of the Great Northwest June 2002 28

Jenny Cowell Charles Archibald Broderick - an early trail architect June 2002 32

Jeff Robertson Earl Edward Little (1920-2001) BCLS June 2002 35

Don Duffy Mission Creek (Part 1) June 2002 38

Russell Shortt Labour Law (Common) June 2002 41

BC Land Surveyors Foundation June 2002 41

Andrew Gibson Shakespeare's Survey June 2002 43

Robert Radovanovic Public Relations .. Power of the press release June 2002 46

Dick Mak Computer Confusion - Virus Alert or Hoax June 2002 49

Keith PickeringSurvey History - America was discovered by "Dead-reckoning" Columbus did not know

how to navigate by the stars June 2002 50

M. J. T. Lewis Book Review - Surveying Instruments of Greece and Rome June 2002 52

Angus Stocking Field notes … part 1 June 2002 54

Rob Tupper Letters - Nash .. Father & Son September 2002 2

Ken Mawle Letters - Lightning Strike September 2002 2

Victoria Johnson To print or not to print .. The modern day question September 2002 3

Doug Dodge Board Activities - Aug 15, 2002 September 2002 3

Doug Dodge Alberta Land Surveyors Association - AGM September 2002 4

Doug Dodge Newfoundland Land Surveyors Association - AGM September 2002 5

Hans Troelsen Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Association - AGM September 2002 6

Faith Magwood Progress on the McVittie House Restoration - July 2002 September 2002 8

Dai Yates The 2002 Wet Coast - Fort Steele Motorcycle run (part 1 - The trip) September 2002 11

Stan Nickel The 2002 Wet Coast - Fort Steele Motorcycle run (part 2 - Fort Steele) September 2002 12

Robert Allen What's the life expectancy of a wood post? September 2002 13

Gord Thomson Fort Langley & Derby Reach-Fraser's River, the Hudson Bay Co. and the Sto~lo September 2002 14

Louis Louis Schoolkate update September 2002 16

Chuck Salmon Travels of the Secretary September 2002 16

Robert Allen Kudos to Barry Cotton September 2002 18

BP Committee Business Practices - BP Corner September 2002 20

Rob Tupper Year 2005 Committee Update - Fall 2002 September 2002 21

Robert Daniels Business Practices in the survey profession - The Client (An opinion) September 2002 22

Barry Cotton Charles Anthony Stoees, CE, LS September 2002 26

Robert Allen Dr. Terence Charles Holmes, BCLS 249 September 2002 28

Bob Peck Hamilton Gault Paddy Topliss, BCLS (1920-2002) September 2002 32

Reinhold Dominik Werner Segnitz, BCLS 413 (1927-2002) September 2002 33

Denis Noonan Legal Issues - Fun Digital Future September 2002 34

Tim Hall Adverse Possession… do we need it September 2002 36

Chuck Salmon Amendments to the Land Surveyors Act September 2002 38

Managing your Money - Asset allocation and market timing September 2002 39

Milton Denny Survey History - The Golden Age of Surveying September 2002 40

David Raithby Survey Techniques - Field notes … Tell you the story September 2002 44

Robert Allen Computer Confusion - Email Etiquette September 2002 45

David Chalk Creating a website for your business September 2002 47

Doug Crook Survey Technology - Lasers and laser safety September 2002 48

Jonathan Lliffe Book Review - Datums and Map projections for remote sensing, GIS and surveying September 2002 50

Paddy Brennan 2002 Golf results September 2002 52

Don Highe Letters - Notes from the Bemused December 2002 2

Phil Holmes Letters - Father & Son December 2002 2

Doug Dodge 2003 AGM December 2002 3

Doug Dodge Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors - AGM December 2002 4

Doug Dodge Association of Nova Scotia Land Surveyors - AGM December 2002 5

Jeff Beddoes The Western Canadian Board of Examiners December 2002 6

Bryan Bates University of Calgary Geomatics Engineering - Kananaskis Camp December 2002 7

Geomatics Engineering 2002 Awards - University of Calgary December 2002 10

Sandy Watts Getting there … My first survey camp - Yukon Territory - Road Location Survey 1963 December 2002 10

Helen Underhill Memories of the Golden Years December 2002 14

Linden Fritsch AGM 2003 December 2002 16

Sharron Dodge Travel Diary .. Manitoba December 2002 16

Sharron Dodge Travel Diary .. Nova Scotia December 2002 18

Victoria Johnson / David Bazett 2005 Committee update December 2002 23

Victoria Johnson Executive Directors Message December 2002 24

Jim Sutherland The Surveyor General's Datum - Assessing Legal Survey Accuracy December 2002 28

Daniel Beardslee Business Practices Committee - Converting costs to rates December 2002 30

Barry Cotton Walter Henderson, DLS, LS December 2002 35

Chuck Salmon Legal Issues - Survey Certificates December 2002 41

Managing your money - What is an investment policy statement (IPS)? December 2002 42

David Chalk Computer Technology - Establishing your online presence December 2002 44

Victoria Johnson Changing the world .. One life at a time December 2002 45

Chuck Salmon Kudos to Dick Wright December 2002 47

Jim Sutherland Survey Technology - A practical guide to elevated imaging December 2002 49

Neil Bennett Halloween Survey December 2002 52

Wayne Braid Why does a professional need a will and power of attorney? December 2002 53

Brian AmbroziakBook Review - Infinitie Perspectives Two Thousand Years of three-dimensional

mapmaking December 2002 55


BP Committee A Business Primer January 2001 3

Rob Tupper Northern Group Debate January 2001 4

David Bazett Electronic Link January 2001 5

Brent Taylor A year in Retrospect January 2001 5

Brent Taylor Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors - AGM January 2001 6

Brent Taylor Nova Scotia Land Surveyors - AGM January 2001 9

Dick Mak Lower Mainland Group - Dec Dinner Meeting January 2001 10Victoria Hoyle/Marm

MacMurchyUpdate on student activities January 2001 10

Paul Bartlett McElhanney Celebrates its 90th anniversary & its role in Building a Province January 2001 11

Gord Thomson Boundary Stones & the Royal Engineers January 2001 12

Dick Mak Rick Hargraves - closing shop January 2001 13

Jon Magwood McVittie House Revisited January 2001 14

Ken Schuurman BCIT's Geomatics Degree January 2001 17

BCIT awards - October 2000 January 2001 17

Sandy Watts Art & the Surveyor January 2001 18

Press Release . New Brochure will help all landowners January 2001 19

Chuck Salmon The Year 2000 - in review January 2001 22

Barry Cotton James Benjamin Launders, RE, LS January 2001 23

BP Committee How many hours are there in a year? January 2001 25

BP Committee Billing rates or payroll multipliers January 2001 26

GM Quijano Legal Issues - Island View beach vs. JE Anderson January 2001 28

Kevin Bogle Managing your money January 2001 32

Warren Ward Survey Techniques - The Search January 2001 33

Dick Mak Computer Confusion - Turn off the computer January 2001 36

Gates of Hell January 2001 36

CFB Esquimalt Militia takes Fort Rodd Uncivilized Attach Roundly Condemned January 2001 37

Georgia Land Surveyor Survey Technology - SA Lifted by the President January 2001 39

John Webb Book Review - Mapping a northern land: The survey of Canada January 2001 40

Walter Robillard I remember when January 2001 41

Angus Stocking Go: an Ancient Game for Modern Surveyors January 2001 42

Dick Mak Link on-line April 2001 3

Michael Kidston Opinions and Kudos April 2001 3

Bert Hol Service on the Board April 2001 4

Bert Hol Association of New Brunswick Land Surveyors - AGM April 2001 5

Bert Hol CCLS Report - January 31, 2001 April 2001 6

Mike Waberski Geomatics Career Days - University of Calgary April 2001 8

Terrace Standart Nisga'a Land Boundary April 2001 11

Retirement Party for Jim Sharpe, BCLS 395 April 2001 12

Ken Johnson Postscript April 2001 13

Larry Achtemichuk Grouse Grind April 2001 14

Victoria Hoyle University of Calgary - Update on student activities April 2001 14

Michael Harris AGM - 2001 April 2001 17

AGM - 2001 Accompanying Person's program April 2001 18

Doug Meredith To Newly Commissioned Surveyors & Articled Students April 2001 21

Press Release - Graduate student scholarship to study Land Surveying April 2001 21

Joan Van Housen/Gord Thomson University of Calgary - Student Awards & Financial Aid April 2001 22

Jeff Beddoes The Surveyor General's Datum - BC Assets & Land Corporation April 2001 25

Barry Cotton Eric Barclay McKay, CE, LS April 2001 28

Kittie Cotton A wife in the field April 2001 28

BP Committee Business Practices Committee - Step by Step estimating Bulletin 6 & 7 April 2001 32

Gord Thomson Legal issues - The crown, et al vs. Norman Monty Porter April 2001 34

Laurie Salvador Why you need a will April 2001 37

Kevin Bogle Managing your money - What are an executor's duties April 2001 39

Wilhelm Schmidt Survey History - How to survey with an astrolabe April 2001 40

Professional Surveyors Book Review - Rural Images: Estate Maps in the old and new worlds April 2001 42

Dick Mak Computer Confusion - Backup computer basics April 2001 43

Neil Bennett Wolf Willow - May 22, 2001 July 2001 3

Robert Allen BP Committee Bulletin Binder July 2001 3

Robert Allen Digital Link July 2001 4

Robert Allen Note to Kitty Cotton (A wife in the field) July 2001 4

Gordie Cameron Note to Members (New Life Members) July 2001 4

Bert Hol Board Activities July 2001 5

Bert Hol Association of Ontario Land Surveyors - AGM July 2001 6

Bert Hol Association of Canada Land Surveyors - AGM July 2001 8

Stephanie Stevens Wilmer man gets help from Windermere Lions Club July 2001 9

Gerry Warner Friends of Fort Steele to get $350,000 Grant July 2001 10

The Windermere Valley Museum and David Thompson July 2001 11

Kate Poole He Traced lots of lot lines July 2001 12

Dick Mak My early surveying days in Saskatchewan July 2001 14

Robert AllenThe BC Government Topographical Division & Lands Division contribution to the

Surveying & Mapping of BC 1905 - Present July 2001 14

Paddy Brennan Golf Tournament July 2001 15

Press Release - Land Surveyors Sign Internal Trade Agreement July 2001 18

Chuck Salmon The Surveyor General's Datum - Ministry Shuffle July 2001 21

ALS News Iron Survey Post Punctures Natural Gas Main July 2001 22

Barry Cotton John McGill Otty, LS July 2001 25

Peter Tassie Richard Stuart Pelly July 2001 28

BP Committee BP Committee Bulletin #8 - SUPRV - An Explanation July 2001 32

Daniel Beardslee Examining the Business Side of Surveying July 2001 35

BP Committee BP Committee Bulletin #9 - Added Value July 2001 36

Gunther Greulich Legal Issues - All you have to do … Lawyer and Surveyor .. What a team July 2001 37

Kevin Bogle Managing your money … Every Canadian Should have a written financial plan July 2001 40

Lyall Pratt Survey Techniques - SPR Corner July 2001 42

Wayne Braid Notaries & Surveyors .. A trusted Tradition July 2001 43

Neil Bennett Hell … Exothermic or Endothermic? July 2001 44

Fred Henstridge Survey Technology - New directions in GIS July 2001 45

Robert Allen Book Review - The Great Arc July 2001 47

Rules of Non-Parliamentary Procedure July 2001 47

Gordie Cameron Thanks from the Business Practices Committee November 2001 3

Bert Hol Board Activities November 2001 4

Bert Hol Spring 2001 Meetings - Alberta, Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island November 2001 5

Brent Taylor Agreement for Internal Trade (AIT) - August 16, 2001 November 2001 6

Canada Land Surveyors Labour Mobility November 2001 6

Faith Magwood McVittie House Project (Fort Steele) July 11-21, 2001 November 2001 8

McVittie House & Surveying Office Project November 2001 11

Frank Green & the PLS Qualifying Examination Papers November 2001 12

Paddy Brennan Fall Golf Results November 2001 14

Keith Errington Retires from BCIT November 2001 16

Board of Management Appointment of Executive Director - Victoria Johnson November 2001 18

Chuck Salmon The Surveyor General's Datum - Role of the Surveyor General - Oct 15, 2001 November 2001 24

Barry Cotton James Lawson Turnbull RE, LS November 2001 26

BP Committee Business Practice Committee - What is Profit Bulletin # 10 November 2001 32

Daniel Beardslee Price Positioning and Strategy November 2001 35

ALS News Legal Issues - Who owns a theoritical road Allowance? November 2001 36

Jamie Enders AGM 2002 - Surrey BC - January 23-25 November 2001 37

Investors GroupManaging your money - Draft income tax legislation. Making mutual fund trust units

more attractive to private corporations November 2001 38

Lyall Pratt Survey Techniques - SPR Corner November 2001 42

Dick Mak Computer Confusion November 2001 44

David Bilinsky Everybody's talking - fast facts on Voice Recognition software November 2001 44

Wisconsin LS Book Review - The Mystery of Capital November 2001 46


Gordon Thomson Link Puzzel Page - Board of Examiners, et al January 2000 3

David Trevorrow Peter Aplin, BCLS 375 (1915-1999) January 2000 4

Doug Meredith Peter Aplin - Fishing Expedition January 2000 5

O'brian Blackall 119th AGM - Manitoba Land Surveyors January 2000 6

Bert Hol CCLS Report - September 1999 January 2000 12

Chuck Salmon Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of BC - AGM January 2000 13

O'brian Blackall 49th AGM of Nova Scotia Land Surveyors January 2000 14

Dick Mak H.A.R.P. Aldridge, BCLS #459 - 40th Wedding Anniversary January 2000 16

Dick Mak Surveyor's Oath January 2000 17

Robert Allen Up to my elbows in grease January 2000 17

Bill Robinson BCLS Foundation Award presented at BCIT January 2000 19

Mike Thomson BCLS Centennial (2005) Celebration January 2000 19

Chuck Salmon Office of the Surveyor General - A time of Change January 2000 22

Robert Allen/Barry Cotton Allan Poyntz Patrick, OL, DTS, DLS, LS, ALS January 2000 24

Denny DeMeyerCampbell v. Hawkins: A Rocky Road- American & British Commissioners to the 1875-

1862 Northwest Boundary Survey had a stormy relationship January 2000 25

Gordon Thomson BCLS's Building Location Certificates - Copyrightable & Freedom of Information January 2000 28

Gordon Thomson Sample .. Member's Letter January 2000 31

Joel Leininger Evidence Corner - The Doctrine of Monuments - Revisited January 2000 32

Don Duffy Legal Issues - Public Roads & Private Funding January 2000 34

G.K. Allred New Limitations Act Proclaimed in Alberta January 2000 35

Kevin Bogle Estate Planning - Does your business need a "safety Net" (part 2) January 2000 37

BC ACS"'-CRD January 2000 38

Computer Confusion January 2000 40

Patrick Toscano Book Review - Land is the Cry January 2000 42

Bryan Bates The Importance of a Mentor to the development of the Professional Land Surveyor April 2000 3

Rick Hargraves Price Increase OK with Competition Bureau April 2000 4

Brent Taylor A President's Life April 2000 5

Brent Taylor Association of Ontario Land Surveyors - AGM April 2000 6

Brent Taylor CIG & ALCS AGM April 2000 8

Prince George Civic Centre April 2000 10

Mayor Colin Kinsley Office of the Mayor - BCLS Week April 2000 10

Bob Miller Surveyors Gather Here April 2000 10

Shirley Gratton Office of the Mayor April 2000 11

Ron Johns 95th AGM - Price George, BC April 2000 11

Maureen Brown 95th AGM - Price George, BC - A partners Perspective April 2000 12

Donald Armitage Duffy, BCLS 385 & Donald Earl Watson, BCLS 364 - Life Membership April 2000 12

AGM 2000 Pictures April 2000 14

Rick Hargraves Green Space - Ornamental Grasses April 2000 16

Bruce McTaggart A BC Land Surveyor in California April 2000 16

Bill Brookes I think Charlie has found the cable April 2000 18

Chuck Salmon The Surveyor General's Datum - Realtors & Natural Boundaries April 2000 20

Barry Cotton Samuel Parker Tuck, CE, LS April 2000 23

Gordon Thomson Highlights of the Board of Management - Report of Activities 1999 - 2000 April 2000 25

Brent Taylor Copyright - Legal Opinion April 2000 26

Doug MacAulay Legal Issues - Under my personal Delegation April 2000 29

Kevin Bogle Estate Planning - Tax Shelters: Fact or Fiction April 2000 32

Glen Cameron Computer Confusion - Microsurvey CAD Pro 3.1 (Tips & Tricks) April 2000 33

Paul Mendes Accessing Registry Information from the comfort of your computer April 2000 36

Microsoft Keyboard April 2000 38

Dan Gregoire Survey Technology GPS Corner April 2000 38

Tony WhitneyAuto Navigation Systems arrive in BC - Automotive Journalist and co-host of "Ted &

Tony's inside Track" April 2000 39

A.C. Mulford Book Review - Boundaries and Landmarks: A practical Manual April 2000 40

How to avoid Boundary Line Heachaches - Press Release April 2000 41

Grant Bulter A BC Land Surveyor in California June 2000 3

Brent Taylor A Busy President June 2000 4

Bert Hol CCLS Annual General Meeting June 2000 5

Brent Taylor Alberta Land Surveyors Association - AGM June 2000 8

Brent Taylor ASTTBC Annual General Meeting June 2000 9

Brent Taylor Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Association - AGM June 2000 10

Brent Taylor Newfoundland Land Surveyors Association - AGM June 2000 11

O'brian Blackall Geomatics Engineering Liaison Committee June 2000 12

Bert HolCorp of BC Land Surveyors - Executive Liaison with Ministry of Transportation and

Highways June 2000 12

Dick Mak The Lower Mainland BCLS Group June 2000 13

Wayne Brown The Northern BCLS Group June 2000 14

Ken Kyler Nepal Trek, April 2000 June 2000 16

Gord Thomson Did you Know? June 2000 18

Chuck Salmon The Surveyors General's Datum - GPS Evaluation June 2000 21

Barry Cotton Major Charles Francis Hanington, MEIC, LS June 2000 22

Stan Nickel BPC - A business primer from your Business Practices Committee June 2000 26

Don Duffy Legal Issues - Trees - Commodities or Artifacts? June 2000 28

Kevin Bogle Estate Planning - Intervivos Family Trusts June 2000 33

Robert Todd Evidence Corner - Property Lines: Gravesites & Homesites June 2000 36Press Release - GPS Units Display 3 decimal Places … But are they accurate to 3

decimal places? June 2000 38

Computer Confusion - The AOL Car June 2000 39

Sask LS Assoc Survey Technology - Cables - The weak link June 2000 39

Mike Thomson BCLS Centennial (2005) Celebration June 2000 40

Arthur McLaughlin Book Review - Elements of Photogrammetry with Applications in GIS (3rd Edition) June 2000 41

Ice Cream Pontiac June 2000 42

Neil Bennett Bennett's Crossword Page June 2000 43

Richard Redfern Business Primer October 2000 3

Bryan Bates Business Practices Committee October 2000 4

Brent Taylor Education of a Land Surveyor October 2000 4

Wayne Brown Northern Group Update October 2000 8

Bell Ringer Extra Ordinaire October 2000 8

Government of Saskatchewan Third Meridian October 2000 9

Chuck Salmon The Surveyor General's Datum - The Travelling Board October 2000 12

Brian Munday Press release - Government asked to support Technological Innovation October 2000 13

Robert Allen Edwin Mohum, CE, LS October 2000 14

Gordie Cameron Business Practices Committee - Marking up disbursements October 2000 16

Nova Scotia Surveyor Legal Issues - Letters to Confirmation and the use of disclaimers October 2000 17

James J. Demma, LS Negligence claims against a surveyor October 2000 18

Kevin Bogle Estate Planning - What to insure when you're self-employed October 2000 20

Ontario Association Survey Techniques - Hanging lines - Still a problem for surveyors October 2000 22

Fred Henstridge, LS Developing the strategic plan for a GIS October 2000 26

Dean F Glorso, PLS Computer Confusion - Computer Outlaws October 2000 28

David J. Bilinsky Marking on the internet October 2000 30

Geoff Allies Survey Technology - Extending lens life October 2000 34

Roy Minnick Survey History - The day of the Landmark October 2000 35

Patrick Toscano Book Review - A new look at mapping the old southwest October 2000 37

Nebraska Surveyor Diet Rules October 2000 38