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stephent
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Post Number: 1
Registered: 02-2016
| | Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2016 - 5:55 pm: | 
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Attached pictures taken last August near the northern campsite on Rawson Lake.
The 'plate' was about 10m south of the campsite, in the bush, near the shoreline. My guess is that when the tree it was attached to was still standing, the 'plate' was facing the lake.
Any ideas?
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stephent
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Post Number: 2
Registered: 02-2016
| | Posted on Monday, February 8, 2016 - 11:24 am: |
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pictures that I forgot to attach to original post
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dan_carpenter
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Post Number: 91
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 8, 2016 - 11:58 am: |
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The Ontario coat of arms on the tag means that it is some sort of mining claim or other reference point registered with the Ontario government. Maybe somebody else who sees this post can provide more specific information. |
brian
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Post Number: 1730
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 8, 2016 - 12:05 pm: |
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Definitely an old mining claim. |
eddy_turn
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Post Number: 74
Registered: 03-2011
| | Posted on Monday, February 8, 2016 - 7:48 pm: |
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Beware: there are some faux portage trails in this area, some marked with flagging tape, that end in the middle of nowhere with a post and a tag. |
stephent
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Post Number: 3
Registered: 02-2016
| | Posted on Friday, February 12, 2016 - 11:10 am: |
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Did some digging and found this:
http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/ historic_claim_maps/S/Sheppard.pdf
Not sure if it's relevant, but to me it does not seem to show prospecting activity near Rawson.
But it does, however, show a rectangle of land near the campsite labelled '1157825'.
Amazing that these records still exist and are online - one of the maps is stamped 1936...
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ed
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Post Number: 1317
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 13, 2016 - 9:32 am: |
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Stephent:
The Province (MNDM) logs all of the Claim work done in the province since the late 1800's when they started to keep records.In the early 1900's geologists travelled the province, by canoe mostly, to explore what mineral resources might be available.As they did so they also noted the location of canoe routes that they used in their travels. They developed crude maps of the routes and the geological information they gathered. The maps etc. were published in the Ontario Annual Geological Survey reports which are also available on line. The reports are helpful in locating old canoe routes.
eddy_turn:
If you find yourself following a suspicious trail that looks like a portage, check your compass bearings. If the trail appears to be running almost due North and South or due East and West, you are likely following a Claim line that a prospector has carved out to delineate his Claim.
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eddy_turn
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Post Number: 75
Registered: 03-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, February 13, 2016 - 9:12 pm: |
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Thanks for pointing it out ed. As a matter of fact I realize now that two claim lines I investigated around Parsons lake were running almost exactly S-N. |
Temagami canoe routes & backcountry travel