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Marsh Ney
C.H.
"Marsh" Ney was born in Bradford, Ontario, on December 21, 1890,
the son of Mathew Henry and Emeline Sophia Ney. He received his
primary and secondary education in Aurora, Ontario, and
graduated from the University of Toronto in
1916
with a Bachelor of Science degree. Upon graduation, he enlisted
in the Royal Flying Corps and served two and one-half years
overseas. He was demobilized with the rank of flight lieutenant
(pilot).
For the
next thirty-five years, he was on the staff of the Geodetic
Survey of Canada, having been admitted to practice as a Dominion
Land Surveyor on March 1,
1918,
and as an Ontario Land Surveyor on April 1,
1922.
During this interval, he was engaged primarily in geodesy and
was awarded an M.B.E. (Civil Division) for war-time work on
aerial navigation in polar regions. Surveyors across the
Dominion have benefited from the many technical papers which he
contributed to the Canadian Institute of Surveying.
One of
his notable contributions to surveying in Ontario was the
astronomic determination of two critical points for the eventual
survey of the Ontario-Manitoba boundary. This work is described
in the report of the Ontario-Manitoba Boundary Commission,
1955.
In
1955,
he retired from civil service in the position of Assistant
Dominion Geodesist and established himself in practice as an
Ontario Land Surveyor in Ottawa until
1960.
He was a
member of the United Church of Canada and the Civil Service
Lodge AF and AM, Scottish Rite.
Mr. Ney
passed away on August 5,
1972.
In accordance with Mr. Ney's wishes, his ashes were scattered
over Ney Harbour in Frobisher Bay.
Source:
Hans Hietala, OLS
Association
of Ontario Land Surveyors
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