Laying Down the Lines: A History of Land Surveying in Alberta
Judy Larmour
 

Listen to Judy Larmour on CBC Radio's Daybreak Alberta (May 28, 2005).

 

This Alberta Land Surveyors’ Association commissioned publication includes legendary surveyors and explorers David Thompson and Peter Fidler right up to today’s modern Alberta Land Surveyors.

 

This book tells the story of land surveyors and their incredible challenges and hardships as well as their often amusing stories. Read about the tragic death of Henry Selby and the surveyors’ connection to Edmonton’s infamous Cecil Hotel.

 

Chapters include Mastering A Dry Land: Land Surveyors and Irrigation (Chapter 4), The Challenge of Surveying Alberta’s North (Chapter 6), and Urban Provincial and Professional Affairs in the Glory Days to World War I (Chapter 8)

To order the harcover ($40 plus shipping and handling plus GST), please go to the Alberta Land Surveyors' Association's Material for Sale page. To order the softcover, contact Brindle and Glass.