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A Surveyor's
chain, donated to the museum by Willie Clark of Dunvegan. It was Made by
Chesterman of Sheffield.
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This type
of surveyor's chain was widely used in Britain, the Eastern
United States and older areas within Canada. Along with a compass (shown
below), the surveyor would use this chain to measure lots of land for settlers.
Each chain had swivel links
which were intended to keep the chain from kinking. The marker tags allowed
the surveyor to read off any distance within the hundred-foot length of
the chain at a glance and be correct to within one inch.
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| Surveyors Compass, donated by J.W Macleod of Kirkhill. |
This compass was owned by
Alexander MacLeod who immigrated to Canada in 1793. It was used for surveying parts of
Glengarry County, the upper Ottawa Valley, most of the State of Missouri, and
other parts of Western Canada and the United States.
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