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Wayyyy back in discussion...we got into the Dominion Land Survey System...
I can't remember where I'd posted description and how to map it....
Anyways...back in the day when the west was being settled...they had to have a way for new settlers to find the piece of land they were getting...so they did a grid system....DLS...
It is still used to this day to survey land....and find co-ordinates other than longitude & latitude....
What it gives you is Section/Township/Range...which quarter in the section ...in this case NE....and where in western Canada it is located according to meridian lines ...eg: Meridian 4 is the Alberta/Sask border...
So when it says W4...that means West of the 4th Meridian....
So....there are a couple of converters online....you just plug in the numbers and then it shows it on a map or gives you long & lat to put into a map and it will zoom into where the land is located...
This converter....will find you the centre of section 2...and we go from there....
http://www.prairielocator.com/
So you want to find NE 2-34-5 W4
So in
Section you would put
2
Township you would put
34
Range you would put
5
(
W4 is referring to West and the 4 is the 4th meridian...which is the Alberta/Sask border...hence you are
West of the 4th meridian...aka
W4)
Meridian you would put
4
Direction you would choose
West
Hit convert...it will give you long & lat ...and a place marker on the map...
When you look at the map it is marked at the
centre of section 2...(image map1a)
That section is divided into 4 quarters...namely NW...NE...SW...SE...(image map1b)
We are looking for NE 2....here's where the NE comes in from your above co-ordinates...
That is the piece of land you are looking for.... NE 1/4 of section 2...(marked NE in image map1b)
Hope this helps...you can use that converter for any location in western Canada & it will give you the co-ordinates
View attachment 61542 2-34-5 W4
View attachment 61543 2-34-5 W4 divided into it's quarters
View attachment 61544 2-34-5 W4 in relation to Consort AB
View attachment 61545 Driving distance from NE 2-34-5 W4 to Consort AB