Module 4 part 1 Flashcards
Gunter’s chain
A measuring instrument that was 66 ft long, 100 links made a chain and 80 chains equaled a mile
Plots of land used to be known as … while were divided into …
concessions, lots
How many chains were 1 concession
100 chains
Ontario was initially divided into
counties
County boundaries often followed
a river or lake or was a straight line through the bush
Counties were divided into smaller parcels referred to as
townships
townships were usually
square
townships were divided into
concessions
concessions were separated by
road allowances
Lot 5 in Concession III in the township of anytownship in the county of anycounty
How lots were described
Define single front township
20 chains by 100 chains, contained 200 acres
Oldest township
single front township
Define double front township
30 chains by 66.6 chains
double front township were usually patented or given their legal identity in
half-lots containing 100 acres
Sectional system township
1000 acre sections, with lots that were 20 by chains and contained 100 acres
Metes
Limit/limting mark (distance
Bounds
Boundary lines
Metes & Bounds begin at … and progress around ….
until
a commencement point
the property
returning to the point of reference
To describe the location of the property boundary lines are referenced according to
compass directions & the distances between boundary lines
Define survery
a land surveyor’s determination of the boundaries of a piece of land
A survey can be used to identify
land, locations of structures, restrictions on the land
Technical term for land surveying
cadastral surveying
4 components of a survey
Research, measurements, monumentation, plan/report
Monumentation
location of physical markers
Governing body for land surveyors
Assc of Ontario Land Surveyors
2 parts of surveyors real property report
Plan of Survey
Written Report
Only the …. must be monumented
front angles of the property
What address is on the surveyors real property report
municipal address and the land titles/registry office designations
R-plan
survey that describes more than 1 interest in land
A plan of survey is
visual depiction of the property
A plan of survey does not contain
a written report
Type of survey useful for homeowners establishing property boundaries for a building permit
A plan of survey
A plan of subdivision
Detailed survey indicating lots & blocks of lands and roads
A plan of subdivision is for the development of neighbourhoods and is apporved and registered where?
approved by municipal authorities and registered in the land registry office
Legal land descriptions are used when
a title is transferred
a property is mortgaged
easement is registered on a title
Legal land descriptions contain 3 parts:
- locational reference
- encumbrances
- Municipality/Registry office
