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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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- Clarke Surveyors Incorporated was originally formed in 1970
under the name of R.A. Clarke Ontario Land Surveyor. It was a
successor to the survey practice of W. J. Fletcher, one of the
early surveyors in Essex County starting in 1917.
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- In 1978 Ross Clarke was the founding president of Photomap
Air Surveys Limited in Toronto, an aerial surveying
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mapping company consisting of a consortium of seven land survey
companies in Ontario and one in Quebec City. From Photomap Air
Surveys Limited, Photomap Group Incorporated was formed to participate
in the Polaris Project. (Province of Ontario Land Registration
System). The Polaris Project is the Ontario Government/Private
Industry partnership to computerize the Land Registry System
in Ontario. The Private Industry partners are E.D.S., Systemhouse,
Intergraph, Peat Marwick and Landata International Services of
which Clarke Surveyors are partners.
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- In 1990, Mr. Clarke acquired MacKay, MacKay & Peters
Limited, Hamilton, Ontario, one of the oldest survey firms in
the area, commencing business in 1906. MacKay, MacKay & Peters
Limited is also the successor to the survey practice of one of
Canada's great map makers and explorers of the late 19th Century
by the name of J.W. Tyrell.
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- In 1997, Mr. Clarke acquired Yates & Yates Limited in
Burlington, Ontario, the successor to the survey practice of
Sewell and Sewell, and added this practice to MacKay, MacKay & Peters
Limited now in one office, in Burlington.
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- Company Business
- Clarke Surveyors and its associated companies are licensed
under the Province of Ontario to:
a) Advise on, report on, conduct or supervise the conducting
of surveys to establish, locate, define or describe lines, boundaries
or corners of parcels of land or land covered with water.
b) To determine the natural and artificial features of the
surface of the earth and the storage and representation of such
features on a chart, map, plan or graphic representation.
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- The Industry
- The land surveying industry in Ontario is comprised of approximately
700 licensed professionals in 250 private practices. The Association
of Ontario Land Surveyors is a body incorporated in 1892 and
charged with the responsibility of licensing land surveyors and
protecting the public.
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- The profession is quasi-judicial in nature as extensive investigation
is needed to identify property owners extent of title. Due to
the surveyor's professional position, they are called upon to
be expert witnesses many times in boundary and land claim disputes.
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