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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

K. Kulbisky informed County Council that he had received a letter dated November 14, 2000 requesting that the County erect Correction Line signs on Highway 36, on the north and south sides of the Correction Line.  1, record 1, English, - Correction%20Line

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Correction Lines. ... the meridians are converging lines that meet at the poles. Like the meridians, the range lines also converge as the run north from the 49th parallel. As a result, the top or northern border of any town ship must measure slightly less in distance than its base or southern border. ... This, of course, was a situation that the surveyors wanted to avoid, since the whole intent of the grid system was to create parcels of land of approximately the same size. To reduce distortion caused by the converging range lines, the surveyors used the following method. The second township line north of the 49th parallel and every fourth township line thereafter were established as correction line. At each correction line, the range line is displaced a certain distance. This jog, as it is called, in effect increases the area of the townships north of each correction line, thereby compensating somewhat for the convergence. The jogs in the range lines west of any meridian are accumulative. That is, if you follow a correction line west from any meridian, you will find that the jogs you first encounter are very small. The jogs increase as you move west from range line to range line.  3, record 1, English, - Correction%20Line

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Correction Line, au sud des sections 1 et 2-47-24-W4, de la grande route 2A à la route secondaire 814 [...]  1, record 1, French, - Correction%20Line

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish