To end the debate of the location of Canada’s most northerly point, the Canadian Armed Forces Mapping and Charting Establishment determined Canada’s most northern point while conducting OP ARCTIC 87. A survey party established survey station 8759014 on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island and dedicated this memorial in memory of Military Mappers.
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
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THIS CAIRN OVERLOOKS
CANADA'S MOST NORTHERN POINT OF LAND.
ESTABLISHED BY THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES,
MAPPING AND CHARTING ESTABLISHMENT
AND DEDICATED TO THE MILITARY MAPPERS
WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE MAPPING OF
CANADA
SUMMER 1987.
Location
Military Mappers Memorial
Ellesmere Island
Nunavut
Military Mappers Memorial
Ellesmere Island
Nunavut
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