Determining Ordinary High Water Mark on the Bras D’0r Lakes, an inland tidal, salt water lake.Red Point, Iona, Cape Breton Island,Nova Scotia, CanadaLat 45 56 10 NLong 60 54 38 W
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I worked in New England and have surveyed tidal waters. I find the concept of observing/measuring nature with respect to the law very interesting. We traced the stain on rocks at the coast for high water and observed tidal rivers at low/high tides with relation to vegetation...See You, Thanks
High water mark has always been a controversial topic over the years in Nova Scotia, where we are almost completely surrounded by water with may inland lakes.
In the Nova Scotia Land Surveyors Regulations, which was revised recently and passed by the Membership of The Association of Nova Scotia Land Surveyors, OWHM is define as
Ordinary High Water Mark
Ordinary high water mark as water boundary
70(1)In this Section, “ordinary high water mark” means
(a)for non-tidal waters, the limit or edge of the bed of a body of water where the land has been covered by water so long as to wrest it from vegetation or as to mark a distinct character upon the vegetation where it extends into the water or upon the soil itself; and
(b)for tidal waters, the mark on the seashore reached by the average of the mean high tides of the sea between the spring and neap tides in each quarter of a lunar revolution during the year excluding only extraordinary catastrophes or overflows.
(2)Unless there are existing rights to the contrary, the ordinary high water mark must be used as the feature defining water boundaries
Very nice photographs, and an interesting topic as well.
In determining the ordinary high water mark (sometimes abbreviated OHWM) as a task, requires a body of knowledge in its own. Many times land surveyors are directly assigned to the task, and other times we are assigned in interpreting the results of the determination to the best interest of our client.
The laws of local, state, national, and international must be understood by the surveyor, whether he be the OHWM delineation authority, by the legal definition of his professional role in the matter, or otherwise by his role as an adviser, facilitator, or counterpart in the process.
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Hello Stewart,
I worked in New England and have surveyed tidal waters. I find the concept of observing/measuring nature with respect to the law very interesting. We traced the stain on rocks at the coast for high water and observed tidal rivers at low/high tides with relation to vegetation...See You, Thanks
Paul and Scott,
High water mark has always been a controversial topic over the years in Nova Scotia, where we are almost completely surrounded by water with may inland lakes.
In the Nova Scotia Land Surveyors Regulations, which was revised recently and passed by the Membership of The Association of Nova Scotia Land Surveyors, OWHM is define as
Ordinary High Water Mark
Ordinary high water mark as water boundary
70 (1) In this Section, “ordinary high water mark” means
(a) for non-tidal waters, the limit or edge of the bed of a body of water where the land has been covered by water so long as to wrest it from vegetation or as to mark a distinct character upon the vegetation where it extends into the water or upon the soil itself; and
(b) for tidal waters, the mark on the seashore reached by the average of the mean high tides of the sea between the spring and neap tides in each quarter of a lunar revolution during the year excluding only extraordinary catastrophes or overflows.
(2) Unless there are existing rights to the contrary, the ordinary high water mark must be used as the feature defining water boundaries
http://www.novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/lssurveyors.htm#TOC2_70
Stewart,
Very nice photographs, and an interesting topic as well.
In determining the ordinary high water mark (sometimes abbreviated OHWM) as a task, requires a body of knowledge in its own. Many times land surveyors are directly assigned to the task, and other times we are assigned in interpreting the results of the determination to the best interest of our client.
The laws of local, state, national, and international must be understood by the surveyor, whether he be the OHWM delineation authority, by the legal definition of his professional role in the matter, or otherwise by his role as an adviser, facilitator, or counterpart in the process.
Scott
Hello Stewart,
Interesting photo...have surveyed similar ground in Maine. What evidence did you hold when determining?
Paul