Villiers Sankey
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Villiers Sankey was a military officer and surveyor, known for maps and plans from the turn of the 19th century, in Toronto, Canada.[2] In 1872 he was appointed to the British Indian Civil Service.[1]
He moved to Canada around 1875, where he studied to be a land surveyor.[1]
In 1888 he was appointed Toronto's first Surveyor General, a position he held until early 1905.[1][2][3] On July 10, 1905 Sankey was leading a team surveying near Kenora, Ontario. A sudden change of weather while his canoe was crossing Manitou Lake swamped his canoe, and Sankey and another man drowned.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Charles Fairhall. "Surveyors Of The Past". Krcmar Surveyors Ltd: p. 1. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210718195709/https://www.krcmar.ca/resource-articles/1983_Fall_Major%20Villiers%20Sankey_1.pdf. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "SANKEY, VILLIERS". Queen's Own Rifles Museum. https://qormuseum.org/soldiers-of-the-queens-own/sankey-villiers/. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ↑ Mike Filey (2019-06-29). "THE WAY WE WERE: Whats in a name?". Toronto Sun. Archived from the original on 2020-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20200802042001/https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/the-way-we-were-whats-in-a-name. Retrieved 2021-09-13. "When Toronto established the Office of City Surveyor in 1889 Sankey was awarded that position, a demanding job he held for 15 years."