The park has two monuments that show where the two mismatched baselines meet the principal meridian at the North Initial Point and South Initial Point.ДЄlthough the site was landlocked for many years, in 2014, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources acquired additional property allowing public access from Meridian Road near the Jackson-Ingham county line. Meridian-Baseline State Park is a 108-acre state park in Ingham County and Jackson County, Michigan, that contains the intersection of the Michigan meridian and the baseline used for the Michigan Survey. With the help of John and his Jeep and the plat maps, they finally found it вЂ“ just about 300 yards from where Maurice and Barb had been earlier. First, they tried to reach it by Territorial Road on Bill RobesonвЂ™s farm, but had no luck so Barb suggested they go back to where they had searched before.

So, when Barb called John Blair to see if he knew where it was located, he said, вЂњYes Come over,вЂќ so Ruth Foster, John Blair, and Barb Surbrook started anew their venture of looking for the cornerstone, but this time they had plat maps. They were so happy they took pictures of it, had them developed, and to their dismay it was not the one. They were getting ready to leave when they saw a large gatepost. Maurice knew about where it was, so Barb drove to Cooper Road to the location, walking on foot Barb and Maurice walked down fence lines, through dumps, through swamps, woods, around a pond, with no luck of finding it. We are grateful to our three founding Cornerstone partners, who are helping to spread the impact and influence of CanadaвЂ™s large urban parks.One cool day in October of 1978, Maurice DeCamp and Barb Surbrook set out to find the Township Cornerstone Through Cornerstone Parks weвЂ™re committed to linking active community organizations to each other, to other large urban park groups and to a bigger movement to hold space for nature in cities. We recognize that people have long-standing, diverse and valuable connections to their beloved large green spaces. Engaging in the evaluation and impact measurement activities with our partners in order to capture the collective environmental and social outcomes of their work.Measuring impact and amplifying the link between community-based stewardship, human well-being and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours.Providing direct funding to community-based stewardship and restoration initiatives,.Building the capacity of park groups in equity-seeking communities,.

Over the next three years, weвЂ™re expanding the Cornerstone Park Network with a focus on: With a deep presence in their respective parks and communities, High Park Nature Centre, Les Amis de la Montagne and Stanley Park Ecology Society are the three founding Cornerstone Parks Network partners demonstrating whatвЂ™s possible for large urban parks. Park People established Cornerstone Parks to spread the impact and influence of large urban parks. They give people pathways to build meaningful connections to nature and each other and they give cities a big head start when it comes to mitigating the impacts of climate change. Large parks like High Park, Mount Royal and Stanley Park hold space for nature in our cities.

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