Bill Potts asked in USMA 12450:
>
>I wonder if Justin has taken actual measurements.
>
>I have some doubt about the street addressing representing meters from a
>reference line. When Canada metricated, street addresses didn't change, so I
>suspect that Montr�al's were based on yards (as they are in many North
>American cities), not meters.
>
>On the other hand, the Montr�al city fathers may very well have been
>progressive enough to use meters when the street addresses were originally
>planned.
>
>Perhaps Joe Reid has some information on this.
Sorry, I haven't a clue.
The Weights and Measures Act of 1971 recognized cerain units to describe
land in Quebec:
pied = 12.789 inches
perch = 18 pieds or 324 square pieds
arpent = 180 pieds or 32 400 square pieds
Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
