(Canadian) A place where a north–south grid road jogs to correct for the northward convergence of meridians.
(Canadian) A place where a north–south grid road jogs to correct for the northward convergence of meridians.
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(Canadian) A road that follows the one-mile section grid established by government land survey.
(specifically, US, Canada) The roads that run perpendicular to avenues in a grid layout.
(informal, North America) The Canada-United States border; the 49th parallel north: a circle of latitude that is 49° north of Earth's equator.
(Canada, historical) A road laid out by the colonial government through undeveloped Crown land to provide access to rows of newly surveyed lots intended for farming by new settlers.
A grid of horizontal and vertical lines; specifically, one used as a guide to proportionately enlarge or reduce a drawing.