A surveyor general is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Historically this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post.
The following surveyor general positions exist, or have existed historically:
- Surveyors general in Australia:
- Surveyor General of New South Wales
- Surveyor General of South Australia
- Surveyor General of Queensland
- Surveyor General of Tasmania
- Surveyor General of the Northern Territory
- Surveyor General of Victoria
- Surveyor General of Western Australia
- Surveyors general in Canada:
- Arpenteur général du Québec - prior to 1840s as Surveyor General of Lower Canada
- Surveyor General of Ontario - 1791 to 1829 as Surveyor General of Upper Canada and the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Province of Canada) 1827 to 1867
- Surveyor General of Nova Scotia
- Surveyors-general in British North America
- Surveyor General of the Colony of Vancouver Island
- Surveyor General of New Brunswick
- Robert Power (surveyor)
- Surveyor General of Cornwall, UK
- Surveyor General of Hong Kong
- Surveyor General of India
- Surveyor General of Ireland
- Surveyor General of New Netherland
- The Surveyor General of Pakistan
- Surveyor General of Sri Lanka (formerly Surveyor General of Ceylon)
- Surveyors general in the United States and its colonial predecessors:
- Surveyor General of the United States
- Surveyor General of Arizona
- Surveyor General of North Carolina
- Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory (today's north-central U.S.)
- Surveyor General of the Eastern District[1]
- Surveyor General of Spanish Louisiana
References
- ^ DeLancey, Edward Floyd (1886). Origin and History of Manors in the Province of New York and in the County of Westchester. p. 153. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
See also
- Surveyor Generals Corner (Australia)
- Public Land Survey System (United States)