Clarke Surveyors

Clarke Surveyors Incorporated was originally formed in 1970 under the name of R.A. Clarke Ontario Land Surveyor. It was a successor to the survey practice of W. J. Fletcher, one of the early surveyors in Essex County starting in 1917. In 1978 Ross Clarke was the founding president of Photomap Air Surveys Limited in Toronto, an aerial surveying and... mapping company consisting of a consortium of seven land survey companies in Ontario and one in Quebec City. From Photomap Air Surveys Limited, Photomap Group Incorporated was formed to participate in the Polaris Project. (Province of Ontario Land Registration System). The Polaris Project is the Ontario Government/Private Industry partnership to computerize the Land Registry System in Ontario. The Private Industry partners are E.D.S., Systemhouse, Intergraph, Peat Marwick and Landata International Services of which Clarke Surveyors are partners. In 1990, Mr. Clarke acquired MacKay, MacKay & Peters Limited, Hamilton, Ontario, one of the oldest survey firms in the area, commencing business in 1906. MacKay, MacKay & Peters Limited is also the successor to the survey practice of one of Canada's great map makers and explorers of the late 19th Century by the name of J.W. Tyrell. In 1997, Mr. Clarke acquired Yates & Yates Limited in Burlington, Ontario, the successor to the survey practice of Sewell and Sewell, and added this practice to MacKay, MacKay & Peters Limited now in one office, in Burlington.Read More