Townships are also six miles wide and are numbered from south to north. They are numbered consecutively from east to west, beginning west of the meridian. Between meridians are a series of columns, each six miles wide, called ranges. The ATS designates land as being west of the 4th Meridian (110 degrees west longitude), 5th Meridian (114 degrees west longitude) or 6th Meridian (118 degrees west longitude). The ATS is a grid network dividing the province into equal-sized square parcels of land, for purposes of administering legal land title. The Alberta Township System (ATS) is a variant of the Dominion Land Survey (DLS) system as implemented in Canada. A piece of a township measuring 640 acres, one square mile, numbered with reference to the base line and meridian line.WGS84 is used for all coordinates. Represents the measure of units east and west of the base line.įor example, Township 3 North, Range 9 West, 5th Principal Meridian identifies a specific township that is 3 tiers north from the base line and 9 tiers west (Range) of the 5th Principal Meridian. Numbers entered for township represent the measure of units North or South of the base line. The sections within the township are numbered starting with the Northeast corner of the township. Each township is divided into 36 sections, each section being 1 square mile. Townships measure approximately six miles on a side, making thirty-six square miles. The land then divides into sections from the point of this intersection as follows: Two lines run at right angles to each other through the territory-a base line running east and west and a meridian line running north and south. Some areas of land are surveyed using the rectangular-survey system, otherwise known as the township-range system. Managing Section, Township, and Range Managing Section, Township, and Range

Example township and range system