Subject: Re: Possible to have land in USA that isn't in a State?
Date: Jul 21, 2004 @ 21:32
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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> very interestingextra
>
> i dont think any stateless land is actually created by it tho
>
> rather i believe idwa must continue effectively due north the
> half inch or so beyond the 1909 terminal marker vertexclass
> until it reaches the caus sight line at true bcidwa
>
> this point is reached probably while still on the marker disk
> but just north of its center point
> if i understand you correctly
>
> & if that is right
> then you have made & reported here the first monumental
> b visit in history
>
> which is a curious contradiction in terms
> since class b was invented for unmarked points
>
> but i believe your novel findings have demonstrated that true
> bcidwa is indeed an unmarked point upon the idwa terminal
> marker
>
> & have done so with almost acupunctural precision to boot
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Patton [DCP]"
> <dpatton@c...> wrote:
> > This is a theoretical question, just out of curiosity,
> > but may not be hypothetical.
> >
> > By treaty, the Cananda/USA border along the 49th parallel
> > is defined by straight lines between border monuments.
> >
> > It's my understanding that boundaries between US states,
> > such as between Wahington and Idaho, are defined by
> > the locations of monuments along those borders.
> >
> > Apparently, the monument that defines the intersection
> > of the Washington/Idaho border with the Canada/USA border
> > was incorrectly placed by the USGS in 1909, because they
> > placed in on the parallel, which is a line with a slight
> > southward curve, rather than placing it on the straight
> > line between the two adjacent Canada/USA border
> monuments.
> >
> > The difference is apparently very small - perhaps on the
> > order of 1/2 an inch, but, at least theoretically, doesn't
> > this create a small piece of land that is south of the
> > Canada/USA border, and therefore is in the USA, but which
> > is located north of both Washinton and Idaho?
> >
> > --
> > Dave Patton
> > Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence Project
> > http://www.confluence.org/
> > My website: http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/