right & thats why i say nominally
both sides have in fact repeatedly & vigorously defended this border against me
m
>
>It's called undefended, but I'm positive the border guards have guns. They
>were certainly unwilling for me to leave my bag at the guardhouse while I
>looked around Pt Roberts! So much for 'southern' hospitality, coming from
>Canada.
>
>I saw NZ apples for sale in Pt roberts, as I did in Vancouver. But due to
>quaratine regulations, NZ (and possibly other) apples bought in the US can't
>be taken into Canada. I wonderwhat the Pt Roberts kids pack for lunch when
>they are bussed through Canada to school in mainland USA?
>
>B
>
>
>>From: michael donner <m@...>
>>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: [BoundaryPoint] a narrowly close bccwwa trio try
>>Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 11:12:21 -0400
>>
>>the towers in the first & last photos here by doug
>><http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/9282/pointroberts2.html>
>>http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/9282/pointroberts2.html
>>actually mark
>> or very narrowly miss but certainly dominate
>>a nicely matched pair of binational tripoints
>>namely bccwwa1 & bccwwa2 respectively
>>comprising the 2 more westerly & most illustrious of the 3 bccwwa
>>trijunctions
>>all together forming that unusual set of triplet tripoints
>>shared by
>> british columbia province &
>> the candian federal waters aka crown waters &
>> washington state or the usa
>>
>>these 2 tripoints & their towers are extra special not only because of
>>their near definitive relations with kinky point roberts
>>but also because the first of them marks the western land terminus of the
>>longest nominally undefended boundary in the world
>>
>>the third & odd member out of the trio
>>bccwwa3
>>is a bit farther east of point roberts
>>between white rock bc & blaine wa
>>where the continental caus megatranssect begins or ends in earnest
>>hopefully right behind this tower
>><http://www.geocan.nrcan.gc.ca/ibc/rgtowr.jpg>
>>http://www.geocan.nrcan.gc.ca/ibc/rgtowr.jpg
>>& thus also hopefully just blocked from view by it too
>>
>>m
>>
>>
>
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