Subject: Re: Quebec - Newfoundland and Labrador<br/>
Date: May 30, 2003 @ 23:05<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 (&quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-403283624">actually i am a little surprised newfoundland is even presenting <br/>
this marker as a border marker<br/>
since it isnt really a border survey marker at all<br/>
but only a vertical datum installed unilaterally by quebec <br/>
& provocatively too far east at that<br/>
<br/>
in fact there never has been a real nfqc survey at blanc sablon<br/>
& the border here remains indefinite & even in mild dispute <br/>
<br/>
when i encountered this marker in the summer of 2000 on the <br/>
shoulder of the coastal highway <br/>
i could see it was a few meters too far east of the nominal & <br/>
purported position of nfqc <br/>
at the easternmost extremity of the bay of blanc sablon <br/>
which was indeed visible just over the cliff that dropped off below <br/>
<br/>
i was looking for a road stone as well as a nearby beach stone <br/>
at that time <br/>
since some locals insisted they existed<br/>
& i couldnt imagine that they didnt<br/>
 <br/>
it was only later that i learned there were in fact none to be found<br/>
<br/>
later tonite i will scan & post a pic of my try for the canfqc tripoint <br/>
where nfqc meets the canadian crown waters in the strait of <br/>
belle isle about a kilometer below your marker <br/>
<br/>
<br/>
& re your quest for canadian interprovincial markers in general<br/>
i have seen 1 true interprovincial marker along nbns very near <br/>
baie verte across from pei<br/>
<br/>
& i think your absk towers are most decorative<br/>
as well as very probably real & true<br/>
<br/>
& of course lets not forget the mbnunwsk marker<br/>
at the four corners of the north<br/>
in a class of its own<br/>
<br/>
--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Doug Murray <br/>
&lt;doug@d...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; The link:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.gov.nf.ca/nfmuseum/images/">http://www.gov.nf.ca/nfmuseum/images/</a> <br/>
&gt; bordersurveymarkerblancsablonjuly112002.jpg<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Doug Murray				<br/>
&gt; Doug Murray Productions / Border Films<br/>
&gt; CBC Infomatrix / CBC POV Sports<br/>
&gt; Vancouver, BC<br/>
&gt; +1.604.728.1407 </span></blockquote></div>