Doug's
posting of the story from the Winnipeg Free Press, reminded me of
Aug 1988
when
Clark Hall and I were at this border location. Our objective was the low point
of ND
which
is where the Red River runs into Canada. Everything was more relaxed at
that
time,
but we did stop in Pembina and checked in at the immigration office and asked
them
to call the Border Patrol at the I29 border station. We drove up and
old road which
runs N
from Pembina between the Interstate and the river. That road runs close to
the
railroad grade and stops at the Canadian border.
I don't remember any tracks so the
railroad must have been abandoned
earlier.
At the
end of the road this marker (see pic. attached) was right in front of us about
700
ft. E
of the interstate. Marker #831 is W of
the interstate. The map shows an
un-numbered marker at the I29 crossing and
also the one we found at the end of the old
road. Over in MN is marker #833 which is on
the edge of the attached map.
The
other picture is at the ND lowpoint on the Red River. At the middle of the river
even
with
where we are standing is also the Manitoba-MN-ND international
tri-point.
Nobody
checked on us while we were wandering around that area. There was a
cleared
no-mans strip between the field in ND and the one in
Manitoba until you reach the wooded
flood
plain area close to the river. No markers in
evidence between the one pictured and
the
river.
Jack
reminded me of Aug
1988