All my photos are here:
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/9282/pointroberts1.html
And I will try and get over there on the weekend. With the exception
of the exploring the beach where border marker #0 is hiding, cycling
from the west side to the east side is a breeze. And there is a huge
down hill from the official crossing to Maple Beach on the east side.
I checked with a friend of mine who is from Tsawwassen (and has lots of
tales) and this is what he said:
"Not too sure... I haven't walked down there in many many years...
I do remember when I did the tide was up, and there wasn't much beach
left... So perhaps not!
It's not a simple task to get there... There is constant debate about
beach access these days... You'd have to park at Fred Gingell park,
then walk down the "private" beach road, and cut through somewhere to
get to the beach...
It's even further to walk from the point.... "
----
This last line makes me remember one of the rules from the Border
Expeditions: "locals don't know."
I suppose I will also have to test access to the USA with only my
drivers license...
Doug
Nielsen wrote:
> Hi Doug (mr Point Roberts expert)
>
> You don't have the photo of the point?
>
> Jesper
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doug Murray
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Topozone and borders
>
>
> I just sent a note to the IBC to find out the answer and if they might
> have a picture.
>
> I also asked if any maintenance was scheduled for the BC/Washington
> portion of the boundary -- and if I could tag along.
>
> And.. I asked (again) about CAFR. We still have not had final proof...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Doug
>
> On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 12:24 PM, acroorca2002 wrote:
>
> the ibc calls it
> monument 0
> in
> http://www.internationalboundarycommission.org/coordinates/S
> ECT-M-83.txt
>
> & i believe we have seen pix of a tall pole rising from this location
> so maybe thats it
> rather than any normal monument
> tho it could be both a tall unnumbered one & a regular one
> numbered zero
> very close to each other
>
>
> & this of course is at the approximate if not exact location of the
> cabcwaw international tripoint
> aka the westernmost of the 3 canada bc wash tripoint triplets
> all of which i believe are marked by similar tall poles
>
> the correspondingly unnumbered monument shown by the usgs
> topo at the east end of point roberts
> aka bccawam
> isnt assigned any number nor acknowledged at all by the ibc
> so this may indicate only the tall pole & no normal monument in
> this position
>
> the third tall pole is at blaine at the bccawae tripoint
>
> i am sure someone can flash a pic of one or all 3 of these
>
> you may even recall or have one yourself
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen"
> <jesniel@i...> wrote:
> > Thanks Jack
> >
> > Does anybody have a picture of the bordermarker at the coast
> W of no # 1?
> >
> >
> http://test.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=49.004189042418275&lo
> n=-123.0887283209692&s=25&symshow=n&datum=nad83&lay
> er=DRG25
> >
> > And does it have a number?
> >
> > Jesper
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jparsell
> > To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 6:20 PM
> > Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] Topozone and borders
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Topozone and borders
> >
> >
> > Jesper,
> > Try these:
> >
> > Derby Line, VT:
> >
> http://test.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=45.005&lon=-72.1&datum
> =NAD83
> >
> > Point Roberts, WA:
> >
> http://test.topozone.com/map.asp?z=10&n=5426209&e=495792
> &datum=nad83&layer=DRG25
> >
> > Jack
> >
> > Jesper Wrote:
> >
> > Is it the fear of border terrorism that has removed borders
> from Topozone?:
> >
> > Derby Line, VT:
> >
> http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=45.005&lon=-72.09944
> >
> > Point Roberts, WA:
> >
> http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=48.98556&lon=-123.076
> 67
> >
> > Jesper
> >
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