Subject: International Boundary Commission<br/>
Date: Jun 13, 2003 @ 20:04<br/>
Author: Doug Murray (Doug Murray &lt;doug@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1006490048">Hello All:<br/>
<br/>
I spoke with a very nice fellow from the IBC this morning.  He is the <br/>
guy leading the team that is doing maintenance along the CAUS line in <br/>
Point Roberts.<br/>
<br/>
I will join them on Monday as they are mowing some of the areas around <br/>
markers, cleaning marker #1, and doing general maintenance.  We&#39;re also <br/>
going to check out marker #0 as he&#39;s never seen it.<br/>
<br/>
He told me some interesting things in the area:<br/>
<br/>
-- There is at least one, if not more, off shore range markers that <br/>
show the borderline.  These have long since been abandoned, yet they <br/>
still stand.  On them there is a &quot;bridge plaque&quot; that shows the <br/>
borderline.  There has been talk about visiting these courtesy of the <br/>
US Coast Guard.<br/>
<br/>
-- There are some newer condos and houses towards the east side of the <br/>
Point that are within 2 feet of the border.  I asked how this could be <br/>
when law dictates a nice wide vista.  He said that the lots were so <br/>
small on the Canadian side that when the structures were built in the <br/>
70&#39;s they had special permission to come close to the border.<br/>
<br/>
Elsewhere on the line:<br/>
<br/>
He surveyed the line for the building of the joint customs building at <br/>
Little Gold Creek, YK - Poker Creek, AK<br/>
Drawings: <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/border2000/border2000.html#joint">http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/border2000/border2000.html#joint</a><br/>
He mentioned that normally if a structure built directly on the border <br/>
(he mentioned some cabins in Quebec), then there must be windows on <br/>
each side, so that you can see the vista through the building.  This <br/>
isn&#39;t the case in Little Gold Creek -- but they marked the outside and <br/>
inside of both exterior walls so that everyone can tell where the <br/>
border is.<br/>
<br/>
Anyway... more stories and photos next week.  I&#39;ll probably join them <br/>
later when they are on Zero Ave -- and in the fall when they are in the <br/>
mountains.  I will try to do a piece for our national public radio <br/>
network (CBC) as well.<br/>
<br/>
Have a good weekend, fellow borderfreaks!<br/>
<br/>
Doug<br/>
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Vancouver BC Canada<br/>
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