we have seen this purportedly international bridge between
captain olivers hotel & his floating or elevated restaurant before
& have marvelled at the allegedly coastal border it jumps over
since international shoreline boundaries are so extremely rare
in fact i think we were left hoping against hope for its authenticity
at the time of our previous visit
but because the bridge or gangway or whatever it may be is on
private property
it could easily prove to be just a misunderstanding &or touristic
gimmick &or figment of the goodly captains invention
in any case i think we are agreed
we are not sure anyone knows the exact border
& it may be worth reiterating here especially
we are only hoping this is an international bridge
except for the 3 confirmed border monuments
& some plausible guesses about some stone walls
pavement changes etc
we are still looking for hard evidence of the true boundary
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael Kaufman
<mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> Nice!!! Thanks. :)
> -Mike
>
> --- Dallen Timothy <dtimothy@a...> wrote:
> > Mike,
> > Sorry I forgot to answer your question.
> > This is indeed the entire bridge. I'm standing on
> > the Dutch side looking
> > into French territory. Apparently the border runs
> > through the bridge near
> > the end where the potted plant is located (shoreline
> > border). The plant is
> > in France.
> > Dallen
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Kaufman
> > [mailto:mikekaufman79@y...]
> > Sent: Mon 6/23/2003 6:04 PM
> > To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > Cc:
> > Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] last of the St Martin
> > pics
> >
> >
> >
> > one question:
> > In picture #3, I can't quite tell...is this the
> > entire
> > bridge, Dutch side looking into french territory?
> > Or
> > is this all French territory in the photo?
> > -Mike K.
> >
> > --- Dallen Timothy <dtimothy@a...> wrote:
> > > This might work finally--Somehow I got kicked off
> > > BoundaryPoint. I didn't
> > > think I misbehaved quite that badly.
> > > Dallen
> > >
> > > Computer problems holding me back again.
> > > Here are four more St Martin pics.
> > > 1) This is at the eastern end of Oyster Bay. This
> > is
> > > what could be a
> > > boundary marker, a boundary reference marker, or
> > > something else! I think it
> > > is represented on the topos with that small
> > > triangular point. This little
> > > peninsula is Dutch and the one across the water is
> >
> > > French.
> > > 2) Here it is from another angle looking at Oyster
> >
> > > Bay. In the middle right
> > > of the picture you can see a brown bar/restaurant
> > > overhanging the water.
> > > This is the one that lies on the border with
> > perhaps
> > > the shortest
> > > international bridge.
> > > 3) Here's the international bridge. Again, it
> > > appears that the shoreline
> > > marks the border, so as you enter the bar, you're
> > on
> > > the French side, but
> > > within a few inches you enter the Dutch side. The
> > > old 1:50000 seem to show
> > > this, but the one Chris turned us on to does not.
> > > 4) Here's the change in pavement at the border
> > just
> > > west of Oyster Bay. The
> > > blue sign simply says Philipsburg right, Dawn
> > Beach
> > > left. There's not
> > > welcome to either side sign at this crossing
> > point.
> > > Oh yeah, by the way, on
> > > the far west end of the island, where the road
> > > crosses just west of Simpson
> > > Bay Lagoon, only the French side has a welcome
> > sign
> > > (I sent a pic of this
> > > earlier).
> > > It would be nice to try to work out the exact
> > > dimensions of the border, but
> > > frankly, I'm not sure anyone knows!
> > > Dallen
> > >
> > >
> >
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