Subject: Re: Interprovincial municipality, ABSK
Date: Jun 25, 2003 @ 23:17
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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hahahaha
well he asked for an interjurisdictional municipality
& i only meant to ask him if he would accept one


--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Flynn, Kevin"
<flynnk@r...> wrote:
> I presume you're talking about NYC, which I don't think fits his
question.
> While five different counties make up the city, county functions
are all
> derived from NY state. I think he's looking for municipal entities
that
> cross state/provincial boundaries.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: acroorca2002 [mailto:orc@o...]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 4:55 PM
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Interprovincial municipality, ABSK
>
>
> would you accept a quinticounty city
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > As a new member I'm glad I checked the group archives
before
> I posted this. I
> > see that you have discussed Lloydminster, ABSK, as recently
> as May.
> >
> > For a week beginning this Saturday, Lloydminster will be
> celebrating the
> > centennial of its settlement in 1903. That was two years
before
> the provinces
> > of Saskatchewan and Alberta were created out of the
> Northwest Territories in
> > 1905, so they had no idea that they would become a
boundary
> city.
> >
> > The unique thing about Lloydminster is that the two separate
> municipalities were
> > "amalgamated" into one by Orders in Council passed jointly
by
> the two provinces
> > in 1930. Thus, there is only one mayor, one council, one city
> government,
> > jointly chartered by both provinces.
> >
> > Does anyone know of any other interjurisdictional
municipality
> anywhere else on
> > earth?
> >
> > Lowell G. McManus
> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
>
>
>
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