Subject: Re: Interprovincial municipality, ABSK
Date: Jun 25, 2003 @ 23:35
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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> hahahahafunctions
> 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
> are allentities
> > derived from NY state. I think he's looking for municipal
> thatABSK
> > 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,
> >McManus"
> >
> > would you accept a quinticounty city
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G.
> > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:recently
> > > 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
> > as May.separate
> > >
> > > 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
> > municipalities werejointly
> > > "amalgamated" into one by Orders in Council passed
> bycity
> > the two provinces
> > > in 1930. Thus, there is only one mayor, one council, one
> > 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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