Subject: Harsens Island MI border story<br/>
Date: Aug 04, 2003 @ 23:16<br/>
Author: hilversum96 (&quot;hilversum96&quot; &lt;hilversum96@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-952433696"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.thetimesherald.com/news/stories/20030804/localnews/2797.htm">http://www.thetimesherald.com/news/stories/20030804/localnews/2797.htm</a><br/>
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This story is from the Port Huron (MI) Times-Herald of Monday, August <br/>
4. It&#39;s about a resident of Harsens Island MI who claims that, since <br/>
the island was never formally handed over to Great Britain by the <br/>
Indians following the French and Indian War, it&#39;s Indian land, not <br/>
part of the USA, and local township building ordinances are not law <br/>
there. <br/>
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Walpole Island, across the St. Clair River in Canada, claims similar <br/>
status. It&#39;s a Canadian First Nations reserve, and the natives point <br/>
out that, since the island was never ceded to Canada, it&#39;s actually <br/>
an independent country. There&#39;s a big sign to that effect near the <br/>
main road leading from Wallaceburg through the reserve to the ferry <br/>
terminal. <br/>
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Both places are geographically fascinating. Harsens Island is a half <br/>
hour&#39;s drive from Detroit&#39;s northern suburbs, but when you&#39;re on the <br/>
island, it seeme like you&#39;re a million miles from all the urban <br/>
clutter. Walpole Island is swampy and seems even more remote. You&#39;d <br/>
never guess you were so close to such a large North American city. <br/>
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Harsens Island is on the Algonac MI quad:<br/>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=42.56661060468268&lon=-">http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=42.56661060468268&lon=-</a><br/>
82.61068025751623&symshow=n<br/>
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All the Michigan quads are also downloadable in PDF format from the <br/>
state&#39;s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) site: <br/>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1,1607,7-153-10371_14793-31264--,00.html">http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1,1607,7-153-10371_14793-31264--,00.html</a><br/>
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From here, click on St. Clair County in the lower right corner of the <br/>
lower peninsula, or select it from the pull-down menu.</div>