wow tom
nice find
& it even looks like the topological spitting image of akwesasne
with at least a couple of new tricountry points in the balance here
but if both harsens & walpole island do prove to be independent
countries
yet remain independent of each other
& if the present boundaries of the canadian indian reserve
become fully recognized as international boundaries
then there is even a possibility of a quadricountry point emerging
at or near the lower tip of seaway island
which itself appears to be an extremely rare case
of an international island on the caus line
so i am curious about this already curious island & its pointy tip
where the otherwise thalweggy caus line takes an overland hike
& where all 4 putative national territories could conceivably
converge as well
its name makes it sound as tho the avulsion that presumably
created it was manmade rather than natural
but do you have anything more on this extra wild card in the deck
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "hilversum96"
<hilversum96@y...> wrote:
>
http://www.thetimesherald.com/news/stories/20030804/localne
ws/2797.htm
> l
>
> This story is from the Port Huron (MI) Times-Herald of Monday,
August
> 4. It's about a resident of Harsens Island MI who claims that,
since
> the island was never formally handed over to Great Britain by
the
> Indians following the French and Indian War, it's Indian land,
not
> part of the USA, and local township building ordinances are not
law
> there.
>
> Walpole Island, across the St. Clair River in Canada, claims
similar
> status. It's a Canadian First Nations reserve, and the natives
point
> out that, since the island was never ceded to Canada, it's
actually
> an independent country. There's a big sign to that effect near
the
> main road leading from Wallaceburg through the reserve to the
ferry
> terminal.
>
> Both places are geographically fascinating. Harsens Island is
a half
> hour's drive from Detroit's northern suburbs, but when you're
on the
> island, it seeme like you're a million miles from all the urban
> clutter. Walpole Island is swampy and seems even more
remote. You'd
> never guess you were so close to such a large North American
city.
>
> Harsens Island is on the Algonac MI quad:
>
>
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=42.56661060468268&lo
n=-
> 82.61068025751623&symshow=n
>
> All the Michigan quads are also downloadable in PDF format
from the
> state's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) site:
>
>
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1,1607,7-153-10371_14793-31264-
-,00.html
>
> From here, click on St. Clair County in the lower right corner of
the
> lower peninsula, or select it from the pull-down menu.