Yep - same thing on Topozone. No marker at the
TriPoint, but only at a CA-US TurnPoint. Though
unfortunately it seems 2 maps are put together right
at the seam of the BC-YT line leading to AK-BC-YT.
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=7&n=6653063.00055864&e=607992.00001662&datum=nad83
--- bjbutlerus <
bjbutler@...> wrote:
> I happen to have the Canadian topo map that includes
> AKBCYT. The
> trifinium is at about 1300 meters elevation on a
> glacier near Mt.
> Jette in the St. Elias Range. No momument is shown
> at the trifinium
> but a monument labeled "177" is shown about 600
> meters SE of it.
> Strangely, the "177" monument is shown on (or under)
> the glacier, not
> on rock outcrops like most of the other monuments
> along this stretch
> of CAUS boundary. This adds more logisitical
> problems to an already
> tough trifinium. If anyone is interested in trying
> this point, let me
> know. It looks really amusing.
>
> BJB
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G.
> McManus"
> <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > No, I haven't been there, so I guess I don't
> technically qualify to
> answer the
> > question by its own terms. I am qualified,
> though, to deny that it
> is or is
> > near the tripoint without having been there.
> While it would be more
> pleasurable
> > to confirm it, we're after the truth here.
> >
> > Lowell G. McManus
> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "acroorca2002" <orc@o...>
> > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:30 AM
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: daily caus line
> >
> >
> > > yes but the question was
> > > can anyone who has been here confirm or deny
> this as the tp area
> > >
> > > & knowing you are a railroad buff lowell
> > > i can only imagine
> > > you may well have been here
> > >
> > > but just to complete the answer as well as
> possible
> > > unless you can confirm your here is truer than
> mine
> > > i have at least been thru the white pass
> > > albeit only on the road next to the railroad
> > >
> > > & i can deny this as the tp area
> > >
> > > tho frankly it wouldnt give me any pleasure to
> deny anything
> > > & would not even have risen to the occasion
> > > to affirm that i have been there
> > > had it not accommodated your quest
> > >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G.
> McManus"
> > > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > > What you have here is a picture from the
> international boundary in
> > > White Pass
> > > > ( elevation 2,890 feet), about 135 miles east
> of AKBCYT. The
> > > railroad is the
> > > > dead give-away. This is where the White Pass
> & Yukon Route, a
> > > narrow-gauge
> > > > railway built in 1898 during the Klondike gold
> rush, crosses the
> > > AKBC boundary.
> > > > The railway ( www.whitepassrailroad.com ) runs
> from Skagway,
> > > Alaska, on the
> > > > coast, inland through British Columbia and to
> the Yukon River at
> > > Whitehorse,
> > > > Yukon Territory. The railway hauls tourists
> today.
> > > >
> > > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Michael Kaufman" <mikekaufman79@y...>
> > > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 6:58 AM
> > > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: daily caus line
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Point 44: akbcyt
> > > > > possible pic (?) at:
> > > > >
>
http://community.webshots.com/photo/91730697/91731942vAvrvw
> > > > > However the caption does say "Flags at
> international border --
> > > > > Alaska/Yukon Territory" omitting BC. Yet
> still, the flags of the
> > > > > Yukon, British Columbia, and Alaska fly
> there with the two
> > > national
> > > > > ones. Can not see any bordermarkers. Can
> anyone who has been
> > > here
> > > > > confirm or deny this as the tp (area)?
> > > > > -Mike K.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
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