meanwhile
to hear the other shoe drop
http://tinyurl.com/2rng3
http://topozone.com/map.asp?lat=26.05583&lon=-97.88972
for starters
& then zoom out to see the other places mentioned
but compare the aerial photo for
rio rico tx
at
http://terraserver.microsoft.com
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Doug Murray
<doug@d...> wrote:
>
> We are heading into the final stretch of an election campaign in
> Canada. Here is a story from the Globe and Mail about
Campobello
> Island, NB.
>
> Canadians with that long-distance feeling
>
> Campobello Islanders have long considered themselves more
like
> Americans, but 9/11 and now the rise of Stephen Harper seem
to be
> changing all that, SHAWNA RICHER reports
>
>
> By SHAWNA RICHER
> Saturday, Jun 19, 2004
>
> CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, N.B. -- For nearly as long as it has
been inhabited,
> this pretty little island in the Bay of Fundy has lived happily with
a
> split personality.
>
> It belongs to New Brunswick, but is sundered from it by a
chunk of
> coastal Maine, and getting back and forth is difficult. Seasonal
boats
> in July and August ferry Campobello residents to nearby Deer
Island and
> then Back Bay on the mainland. Otherwise residents must
cross a bridge
> and go through U.S. customs at Lebuc, Me., drive 130
kilometres and
> re-enter New Brunswick at St. Stephen.
>
> It's easy to see why islanders lean closer to their American
neighbours
> and sometimes feel disconnected from Canada. But that
inclination may
> be changing. For years, Campobello's 1,200 or so residents
moved
> between countries with relative ease to shop, socialize and
visit the
> doctor. But the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have made
crossing
> the border a hassle. Some islanders now do so only if they
have no
> choice.
>
> And there's another reason they're starting to feel a bit more
> Canadian. Campobello is located on the watery fringe of St.
> Croix-Belleisle, a long-time Tory riding, and the rise of
Conservative
> Leader Stephen Harper has made the island's 900 registered
voters more
> interested in the political process.
>
> "I think people here do care very much about politics and about
how the
> process affects them," says Conservative incumbent Greg
Thompson, the
> only MP forced to leave the country to reach every part of his
riding.
> "I don't sense they are disconnected. But it's an unusual set of
> circumstances. The geography makes it very difficult for people
who
> live there to relate to the mainland. Life here is so much more
> complicated."
>
> Just 16 kilometres long and less than five across, Campobello
Island
> became English property with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 and
received
> its name from the navy captain who was given title to it 57
years later
> by the governor of New Brunswick. ("Campo bello" means
beautiful field
> in Italian; but the governor's name, Lord William Campbell,
may have
> been a factor as well.)
>
> After the American Revolution, ownership of the island was in
dispute
> until a boundary treaty in 1840. By then, English settlers and a
group
> from New England had built a thriving community. By the late
1880s,
> Campobello was being touted as a summer playground for the
well-off of
> Boston and New York.
>
> Among them was James Roosevelt, who first visited in 1883
with his wife
> and year-old son. Future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt
spent his
> childhood summers here, romanced future wife Eleanor, took
vacations
> and, less happily, contracted polio. Today, the 2,800-acre
Roosevelt
> Campobello Park, featuring the couple's 34-room Dutch
colonial cottage,
> is the island's major visitor attraction and the world's first park
> managed jointly by two countries.
>
> It celebrates FDR's life here -- and symbolizes the islanders'
deep
> American roots. They have long relied on their U.S.
neighbours. Many
> women give birth in Maine hospitals; in fact, people from
Campobello
> are allowed to use American doctors for many procedures
covered by the
> province.
>
> Despite their isolation from Canada, they are also passionate
about
> many issues that raise the ire of other rural Canadians --
taxes,
> government spending and the gun registry. And like other
Atlantic
> Canadians, they fret about the fishery.
>
> But what vexes them most is something unique to their
geography: the
> cross-border problems that plague their daily lives. Tighter
security
> means more questions, more hassles. The mad-cow scare
hasn't helped.
> Many residents used to buy groceries in St. Stephen, but they
can no
> longer bring back meat. Shopping in Maine means paying duty
-- and U.S.
> prices.
>
> "Oh, the bridge," moans Holly Henderson, 36, who works at
Family
> Fisheries Restaurant. "It's just crazy now. It didn't used to be.
But
> people will go over a lot less than they used to. I go almost
every
> day. I have family over there. And to shop. But it's never easy."
>
> Residents are constantly torn. "If we want to shop, we go to the
U.S.
> and we deal with customs even for small items," says Wayne
Ingarfield,
> vice-principal at Campobello Consolidated School. "Or we
drive all the
> way to St. Stephen. Otherwise, you find yourself paying duty on
a can
> of paint or a box of nails."
>
> To that end, Mr. Thompson, who is almost certain to be
re-elected, is
> proposing that trucks bringing goods to the island be sealed at
St.
> Stephen and allowed to reach Campobello without being
searched at Lubec.
>
> He may be a mainlander, but he acknowledges that life can be
difficult
> for his island constituents -- something he gets a taste of at
election
> time. He must make several visits to Campobello, as well as
nearby
> Deer, Grand Manan and White Head islands. A day's
campaigning turns
> into two for each visit and he tries to get to each community
twice.
> "We have our own way of campaigning," he says. "It's not
sophisticated
> by city standards. The geography means you rely on word of
mouth and
> the friendships you have built over time with constituents. We
don't
> rely on polls or voter profiles. Everything comes from the
doorstep.
>
> "If you have to become known in a five-week campaign, it's
probably
> already too late. Here, the individual matters more than the
party."
>
> But Betty-Jo Newman, 32 and a lifelong resident who works
with Ms.
> Henderson at Family Fisheries Restaurant, is not so sure. She
suspects
> that an islander's political persuasion is hereditary.
>
> "You're either born Liberal or Conservative, and you stay that
way for
> the rest of your life," Ms. Newman says. Her own family is
> Conservative, she says, and she "will probably" vote on
election day
> (Conservative, of course), but she says she hasn't
encountered a lot of
> talk about the national exercise in democracy.
>
> "Sure, we have the same concerns as other Canadians.
Except that we
> live on an island, and we're pretty isolated all the time. That
makes
> us different. But I think we're used to it. We've got to solve our
own
> problems. People get by. What choice is there?"
>
> Twenty years ago, the fishery was a going concern on
Campobello.
> Wharves surrounded the island. Now, just three remain,
although
> offshore aquaculture sites for farming Atlantic salmon and
rainbow
> trout have filled some of the void caused by the decline of the
> traditional fishery.
>
> Similarly, the school used to employ 20 full-time teachers.
Now, there
> are 13. "This is the kind of place where all the young people
talk
> about leaving, but few ever do," Mr. Ingarfield says. "They could
> always fall back on the fishery, but that isn't the case any
more."
>
> Unlike the exodus to the city or to Central Canada that takes
place
> elsewhere in the Atlantic region and across the Prairies,
people on
> Campobello tend to stay, as Ms. Newman and Ms. Henderson
have. And if
> Mr. Harper forms the next government, it may become more
desirable to
> do so.
>
> Sonny Flynn, who ran here unsuccessfully for the
Conservatives in last
> June's provincial election, has been trying to rally support for a
> year-round ferry to Deer Island.
>
> Mr. Thompson backs the idea and thinks he can get it done,
with a
> privately run boat from Campobello that would connect with the
> government-owned ferry that services Deer Island all year long.
>
> "That would make life a whole lot easier, but I'm not holding my
> breath," Ms. Henderson says. "We're pretty isolated and it's
always
> been that way. I can't see that changing too much.
>
> "As for politics, I'm not sure there's much of a difference. We
just
> live our own lives here. We just do our own thing. It's a good
place to
> live."
>
> Shawna Richer is a member of The Globe and Mail's Atlantic
bureau.
>
>
>
>
> © 2004 Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved.
>
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