Now the Horcon Tract, Rio Rico is completely part of
Mexico - 1970 treaty.
http://www.ibwc.state.gov/wad/rioproj.htm
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--- aletheiak <aletheiak@...> wrote:

> 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
>
> --- In 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.
> >
> > ---
> > A bad day in television is still better than a
> good day in cubicle.
>
>

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