Lowell-
Thanks for these quotes. I see what you say about
east of the Rockies. But then for the section west of
the Rockies: "The line so defined and laid down shall
be taken and deemed to be the international boundary."
Does this mean the '08 treaty had great circle arcs
for boundary segments west of the Rockies (while that
east of the rockies was the 49th, apperently even if
the markers weren't exacly on the 49th)?

--- "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...> wrote:

> BUS&SS says, of the "Treaty with Great Britain,
> 1925":
>
> "Article II of the treaty made the lines between
> monuments established under the
> treaty of 1908 on the 49th parallel east of the
> Rocky Mountains straight lines,
> not following the curve of the parallel. The United
> States gained between 30
> and 35 acres of land by this change."
>
> "Straight lines" are, by purest definition, arcs of
> the great circle. The idea
> here is line-of-sight between intervisible
> monuments, and those are indeed great
> circle arcs.
>
> The segment west of the Rocky Mountains had been
> furnished with intervisible
> monuments for the first time as of 1907, and the
> 1908 treaty said "The line so
> defined and laid down shall be taken and deemed to
> be the international
> boundary."
>
> Another quote from BUS&SS:
>
> "Boundary monuments along the 49th parallel may vary
> in latitude by as much as a
> second or more, because many of them were astronomic
> stations. It was not
> thought practical to move these to the true
> parallel, and the boundary is
> defined as the line joining successive stations."
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Kaufman" <mikekaufman79@...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 8:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Possible to have
> land in USA that isn't in a
> State?
>
>
> > but is the boundary defined as straight line great
> > circle arcs or straight lines on flat maps. great
> > circle arcs mean the tripoint would be north of
> the
> > latitude of the 2 CA-US monuments. (and on a flat
> map
> > the border should arc up between each CA-US
> monument.)
> >
> > --- "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>
> wrote:
> > > I agree that no non-state land was created when
> the
> > > CAUS boundary was moved from
> > > the theoretical 49th parallel to straight line
> > > segments between intervisible
> > > monuments. If the northern boundary of Idaho,
> for
> > > instance, had been specified
> > > as the parallel, then there might be a problem,
> but
> > > Idaho's northern boundary
> > > was specified upon its 1890 admission to the
> Union
> > > as "the boundary line between
> > > the United States and the British Possessions."
> > > Thus, if CAUS moves, so does
> > > the state boundary.
> > >
> > > The same is true along MXUS when the Rio Grande
> and
> > > the Colorado River accrete
> > > and avulse. If the US grows, so do the affected
> > > states.
> > >
> > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>
> > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 4:10 PM
> > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Possible to have
> land
> > > in USA that isn't in a State?
> > >
> > >
> > > > very interesting
> > > >
> > > > i dont think any stateless land is actually
> > > created by it tho
> > > >
> > > > rather i believe idwa must continue
> effectively
> > > due north the extra
> > > > half inch or so beyond the 1909 terminal
> marker
> > > vertex
> > > > until it reaches the caus sight line at true
> > > bcidwa
> > > >
> > > > this point is reached probably while still on
> the
> > > marker disk
> > > > but just north of its center point
> > > > if i understand you correctly
> > > >
> > > > & if that is right
> > > > then you have made & reported here the first
> > > monumental class
> > > > b visit in history
> > > >
> > > > which is a curious contradiction in terms
> > > > since class b was invented for unmarked points
> > > >
> > > > but i believe your novel findings have
> > > demonstrated that true
> > > > bcidwa is indeed an unmarked point upon the
> idwa
> > > terminal
> > > > marker
> > > >
> > > > & have done so with almost acupunctural
> precision
> > > to boot
> > > >
> > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Dave
> Patton
> > > [DCP]"
> > > > <dpatton@c...> wrote:
> > > > > This is a theoretical question, just out of
> > > curiosity,
> > > > > but may not be hypothetical.
> > > > >
> > > > > By treaty, the Cananda/USA border along the
> 49th
> > > parallel
> > > > > is defined by straight lines between border
> > > monuments.
> > > > >
> > > > > It's my understanding that boundaries
> between US
> > > states,
> > > > > such as between Wahington and Idaho, are
> defined
> > > by
> > > > > the locations of monuments along those
> borders.
> > > > >
> > > > > Apparently, the monument that defines the
> > > intersection
> > > > > of the Washington/Idaho border with the
> > > Canada/USA border
> > > > > was incorrectly placed by the USGS in 1909,
> > > because they
> > > > > placed in on the parallel, which is a line
> with
> > > a slight
> > > > > southward curve, rather than placing it on
> the
> > > straight
> > > > > line between the two adjacent Canada/USA
> border
> > > > monuments.
> > > > >
> > > > > The difference is apparently very small -
> > > perhaps on the
> > > > > order of 1/2 an inch, but, at least
> > > theoretically, doesn't
> > > > > this create a small piece of land that is
> south
> > > of the
> > > > > Canada/USA border, and therefore is in the
> USA,
> > > but which
> > > > > is located north of both Washinton and
> Idaho?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Dave Patton
> > > > > Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence
> Project
> > > > > http://www.confluence.org/
> > > > > My website:
> http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/
> > > >
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