The "line so laid down" has to do with what is marked
on the charts and agreed to by the commissioners. Ok,
borderline nitpicking here but it never says "straight
lines." (though I don't see why they would draw them
any other way) And even assuming straight lines, if
these charts are of Mercator-type, then straight lines
would follow the curve of the 49th. Don't know what
the standards of a century ago were in terms of what
type of map projection the commisioners used, but that
fact would seem to be vital to the determination of
the boundary.

Article VII
http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/ca_us/en/cus.1908.299.en.html

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

> I have found the 1908 treaty since writing my
> message below. It is at
>

http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/ca_us/en/cus.1908.299.en.html

> .
>
> All "Canado-american" boundary treaties are on-line
> at
> http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/ca_us/s_13_en.html .
> All agreements on "boundary waters" are at
> http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/ca_us/s_6_en.html .
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 8:46 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Possible to have land
> in USA that isn't in a State?
>
>
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G.
> McManus"
> > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > The original documents almost always clarify the
> > commentaries.
> >
> > good point
> >
> > & why consult the bible if you can read god
> >
> > so can you dish up the 1908 text like that too
>

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