It is the 1925 treaty that specifies "a series of right or straight lines
joining adjacent monuments ... in lieu of the definition ... quoted in Article
VI of the said Treaty of 1908, that in the intervals between the monuments the
line has the curvature of the parallel of 49ยบ north latitude."
I don't know what kind of maps they used, but the lines were straight on the
ground, whereas the 49th parallel would sag southward between monuments. If the
maximum sag was 1.8 feet, as the 1925 treaty says, then the difference would
have been indistinguishable on any map showing the intervisible monuments.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Kaufman" <mikekaufman79@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Possible to have land in USA that isn't in a
State?
> 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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