Ah so they did freeze the boundaries on CA-US - very
interesting, I didn't realize that. So there are
probably quite a few of these places where pieces of
CA or US are separated from the rest of the country by
rivers. I dont know how old the topozone maps are,
but I would tend to agree that there is no island
after seeing Brian's recent photos.

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

> Unlike the MXUS river boundaries, which accrete and
> avulse with the rivers, the
> CAUS waterway boundaries were frozen long ago.
> Thus, they do not necessarily
> follow the modern thalwegs or even the streams. If
> an island were to form at a
> tripoint, then the tripoint would become dry. I
> hasten to say, however, that I
> believe that this particular "island" exists only in
> the mind of Mapquest.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Kaufman" <mikekaufman79@...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: ME-NB-QC
>
>
> > Yep, I know mapquest is not authoritative, but I
> > didn't think it would have depicted an entire
> island
> > that isn't there. It depicts the tripoint on the
> > shore of this island (obviously placing CA-US off
> the
> > thalweg). But there is precedence for CA-US not
> > following the thalweg of this river a little
> further
> > downstream. Note the several pene-enclaves of
> Canada
> > on the US side of the river: (size should be
> medium)
> >
> >
>

http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=19&n=5227262&e=505094&s=50&size=m&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25

> >
> > --- aletheiak <aletheiak@...> wrote:
> >
> > > ahaha
> > > it was i who recently missed your mapquest
> > > attachment
> > >
> > > but you realize mapquest is notoriously
> unreliable
> > > especially for remote areas
> > >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com,
> "aletheiak"
> > > <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> > > > but do you ask because it has been reported
> dry
> > > > or has someone recently missed it
> > > > or what
> > > >
> > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, aletheia
> > > kallos
> > > > <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> > > > > --- Michael Kaufman <mikekaufman79@y...>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > was wet but now on shore of island?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=19&n=5238603.00017414

> > > > &e=496066&datum=nad83
> > > > > > but then compare with the mapquest
> attachment
> > > below
> > > > > > has this point been visited recently?
> > > > >
> > > > > the only known & best imaginable visit
> > > > >
> > > > > class b
> > > > > as in
> > > > > basically been baptized bare bottom
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

http://ns36.super-hosts.com/~bjbsoftware.com/corners/pointdet

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