Subject: Re: Possible to have land in USA that isn't in a State?
Date: Aug 03, 2004 @ 08:02
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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> At 08:14 PM 2004/08/02, Michael Kaufman wrote:boundary
> >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."
>
> http://www.internationalboundarycommission.org/treaties.htm
> In 1925, a further treaty made minor adjustments in the
> line at Grand Manan Channel, at the northwesternmost point ofLake
> of the Woods, and on the 49th parallel, where the boundarywas
> changed from a slightly curved line between monuments to aseries
> of straight lines. In this treaty, provision was made for thetheir
> continued maintenance of the international boundary by the
> Commissioners appointed under the treaty of 1908 and by
> successors.
>
>
> --
> Dave Patton
> Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence Project
> http://www.confluence.org/
> My website: http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/