Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] hypothetical situation
Date: Feb 28, 2001 @ 23:27
Author: David Mark (David Mark <dmark@...>)
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On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Brendan Whyte wrote:
> The boundary is a straight line, and probably made sense in days of yore.
> Since the creation of the lake by damming a river, the boundary cuts through
> the lake at a weird angle, and leaves two peninsulas in the NE of the lake
> belonging to the county to the SW. The only access to these peninsulas is a
> long detour through the neighbouring county. There are roads in the
> peninsulas, possibly forestry roads, but if not, their location makes for a
> long detour for county road maintenance. One road pointing SE snakes back
> and forth across the boundary.
> The boundary since the filling of the lake is 'irrational', and clearly
> inefficient for provision of services by the county to the SW. Services like
> road maintenance, law enforcementplanning, and provision of utilities would
> be better provided by the county on the E side of the lake, rather than the
> west. If there was population all around the lake, argument could be made
> for including all of that population in the same ocunty, but as the area is
> unpopu,ated, or sparsely at most, the present position of the boundary is
> irrational. My suggestion would be for it to follow the middle of the lake
> and up an arm, or possibly even the projection of the river course
> underneath onto the lake surface. The latter happens along the Neb/SD
> border: Lewis and Clark Lake, though the boundary there always followed a
> river.
> The border between San Juan, Garfield and Kane counties in SE Utah follows
> Green River up the middle of Lake Powell. This is more sensible thanleaving
> small pieces ot land on the far side out of reach.
> Of course it is a case of which comes first, the lake or the boundary, but
> one would think it sensible for the state legislature, or even the counties
> involved to cede or exchangfe land.
> See also Buggs island lake, Va/NC, where the straight line statew boundary
> has been rendered irrational by the creation of the lake.
> What a place for a crime, eh?
>
> Another favourite is Jefferson Co, Wa, which spans the Olympic peninsula.
> The main population is on the E side, around Port Townsend, the county seat.
> The west side is cut off by the Olympic National Park in between, meaning a
> VERY long drive (60miles+)for county officials, so they have to keep a small
> road maintenance crew on the west side. On one road that snakes south from
> here through Grays Co and back north into the naional park in Jefferson the
> change in road seal (or change to no road seal) as one enters and leaves
> each Co in turn is palpable.
> The county officials in Port townsend got noticably twitchy when I wlaked in
> and asked them what police facilities were on the west side,, howc many men
> and what equipment... :-)
>
> Brendan, getting rejiggy with it!
>
>
>
> >From: David Mark <dmark@...>
> >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> >To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] hypothetical situation
> >Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 08:53:46 -0500 (EST)
> >
> >On http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=3672657&e=293685, I cannot see
> >what is being refered to as a "fragment" or a "jig"-- the only line that
> >looks like a county boundary to me, the alternating long and short dashes,
> >apepars very well behaved... What am I missing?
> >David
> >
> >On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Brendan Whyte wrote:
> >
> > > For Baldwin/Hancock, Ga fragment, go to:
> > >
> > > http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=3672657&e=293685
> > >
> > > You'd think someone would rejig the boundary, eh?
> > >
> > > Brendan
> > >
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