Subject: Re: the abstract and the concrete
Date: Oct 25, 2001 @ 08:14
Author: David Birch ("David Birch" <dbirch@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Anton Sherwood <bronto@p...> wrote:
> m donner wrote:
> > searching today mainly for the southernmost point in oregon
>
> meaning the southernmost corner of the surveyed line, or what?
>
> i read once that the north boundary of Washington is, in some
places,
> hundreds of feet south of the north boundary of the United States,
> because they are defined by separate surveys. sadly the article
where i
> saw this was on another subject entirely and contained no pointers
to
> further info.
>
> --
> Anton Sherwood

I've just found this article which has some info:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/netizen/96/53/special4a.html

David