I'll be very interested in the results of your attempts. I am
planning a major excursion for next summer that will involve attempts
on these points. Please keep us up to date.
By the way, you might try to get additional information from the
supervisor of the Kaniksu National Forest, which encompasses both
points (or at least the southern half of both points). I did not ask
about boundary monuments but I did receive some information on the
forest roads near the BC-ID-MT tri-point. One of those roads runs to
a clear-cut less than 1 km from the tri-point. Basically, the roads
can be used by mere mortals for foot travel only.
Have you looked at the Canadian topo maps that border these points? I
have noticed that sometimes the Canadian topos show monuments not
shown on the US topos and vice versa.
My guess is that both points are monumented, but obviously not with
the standard international boundary monuments. You'll probably find a
cairn at least.
BJB
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "canadadcp" <dpatton@c...> wrote:
> Hello.
> I may have the opportunity to try and visit the
> British Columbia/Idaho/Washington tri-point and the
> British Columbia/Idaho/Montana tri-point.
>
> Brian Butler has(via emails) given me some info on the
> NAD27 locations of these points(based on USGS topos):
> BC-ID-WA - N48^59'57" W117^01'53"
> BC-ID-MT - N49^00'03" W116^02'53"
>
> Initialy Brian had indicated these points were not monumented,
> however in a subsequent email he said:
> Now, having taken another look at the topo map containing
> BC-ID-MT tri-point, I notice monument "2" along the ID-MT
> boundary about a mile south of the Canada/US boundary.
> Monument "3" is further south. Possibly the phantom monument
> "1" is at the tri-point.
>
> The situation regarding BC-ID-WA is less clear. Monument "177"
> appears about half a mile south of the Canada/US boundary.
> Obviously the numbering must run from south to north in this
> case so it is hard to speculate about a monument "178."
>
> Does anyone else have any additional information, such as
> confirmation of the tripoint coordinates, existance(or lack
> thereof) of monuments, etc?
> Thanks
>
> Dave Patton
> Canadian Coordinator
> the Degree Confluence Project
> http://www.confluence.org
> dpatton@c...