actually i should correct myself here too
since anybody can see this by dialing up brattleboro at topozone
the manmade dry nhw point does appear to be on the bridge as stated
below
but this really isnt absolute nhw either
which is actually a rather problematic point
a wetpoint a couple hundred yards nnw of the bridge
because of the vernon dam about 5 miles downstream
the river is artificially elevated here
so you can see the nhvt line not exactly hugging the right bank
as it was originally designed to do
but wandering along somewhat within the stream
following the historical bank line
this is a typical result of a dam alteration
& the situation is probably similar at manhvt tho not as exaggerated
& also occurs with some tripoints on the ohio river & elsewhere
so we can actually distinguish 3 distinct nhw points
true nhw above the bridge
manmade dry nhw on the bridge
& natural dry nhw or butler nhw for short
on the island just as brian originally claimed
m
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "bjbutlerus" <bjbutler@b...> wrote:
> > I had the chance to do some minor pointing yesterday, visiting
the
> > westernmost point of land in New Hampshire on a little island in
> the
> > Connecticut River just east of Brattleboro, VT. This is an easy
> > point.
>
> not so fast please
> actually since nh owns the ct river nhw isnt on the island at all
> but is on the bridge just where it reaches the right bank at
> brattleboro
>
> you just must have thought the bridge was wet because the river is
wet
> but the bridge is dry
> & nhw is on it or beneath it
> even by your own drypointing standards
> or do i misrepresent them to you
>
> more below
>
> Take NH 119 as far west as you can. You can park on the S
> > side of the road on the island and walk to the extreme point,
which
> > is a few feet N of the bridge pilings.
> >
> > On the way home, I followed NH/MA 63 south and checked out the
> > Pauchaug public boat ramp on the Connecticut River in Northfield,
> MA.
> > This is a mere 0.8 miles south of the MA-NH-VT tri-point and, in
my
> > opinion, the best approach. The boat ramp does not appear on the
> > most recent topo maps.
> >
> > Mike, I think you launched a canoe here the day before our joint
> > attempt on MANHVT from the west.
>
> yes
> i found manhvt that evening to within about 20 feet of the truth
> without a gps
> class c
>
> but it took your genius to sniff out the second witness post
> without which our probable class b visit couldnt have been made
> even with gps
> in those days before selective availability was turned off
>
> we still need to return to dig up the mud turtle there under the
> right low water conditions
>
> m