hmmmm this photo brings up a question that i have had
for a while and mike you seem like the person who
would know the answer
there's always a buffer of a foot or 2 on the US side
of border markers on both CAUS and MXUS. in doug's
photo the american side is obviously private property
(farm) with the fence ending with enough space to
basically walk around the monument. so my questions
are:
1. Does the private property end at the fence in the
photo or at the monument?
2. if the fence is the property line, then what
purpose does a 2 foot federal buffer around the
country serve when access to the monument can be made
from canada? Or, why doesn't the fence jump back out
to the border a few feet past the monument on either
side? why not a circumference around the monument
instead of the buffer zone around the whole country.
3. if the space between the fence and monument is
private property, then what law or agency created the
zone? who has the authority to tell private property
owners where they can place their fence? (I know in
urban areas it is different and there has to be 15 +/-
feet off the border like that for buildings). Do
government authorities have to ask for access over
private land to get to the monument?
it's interesting to me because in these hard economic
times, the cumulative effective of 2 feet of
unproductive land x 5000+ miles of land borders must
equal a huge drain on the economy. hahahaha just
kidding.
and yes mike i did have a wonderful time in Baarle, Ed
is a wonderful host.
vc
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Doug Murray Productions"
<doug@d...> wrote:
>
> Here's a wider shot of #19 with Mount Baker, WA in
the background. Note the newly painted base.
>
>
> Doug Murray Productions / Border Films
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> Best Vancouver excuse for being late for work:
> "A movie was being shot and they detained me for
continuity."
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