Canadian Four Corners

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 interesting place, border marker, quadripoint
The boundary between Saskatchewan and Manitoba terminates in the north at this point. The boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories is intended to terminate in the south at this point as well.

The point is marked by a metre-high aluminum obelisk.

www.bjbsoftware.com/corners/pointdetail.php3?point=139
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Corners_(Canada)
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Coordinates:   60°0'0"N   101°59'59"W

Comments

  • Corrected at 55°48'40"N 102°0'6"W with odd jog in boundry
  • In the legal definition of Nunavut, its border is specified as "Commencing at the intersection of 60°00'N latitude with 102°00'W longitude, being the intersection of the Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan borders". -"Nunavut Act SCHEDULE I (Section 3) WESTERN BOUNDARY OF NUNAVUT". Canadian Legal Information Institute (1993). Although the Parliament of Canada did therefore intend to create a true quadripoint, it is questionable whether the pre-existing boundary of Saskatchewan and Manitoba falls precisely on the meridian of 102°W under the WGS84 geodetic system.
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