REMARKABLE BOUNDARIES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 113, 26 November 1915, Page 1 (Supplement)

REMARKABLE BOUNDARIES.

The demarcation of the Alaska-Can-ada boundary irom the St. Elias range straight north along the 141st meridian to the Arctic Ocean lias been in progress since 1907, and is reported to have just been completed. Tlie undertaking was notable for several reasons. No other modern boundary demarcation has extended into such high latitudes, and few boundaries of equal length anywhere in the world are so straight. The line follows the meridian without the slightest deviation, regardless of mountains, swanipe, and forests. Wherever the boundary passes through timber and brush a 20ft. clearing has been made. Monuments have been set up along the entire line, at points visible from each other, generally at distances of three or four mike. At important points these monuments are sft. shafts of aluminium bronze, weighing 3001b., set in 2,0001b. of concrete. The boundary is 600 miles long, and is marked by about 200 monuments.