Subject: [Tweeters] more viti rocks map trivia
Date: Aug 26 16:04:27 2011
From: Michael Brown - borealis at seanet.com




This has potential to make everyone forget the Pig War!

Michael
Brown
Puyallup, WA

> I think we should ask the
candidates for Whatcom County Council and
> Executive what they
are prepared to do to defend Whatcom County's
> territory from
Skagitonian encroachment.
>
>
> John Stark,
Reporter
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From:
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>
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of
> jbroadus at seanet.com
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 1:36
PM
> To: Guy McWethy; Tweeters; EDWARD SWAN
> Subject:
Re: [Tweeters] more viti rocks map trivia
>
> I would
think the state statutes (which form the basis for the USGS)
>
maps, would be more reliable and more "primary" than county tax

> assessment records (which form the basis for county
"ownership"
> records). Let's see what John Stark comes
up with. I think we are having
> far to much fun with this to
leave it to mere chain of authority. How
> about naming the rocks
as their own entity? Surely neither county
> government really
cares.
>
>
From: EDWARD SWAN
<twoswans9 at msn.com>
> To: "Guy McWethy"
<lguy_mcw at yahoo.com>, "Tweeters"
>
<tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] more
viti rocks map trivia
> Date sent: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:44:28
-0700
> Copies to:
>> Gury McWethy said, "So, do
we list by map, or by county records ???"
>>
>> County records are a primary source and maps are secondary
sources as
>> they are supposed to conform to the government
records. So you go by
>> the primary source the county
records. Ed Swan Olympia
>>
>>
>>
From: Guy McWethy
>> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 12:02 PM

>> To: Tweeters
>> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] more
viti rocks map trivia
>>
>>
>> Hey
Tweets,
>> Just to throw this out there ...
>> The
DeLorme map I just consulted showed both the south end of Lummi
>> Island (Carter Point) , and about the lower 1/3 of Eliza Rock,
as
>> being in Skagit county.
>>
>>
However, I just checked the county ownership data set from each
>> county. Skagit does not have an official ownership record for
either.
>> And the records exist in the Whatcom county data.
The parcel on Lummi
>
>> Island is listed as USFS,
National Forest. The lower tip of Eliza
>> Rock is listed as
US Lighthouse Reserve. All the land north of the
>> Lighthouse
is listed as private ownership of residential parcels ....
>>

>> Looks like they are listed officially (at least by the
county offices)
>
>> as Whatcom County ....
>>
>> So, do we list by map, or by county records ???

>>
>> Boy, am I glad I never have seen a bird
there !!! ;)
>>
>> Guy McWethy
>>
Renton, WA
>> mailto: lguy_mcw at yahoo.com
>>
>>
From: "jbroadus at seanet.com"
<jbroadus at seanet.com>
>> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu

>> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 11:16 AM
>>
Subject: [Tweeters] more viti rocks map trivia
>>
>> Just checked the 7.5 minute quad map named "Eliza
Island", updated in
>> 1995. It shows the Skagit Whatcom
boundary as a straight east-west
>> line, with the very
southern tip of Lummi Island in Skagit County, and
>
>> of course therefore puts Viti Rocks in Skagit County. So that
must be
>
>> the word from USGS. Also, however,
checked the property tax assessor's
>
>> info in both
counties-- all of Lummi Island is assessed by Whatcom
>>
County. Since the south end of Lummi is a mountain, and since Viti
>> Rocks are part of the national wildlife refuge, I suspect that
Skagit
>> County was perfectly happy to cede them both to
Whatcom County-- at
>> least for jurisdictional purposes.
Still don't know if its
>> "official," or just for
convenience.
>>
>> Maybe we should just start
having Island lists? Rock lists? Section
>> lists?Clarice
Clark Puyallup, WA. 98371 mailto:jbroadus at seanet.com
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Michael Brown
Puyallup, Washington