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The parallel is sometimes called the "Canada line" or the Collins–Valentine line. After the Seven Years' War , the 45th parallel was declared the boundary between New York and Quebec. Under the Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842, original measurement errors stand so that the boundary is not exactly at 45 degrees north but is where the survey ...
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Highway sign marking the 45th parallel in New Zealand. It is the line that marks the theoretical halfway point between the equator and the South Pole. The true halfway point is 16.2 km (10.1 mi) south of this parallel because Earth is not a perfect sphere, but bulges at the equator and is flattened at the poles. [1]
The Collins–Valentine line, or Valentine–Collins line, is the boundary at approximately 45 degrees north latitude that separates the province of Quebec from the states of New York and Vermont. It was surveyed and marked by survey monuments in 1771–3 by John Collins, surveyor-general of Quebec, and Thomas Valentine, a commissioner ...
Highway signs denote that Gaylord rests on the 45th parallel line [19] – halfway between the equator and the North Pole. This is one of 29 places (six are in Michigan) in the U.S. where such signs are known to exist. [20] It is considered to be part of Northern Michigan.
M-22 crossing the 45th parallel near Suttons Bay Until 1936, M-22's route was on Cherry Bend and Center roads in Leelanau County to Suttons Bay. At that time, M-22 was relocated along the west arm of Grand Traverse Bay onto Center Road up to Crain Hill Road [ 17 ] [ 18 ] In 1949, M-22 was relocated the rest of the way to Suttons Bay, and the ...
This signage is intended to provide long-range vehicular directions to access station and parking entrances and neighborhood-based signs to better orient residents and visitors around Skyline ...
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