- This article is about a geographic location in Canada. For analogous locations in other countries and other uses, see Four Corners (disambiguation).
The "Four Corners" point in Canada is a quadripoint at , where four political subdivisions meet. These are the provinces of Manitoba, and Saskatchewan and the territories of the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. This became a "secondary quadripoint" (i.e. involving first-order subdivisions of a sovereign nation) with the creation of Nunavut on April 1, 1999. The point is located near the southern shore of Kasba Lake. It is in remote northern wilderness, hundreds of kilometres from any road, railway, or airport. The point is marked by a metre-high aluminum obelisk. The obelisk was erected in 1962 (before the creation of Nunavut) to mark the intersection of the boundaries of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the then existing Northwest Territories districts of Mackenzie and Keewatin. 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" [1]. 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.
See also
References
- ^ Nunavut Act SCHEDULE I (Section 3) WESTERN BOUNDARY OF NUNAVUT. Canadian Legal Information Institute (1993). Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
External links
- Four Corners (Canada) is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Some photos of four corners
- Political map of Canada showing the four corners from Natural Resources Canada
