AT, Hanover to Three Mile Road

[arghman]

drifting off to a tangent here...

IIRC, NH owns the land underneath the Connecticut River to the high water mark on the VT side.

Technically the border is the low water mark on the west side of the Connecticut River, which was settled in a 1933 US Supreme Court case, Vermont vs. New Hampshire. What I can't find online (I have some info on this at home) is that this is as of a certain date (1933?) -- the dams have changed things slightly and the boundary around the Moore Reservoir reflects the original western shore with its meandering boundary before the dam was put in, which is now submerged below the river. Also if there are major changes in rivercourse like oxbows then I believe it follows the original shore.

 

[RoySwkr]

drifting off to a tangent here... Also if there are major changes in rivercourse like oxbows then I believe it follows the original shore.

Parts of the Mississippi River have shifted enough so that some plots of land are now on the "wrong" shore but still legally part of their original shore

By treaty, the boundary along the Rio Grande stayed or changed depending on whether the shift was sudden or gradual, leading to a 100-year dispute near El Paso
http://www.nps.gov/cham/historyculture/upload/Why%20We're%20Here.pdf

 

[Danielle]

I just thought I'd do an update, as Snowman and I were out on the AT from the VT/NH line to Lyme-Dorchester Rd at the Dartmouth Skiway this Sunday and Monday. The trail conditions were a complete mix, from mud, ice, snowy patches, very wet trail, dry sections, little blowdowns, big blowdowns, more blowdowns and an area just after Trescott Rd. of approx. 200 yards of complete devastation where the trail was obscured and obliterated by blowdowns (see photos in link below). That section will need major work by the trail maintainers, unfortunately. No need for traction devices, and a great two days to be out, although hot! In the 80s! Amazing!

Mohamed, you had asked for conditions up around Moose Mountain. The trail was really wet up to South Moose. Then heading down to the shelter and along the ridge to North Moose, there were a bunch of snowy patches, many with streams running underneath, but again, nothing that we would have put snowshoes or even our YakTraks (which were in our packs) on for. Saw a few wood sorrell blooming on the descent off North Moose, but otherwise nothing else flowering yet.

We parked our car at the small lot on the VT side of the Connecticut River. We missed it initially, thinking it was a lot for a business, but found a bunch of cars there, and had no issues. Parked at Three Mile Road for our 1st hike on Sunday, and although it was a dirt road, it seemed relatively well graded and pretty dry and we didn't have any problems, even with our Honda Civic. For day #2, we parked a car in the Skiway parking lot and then headed back to Three Mile Road for the start. That worked out well.

Views from Moose and from Holts Ledge were very nice! A pretty section of the AT

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