Talk:Harsens Island

Unsourced
I'm moving this here because it is unsourced and appears to be at least partially in conflict with other sourced information. Some of this may be salvageable, but I don't have time to address it at the moment. older ≠ wiser 23:03, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Actual "ownership' of the Island remains controversial to this day. After the War of 1812, the British and US governments tacitly agreed that the boundary between the US and "British North America" (i.e., Canada) ran along the western shore of the St Clair River, down the North Channel, and around Anchor Bay.  British North America began on the eastern shore of the St Clair River.  This left all the islands of the St Clair Flats as "Indian territory".  Not until 1870, when the US Army Corps of Engineers dredged the St Clair Flats Canal at the end of the South Channel of the St Clair River did the US and British governments decide that the boundary would be down the middle of the South Channel and across Lake St Clair.  Even to this day, actual "ownership" of Harsens Island is subject to controversy, with some First Nation legalists maintaining that neither the British nor the US Federal governments ever properly acquired title to the Island, or for that matter, any of the Islands on the American side of the border, from the First Nations peoples.


 * Worse, it seems to be quoted verbatim from a personal website. Is this a reliable source?  Although the author of the website seems to have some knowledge of the subject, he has a clear bias. messor (talk) 03:02, 26 December 2020 (UTC)