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vessel collided with another schooner near Piney Point. The other schooner managed to make it to port, but this vessel was abandoned by its crew and sank The shipwreck site was discov- ered and surveyed in the late 1980s. The wreck of the schooner rests in an upright position on a sandy bottom in 150 feet of water. The vessel is nearly intact, and major equipment is still in place. The schooner site is significant for the vessel's role in Great Lakes shipping, the naval architecture of the vessel, and the research potential of the site. The National Register bound- aries were defined by reasonable limits around the vessel remains, selected to include the area likely to contain rigging. Verbal boundary description: The Lake Huron Ship- wreck Site is located 2 statute miles west and 1.5 miles north of Piney Point at'the intersection of Loran C coordinates XXX and YYY. The area included in the site is a square 1,000 feet on a side; the geographical center being the charted vessel's position. Boundary justification: The Lake Huron Shipwreck is the site of a relatively intact vessel with structural damage primarily to the rigging only, based on diver assessments and videotape evidence of the site. Little noticeable deterioration has been evident on the vessel in terms of subsequent deposition on the site, ice damage, erosion, or other environ- mental factors with the exception of anchor damage to the hull. The boundary is based on the probability of locating major rigging elements lying near the hull as a result of the wreckdrifting and sinking slowly after the collision. The wreck's depth has prevented a thorough evaluation of the total extent of the site away from the hull itself. BOUNDARIES FOR HISTORIC SITES Locations of significant events or. activities where the location possesses historic or cultural value maybe classified as National Register sites. Cemeteries, battlefields, and natural and cultural landscapes where historic events took place are examples of historic sites. 36 GUIDELINES FOR SELECTING BOUNDARIES: HISTORIC SITES (summarized from How to Complete the National Register Registration Form, p. 56) Select boundaries that encom- pass the area where the historic events took place. include only portions of the site retaining historic integrity and documented to have been directly associated with the event. Denis Julien Inscription, Grand County, Utah, consists of historic inscriptions on a sandstone block in a side canyon of Green River, in the mouth of Hell Roaring Canyon. There are two inscription panels. The first bears the name D. Julien, the date 3 mai 1863, and a sunburst design and a one - masted boat. The second panel includes five names of early surveyors from the U.S. Reclamation Service . with 20th century dates. Denis Julien, an American fur trapper of French descent, etched his name and date along waterways in eastern Utah at least eight time between 1831 and 1844. In this location, he also in- scribed the one boat, suggest- ing his mode of travel. The site is significant for its association with fur trading and exploration, conservation and reclamation, and minting. Rea- sonable limits were used to define the National Register boundaries. Verbal boundary description: The site is located within the NE V4, NW V4, SW 1/4, NW 1/4, Section 6 (unsurvey- ed), T26S, RISE. USGS 7.5 minute series, Mineral Canyon, Utah, quad- rangle, 1988. Boundaries of the actual parcel included in the nomination can be described as a circle with a radius of 30 feet centered on the inscription rock. Boundary justification: The description provided above includes the rock upon which the historic inscriptions are located and additional amount of surrounding property deemed sufficient to convey some sense of the site's surroundings. Tinta Massacre Site, Merizo, Guam, is the place where soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army killed sixteen people of the village of Merizo in 1944. During the last days of the Japanese occupation, soldiers marched a group of thirty men and women from the village to an area called Tinta at the foot of a hill west of the village. The soldiers herded the villagers into a dugout cave, lobbed hand grenades through the opening, and attacked survivors with their sabres. Fourteen people survived the attack. The massacre site is located at the base of the hills on the eastern edge of the Geus Valley. The site is marked only by a wooden cross in the overgrown gully, which is what remains of the dugout cave. Reason- Denis Julien Inscription, Grand County, Utah. This ca. 1909 photograph shows the inscription and its environs. (Utah Historical Society)