The Intercolonial: A Historical Sketch of the Inception, Location, Construction and Completion of the Line of Railway Uniting the Inland and Atlantic Provinces of the Dominion, with Maps and Numerous Illustrations |
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1st July 20 feet abutment adopted Andrews Atlantic average quantity Barnaby river Bay Chaleur Bay of Fundy boundary branch bridge British Brunswick built Burland-Desbarats Lith caisson Canada carried Central route Chief Engineer clay Cobequid Cobequid Mountains coffer-dam Colonial commenced Commissioners completed concrete construction contract contractors cost Croix crossing cubic yards culverts curves cuttings depth distance District Division Dominion dredging embankment feet below high feet wide Folly Lake foundation grades gravel Halifax height high water highlands Imperial Government inches Intercolonial Railway iron John Lake land Lawrence line F masonry ment Messrs Metapedia Miramichi MIRAMICHI BRIDGES Moncton Nova Scotia Ocean passed Photo-Lith pier piles Provinces pumps quantity of excavation Quebec rails Resident Engineer Restigouche River du Loup river St road rock Sandford Fleming settlement side spans stone stream structure survey tion traffic Treaty of 1783 Trois Pistoles Truro tunnel United valley yards per mile
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Page 20 - East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth, in the bay of Fundy, to its source, and from its source, directly north, to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 20 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the Boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their Boundaries, viz., from the North-west Angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that Angle which is formed by a line drawn due North, from the source of the St. Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St.
Page 34 - From the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz. that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix river to the highlands, along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 27 - The said Commissioners shall meet at St. Andrews, in the Province of New Brunswick, and shall have power to adjourn to such other place or places as they shall think fit.
Page 20 - America, to forget all past misunderstandings and differences that have unhappily interrupted the good correspondence and friendship which they mutually wish to restore, and to establish such a beneficial and satisfactory intercourse between the two countries, upon the ground of reciprocal advantages and mutual convenience, as may promote and secure to both perpetual peace and harmony...
Page 38 - Portage ; thence down along the said highlands which divide the waters which empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 27 - River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 28 - Croix to the river Iroquois or Cataraquy, to be surveyed and marked according to the said provisions. The said Commissioners shall make a map of the said boundary, and annex to it a declaration under their hands and seals, certifying it to be the true map of the said boundary, and particularizing the latitude and longitude of the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, of the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, and of such other points of the said boundary as they may deem proper.
Page 27 - Cataraguy, has not yet been surveyed : it is agreed, that for these several purposes two commissioners shall be appointed, sworn, and authorized to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in the present article.
Page 27 - Whereas neither that point of the highlands lying due north from the source of the River St. Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace between the two Powers as the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, nor the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, has yet been ascertained...