Description of field and office methods and results-Continued. Monuments and monumenting Continued. Geographic positions of boundary turning points and reference monuments defining the international boundary through the St. Francis River.. Geographic positions of monuments marking the international boundary from Lake Pohenagamook to the Southwest Branch of the St. John River.... Geographic positions of boundary turning points and reference monuments defining the international boundary through the Southwest Branch of the St. John River. Geographic positions of monuments marking the international boundary from the source of the Southwest Branch of the St. John River to the head of Halls Stream Geographic positions of boundary turning points and reference monuments defining the international boundary through Halls Stream Geographic positions of monuments marking the international boundary from Appendix I.-Historical sketch of the genesis of the international boundary from the Appendix II.-Negotiations, treaties, and conventions pertaining to the boundary, and reports of boundary commissions, previous to the treaty of 1908. Declaration of the commissioners under the fifth article of the treaty of 1794 Treaty of peace and amity (treaty of Ghent, 1814)-Articles IV and V Sketches of the triangulation and precise traverse accompany this report under a ILLUSTRATIONS Page General method of resetting the original cast-iron monuments Special type of cast-iron monument, as reset at source of St. Croix River. Cedar post set in 1817 and cast-iron monument erected in 1843 to mark the boundary at the source of the St. Croix River.. Intermediate boundary monument and cleared vista Triangulation signal erected over boundary monument on North Line Frontispiece 17 18 20 21 23 24 Commissioner Barnard and timber cruiser tracing course of old vista on Highlands near 24 Granite post originally set to mark point on Vermont-Quebec boundary in 1849; reset in concrete base... .... 25 Cross Lake Rapids, St. Francis River Original granite monument (No. 646) set by the Commissioners in 1845 near Richelieu Instrument piers of old astronomic station used in 1845; near Rouses Point, N. Y. Pack train on Highlands boundary. Transportation in Arnold River Valley; Highlands boundary, 1916. Type of new granite post monument set on New York-Quebec line in 1902. 26 26 28 29 29 31 Granite monument 721 broken by heat from burning building View looking east along New York-Quebec line, near monument 653 Typical condition of monuments at time of joint examination, 1905 33 33 34 34 35 Monument 505, at time of joint examination of the boundary prior to treaty of 1908. In the photograph is Frederick W. King, son of British Commissioner King. He was killed in action near Arras, France, August 26, 1918. Survey camp near Lyster Lake, late in fall of 1906. Monument 621, Vermont-Quebec line, before it was reset Monument 621, after it was reset. Type of intermediate monument used on Vermont-Quebec line. Boundary monument and vista, on North Line.. "Line house" on North Line at monument 49. Grand Falls of St. John River, New Brunswick, 21⁄2 miles east of boundary Ferry between Canada and United States on St. John River Boundary survey camp, near Lake Pohenagamook, 1911 Boundary survey camp on Southwest Line, 1912. Lunch time, Southwest Line, 1912. Boundary survey camp, near Southwest Branch of the St. John River, 1913 On the Southwest Branch of the St. John River, 1914.. Typical cast-iron monument as reset along the Highlands 35 36 37 37 38 39 40 41 41 43 43 45 45 47 47 49 50 52 54 Page Special type of cast-iron monument, No. 318, on Highlands, near source of Southwest Camp of United States party on Halls Stream, 1914 54 55 Monument 402 at boundary crossing of Canadian Pacific Railway United States survey camp at Boundary Siding, Quebec - 56 56 Pack train leaving Lowelltown, Me., for Highlands boundary, 1915. Canadian Pacific Railway along which triangulation base was measured near boundary Camp of topographic party, near Moose Mountain, in Highlands, 1915... Fire lookout tower used as triangulation station, Snow Mountain, Me., 1915 57 58 58 59 59 61 62 Tree used as signal and instrument stand, triangulation on St. Francis River. 64 65 66 United States party which worked eastward from head of Halls Stream, Highlands boundary, 1916.. 67 Triangulation station on Gosford Mountain, Maine-Quebec Highlands. 68 United States Commissioner E. C. Barnard (right) and J. D. Craig, D. L. S., at monument 492... 68 The "double monument" before it was reset, Highlands boundary, near source of Connecticut River. 69 The "double monument" after it was reset 69 Third Lake, source of Connecticut River, looking south from the "double monument". 70 70 Triangulation camp on Halls Stream, 1916 -- 71 Tower at triangulation station "Bien" near monument 489 on the Highlands 71 "Line house" at boundary crossing of Kennebec Road, 1917. 74 Monument 418, set by United States monumenting party, 1917 75 Observing tower, triangulation, Vermont-Quebec line. 76 Monument repair work, New York-Quebec line, 1917. Resetting monument 736 which had been heaved by frost... Type of signal and instrument used for minor triangulation of St. Francis River 96 Fire lookout tower, Hardwood Mountain, Me., used as triangulation station. 97 97 Native timber triangulation tower, western end of Highlands boundary 98 98 Precise traverse line showing hub and vista Type of low tripod and scaffold used on some of the mountain tops. Triangulation reconnaissance party at station "Dennison," Maine-Quebec Highlands, 1916.... Measuring boundary deflection angles, Highlands, 1917. 99 99 100 103 Page Bronze disks used as intermediate boundary monuments on the Highlands. Bronze posts used as reference monuments along some of the boundary streams Special type of cast-iron monument, as shown in Figure 2, before being reset Large concrete monument of type shown in Figure 4, set on Province Point, Lake Champlain, in 1907 Bronze disks used as reference monuments, triangulation station marks, and bench marks... 111 112 114 114 115 116 One of the monuments that had to be moved; No. 554, at Derby Line, Vt. 118 118 Old cast-iron monument in position to be filled with concrete.. 119 Special type of cast-iron monument, No. 505, reconstructed at head of Halls Stream.. 120 120 121 Boundary vista looking northeast from point near East Lake, Southwest Line, 1912 123 124 Monument 480, showing growth of trees since original vista was opened in 1844. Taking topography with the plane table.. United States topographic camp at Arnold Bog, 1916. Low pass on Highlands boundary at head of Arnold Bog; elevation 2,481 feet. 125 126 126 127 127 Bench mark, Canadian Department of Public Works, established on boundary line at 130 Special type of leveling-rod target used on the Highlands boundary Monument on New York-Quebec line, which had been heaved by frost since 1902. 268 MAPS AND DRAWINGS Map of the section of the international boundary reestablished under Article III of the treaty of 1908. Index sheet of the boundary maps prepared under Article III of the treaty of 1908. 136 270 Part of the Mitchell map of the British and French dominions in North America, 1755.. 278 |