Joint Report Upon the Survey and Demarcation of the Boundary Between the United States and Canada from the Gulf of Georgia to the Northwesternmost Point of Lake of the Woods |
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... miles inland to the heart of the continent . The country traversed varies greatly in physical features , climate ... west of the summit of the Rocky Mountains " and " east of the summit of the Rocky Mountains . " The lengths of these parts of ...
... miles inland to the heart of the continent . The country traversed varies greatly in physical features , climate ... west of the summit of the Rocky Mountains " and " east of the summit of the Rocky Mountains . " The lengths of these parts of ...
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... miles 210 miles and the following sections of the line west of the summit of the Rocky Mountains should be surveyed and monumented by United States parties : From the crossing of the Skagit River to the crossing of the Similkameen River ...
... miles 210 miles and the following sections of the line west of the summit of the Rocky Mountains should be surveyed and monumented by United States parties : From the crossing of the Skagit River to the crossing of the Similkameen River ...
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... west of the river . The Kootenai was in spring flood from the melting snow in the mountains and spread across its low and swampy bottom lands to a width of more than 3 miles . Difficult crossings of the river were made by means of ...
... west of the river . The Kootenai was in spring flood from the melting snow in the mountains and spread across its low and swampy bottom lands to a width of more than 3 miles . Difficult crossings of the river were made by means of ...
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... west of Gateway consists , for about 4 miles , of low , rolling hills covered with a dense growth of timber . Continuing westward , these timbered hills rise gradually in height for about 6 miles and then abruptly rise to the crest of ...
... west of Gateway consists , for about 4 miles , of low , rolling hills covered with a dense growth of timber . Continuing westward , these timbered hills rise gradually in height for about 6 miles and then abruptly rise to the crest of ...
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... mile south of the boundary and about 4 miles west of the crossing of the Pend - d'Oreille from which they had started . The party had traveled over 30 miles on this move in order to cross the river and advance a distance of but 4 miles ...
... mile south of the boundary and about 4 miles west of the crossing of the Pend - d'Oreille from which they had started . The party had traveled over 30 miles on this move in order to cross the river and advance a distance of but 4 miles ...
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azimuth To station boundary cairn British Columbia bronze cap marked bronze disk marked bronze disk set bronze-disk station mark C. B. Survey B. M. C. H. Sinclair Center Coast and Geodetic Commissioners concrete base corner of sec crossing Daniels County disk marked U. S. drill hole elevator feet fifth principal meridian Fork GEORGIA STRAIT Glacier County ground at International inches International Boundary Commission International Boundary Monument iron post J. J. McArthur Kootenay Kootenay East Lethbridge District Manitoba meters north miles east miles north miles south Mont Montana north of International northwest Point Roberts post with bronze Provencher Provencher District ridge River rock Rocky Mountains Roseau County Sask Saskatchewan SE¼ sec Similkameen River standard Geodetic Survey standard U. S. C. station Distance meters station in azimuth Station Latitude Station mark subparty summit Survey of Canada SW4 sec trail treaty United Valley Washington Weyburn District Wood Mountain District Yale District
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Page 185 - 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 185 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie...
Page 11 - Subject to the foregoing provisions the ancillary receiver and his deputies shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to the administration of such assets, as a receiver of an insurer domiciled in this state.
Page 186 - ... which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St Lawrence: comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States...
Page 5 - 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 23 - Fifth, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India.
Page 13 - Plenipotentiaries, after having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following articles: ARTICLE I...
Page 9 - Britain from the Lake of the Woods to the Summit of the Rocky Mountains.
Page 186 - Lawrence; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page 185 - Equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof, to its junction with the Flint river ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's river, and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantic Ocean : — East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St.