N.Y. STL Law § 5 — New York Code / Act STL / Article 2 / Section 5
Canada boundary line
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§ 5. Canada boundary line. The boundary line between the state of New\nYork and Canada is as follows:\n  Commencing at the intersection of the parallel of the forty-fifth\ndegree of north latitude with the middle of the deepest channel of the\nRichelieu river and running thence westerly along said parallel of\nforty-five degrees north latitude as originally run by Valentine and\nCollins, 1771-1774, to a point on the south shore of the St. Lawrence\nriver (but shown by the United States survey of boundary line in 1845,\nunder treaty of Washington, 1842, on sheet maps XXVI to XXX to vary from\ntrue parallel of forty-five degrees, as follows: monument 645, on bank\nof Richelieu river, is .822 miles north of parallel of 45Á and .02 miles\nwest from river; thence westerly 14.68 miles to monument 673, at .336\nmiles north; thence westerly 6.56 miles to monument 685, at .353 miles\nnorth; thence westerly 9.20 miles to monument 703, at .004 miles south;\nthence westerly 7.43 miles to monument 717, at .429 miles south; thence\nwesterly 10.02 miles to monument 737, at .475 miles south; thence\nwesterly 6.34 miles to monument 749, at .140 miles south; thence\nwesterly 5.88 miles to monument 762, on true parallel of 45Á; thence\nwesterly 4.20 miles to monument 774, at .030 miles north on bank of St.\nLawrence river S. 74Á 45' W. 1840 yards distant from the stone church in\nthe Indian village of St. Regis, this line being recognized as the\nboundary line by article one of said treaty of Washington). Thence\nbeginning at aforesaid point on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence\nriver, marked by monument 774, under the treaty of Washington, 1842, and\nin 1817 by a stone monument erected by Andrew Ellicott (the location of\nwhich point is described above), and running north 35Á 45' west into the\nriver, on a line at right angles with the southern shore, to a point 100\nyards south of the opposite island, called Cornwall island; thence\nturning westerly and passing around the southern and western side of\nsaid island keeping 100 yards distant therefrom, and following the\ncurvatures of its shores, to a point opposite to the northwest corner or\nangle of said island; thence to and along the middle of the main river\nuntil it approaches the eastern extremity of Barnhart's island; thence\nnortherly along the channel which divides the last mentioned island from\nthe Canada shore, keeping 100 yards distant from the island, until it\napproaches Sheik's island; thence along the middle of the strait which\ndivides Barnhart's and Sheik's islands to the channel called the Long\nSault, which separates the two last mentioned islands from the lower\nLong Sault island; thence westerly (crossing the center of the last\nmentioned channel) until it approaches within 100 yards of the north\nshore of the Lower Sault island; thence up the north branch of the river\nkeeping to the north of and near the Lower Sault island, and also north\nof and near the Upper Sault, sometimes called Baxter's island, and south\nof the two small islands marked on the map A and B, to the western\nextremity of the Upper Sault or Baxter's island; thence passing between\nthe two islands called the Cats, to the middle of the river above;\nthence along the middle of the river, keeping to the north of the small\nislands marked C and D, and north also of Chrystler's island, and of the\nsmall island next above it, marked E, until it approaches the northeast\nangle of Goose Neck island; thence along the passage which divides the\nlast mentioned island from the Canada shore, keeping 100 yards from the\nisland to the upper end of the same; thence south of and near the two\nsmall islands called the Nut islands; thence north of and near the\nisland marked F, and also of the island called Dry or Smuggler's island;\nthence passing between the islands marked G and H to the north of the\nisland called Isle au Rapid Platt; thence along the north side of the\nlast mentioned island, keeping 100 yards from the shore, to the upper\nend thereof; thence along the middle of the river, keeping to the south\nof and near the islands called Coussin (or Tussin) and Presque isle;\nthence up the river, keeping north of and near the several Gallop Isles\nnumbered on the map, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, and also of Tick,\nTibbits, and Chimney islands, and south of and near the Gallop isles\nnumbered 11, 12 and 13, and also of Duck, Drummond, and Sheep islands;\nthence along the middle of the river, passing north of island No. 14,\nsouth of 15 and 16, north of 17, south of 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25\nand 28, and north of 26 and 27; thence along the middle of the river,\nnorth of Gull island and of the islands Nos. 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, Bluff\nisland, and Nos. 39, 44 and 45, and to the south of Nos. 30, 31, 36,\nGrenadier island, and Nos. 27, 28, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47 and 48 until\nit approaches the east end of Wells island, thence to the north of Wells\nisland, and along the strait which divides it from Rowe's island,\nkeeping to the north of the small islands Nos.  51, 52, 54, 58, 59 and\n61, and to the south of the small islands numbered and marked 49, 50,\n53, 55, 57, 60, and X, until it approaches the northeast point of\nGrindstone island; thence to the north of Grindstone island and keeping\nto the north also of the small islands Nos. 63, 65, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73,\n74, 75, 76, 77 and 78, and to the south of Nos. 62, 64, 66, 69 and 71,\nuntil it approaches the southern point of Hickory island; thence passing\nto the south of Hickory island and of the two small islands lying near\nits southern extremity numbered 79 and 80; thence to the south of Grand\nor Long island, keeping near its southern shore, and passing to the\nnorth of Carlton island, until it arrives opposite to the southwestern\npoint, of said Grand island, in Lake Ontario; thence, passing to the\nnorth of Grenadier, Fox, Stony, and the Gallop islands, in Lake Ontario,\nand to the south of and near the islands called the Ducks, to the middle\nof the said lake, thence westerly along the middle of said lake to a\npoint opposite the mouth of the Niagara river, thence to and up the\nmiddle of the said river to the Great Falls; thence up the Falls through\nthe point of the Horse Shoe, keeping to the west of Irish or Goat\nisland, and of the group of small islands at its head, and following the\nbends of the river so as to enter the strait between Navy and Grand\nislands; thence along the middle of said strait to the head of Navy\nisland; thence to the west and south of and near to Grand and Beaver\nislands, and to the west of Strawberry, Unity, and Bird islands to Lake\nErie; thence southerly and westerly along the middle of Lake Erie in a\ndirection to enter the passage immediately south of Middle island, being\none of the easternmost of the group of islands lying in the western part\nof said lake (according to the decision of the commissioners under the\nsixth article of the treaty of Ghent, 1814, done at Utica, state of New\nYork, June 18, 1822) to intersection with meridian line of Cession,\ndrawn through the most westerly bent or inclination of Lake Ontario,\nunder deed of cession to the United States, executed March 1, 1781,\nunder chapter thirty-eight of the third session of the legislature of\nthis state in 1780, which meridian line was surveyed and marked with\nmonuments by Andrew Ellicott in 1790, as duly appointed under resolution\nof Congress, August 19, 1789, and resurveyed in 1881 to 1885, and final\nreport made December 1, 1885, by H. W. Clarke, civil engineer and\nsurveyor, on the part of the state of New York.\n