Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-09-07

Z cd and agreed to by the Commissioners
under the 9Th Article 10 the Treaty of
J 1894, between the Governments of the
) United States and Great Britain; thence.
North, following the exploring line run
and marked by the Surveyors of the Two
Il Governments in the years 1917 and 1915
Il under the 9Th Article of the Treaty of
Client, to its intersection with the River
St. John and 70 the middle ofthe channel
thereof: thence, up the middle the main
channel of said River st, John, to the
mouth of the River St. Francis thence.
up the middle of the channel of the said
River st. Francis, and of the lakes through
which 1t flows, to the outlet of the Lake
Pohenagamook; thence, Southwesterly,
IN straight line TO point on The North
West branch Of the River St. john, which
lqoml shall be ten miles distant from the
main branch of the st. John, in a straight
lllne, and in the nearest direction, but if
the said point shall be found 10 be less
4 than seven miles from the nearest point, or
summit, or crest of the highlands that d.
vide those rivers which empty themselves
into the River st. Lawrence from those
/ which fall into the River st. John, to a
lpoint seven miles in straight line from
the said summit or crest; thence, In a
straight line in course about South eight
degrees West to the point where the par
lallel of latitude Of 46deg, 525 min. Moth
tintersects the South West branch of the
ST. John; thence, Souiherly by The said
branch, TO the source thereof in the high
lands at The Me!iarmette portage; thence,
down along the said. highlands which d.
wide the waters which empty themselves
Into the River ST. Lawrence from those
which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the
head of Halls Stream; thence, down the
; middle of said stream till the line thus run
intersects the old line ofboundary survey
ed and marked by Valentine and Collins
previously TO the year 1774, as the 45th
degree OF North latitude, and which has
been known and understood to be the line
of actual division between the States of
New. York and Vermont on one side, and
the British Province of Canada on the
/ other; and, frora said point Of intersection,
| West along the said dividing line as here
tofore known and understood, to the Iro-
Iquois, or ST. Lawrence River.
ART. IL. 1t is moreover agreed, that,
! from the place where the Joint Commits
sioners terminated their labors, under the
sixth article ofthe Treaty of Client, to wit
AT point in the Neebrik channel, near
Muddy lake, the line shall run into and
-. along the ship channel, between ST. Joseph
and 81. Tammany Islands, 10 the division
Of the channel a: or near the head of st.
Joseph's Island; thence, turning East
, wardlY and Northwardly, around the low
er end ofSt. Georges 0. Sugar Island, and
following the middle of the channel which
divides ST. Georges from ST. Joseph's Is
land; thence, up the East Neebrik chan
mel, nearest to Georges Island, through
the middle of Lake George; thence West
: of Jonas Island. into st. Mary's River, to
point in the middle of that river, about
;, one mile above st. Georges or Sugar Is
land, so as to appropriate and assign the
: said Island to the U. States thence adopt
J ing the line traced. on the maps by the
Commissioners, through the river ST.
e Mary and lake Superior, to a point North
= of lie Royal in said lake, one hundred
o yards to the North and East of He Cha
o peau, which aforementioned island lies near
J, the Northeastern point of lie Royal,
q where the line marked by the Commits
sioners terminates; and from the last men
= toned point, Southweserlv, through the
y middle ofthe sound between He Roral and
Is the North western main land, to the mouth
+ of Pigeon river, and at the said river to,
te and through, the North and South Fowl
"a lakes, TO The lakes on the height of Land,
Sc between lake Superior and the lake Of the
s. Woods; thence along the water commun-
u ication to lake Saisaquinago, and through
- that Lake; thence to and through Cypress
s. lake, Lac de Bots Blanc, Lac Ia Croix,
d. Little Vermillion lake, and lake Namecap,
r and through the several smaller lakes,
g straits, or streams, connecting the lakes
20 here mentioned, to that point in Lac Ia
10 Pluie or Rainy lake, at the Chandiere
AZ Falls, from which the Commissioners
i traced the line to the most Northwestern
IS point Of the Lake of the Woods-thence
a along the said line TO the said most North.
le western point, being in latitude 40 deg
OF % min. 5 5 sec. Norlh, and in Longitude
rs % deg. IA min. SO sec. West from the
+ Observatory, at Greenwich; thence, ac.
e, cording to existing treaties, due South to
Dc its Intersection with the 49th parallel Of
"a North latitude, and along that parallel tc
ic the Rocky Mountains. 1t being under.
Sc stood that all the water COMMUNICATIONS
p and all the usual portages along the line
es from lake Superior to the. Lake of the
at Woods and also Grand Portage, from
cd the shore of Lake Superior to the Pigeon
LII river, as now actually used, shall be free
lie and open to The use Of the citizens and
y. subjects of both countries.
OF ART. LII. In order to, promote the in
III terest and encourage the industry ofali The
ei inhabitants oflhe Countries watered by The
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