The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-09-13
The North Eastern Boundary
rs settled by The Treaty Of Washington.

ARTICLE 1.
1t is hereby agreed and declared that tho line OF
bou ndary shall be as follows;
Beginning at the Monument at the source Of the
River St. Croix, as designated and agreed to by
the Commissioners under the 9Th Article in the
Treaty of 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 Governments in the ears
1917 and 1918, under the 5th article ofthe treaty
of Client, to its intersection with the river
St. John, and the middle of the channel
thereof; thence, up the middle Of the main chan
mel of said river ST. John the mouth Of the river
;St.Francis: thence, up the middle OF the channel
OF the said river St. Francis, and of the
lakes thoughJ which it flows, 10 the outlet Of
the Lake PohenagamooS: thence, SouthwesterIy,
in q straight line point on tho North West
branch OF the river St. John, which point shall be
ten miles distant from the main branch of the ST.
John in straight line and in the nearest direction;
but If the said point shall be found be less than
seven miles from the nearest pou: or summit or
nearest Of the highlands that divide those rivers
which empty themselves into the river St. Law
renee from those which fall into the river st. John,
to point miles in a straight line from the said
summit or crest; thence, in straight line in a
'SS' po'''
where the parallel of lat. 46 deg. 25 min. north
intersects the Southwest branch of the ST. John;
thence, southeIy by the said branch to the source
thereof in the highla nds at the Metjarmette
portage; thence, down along the said highlands
which divide the waters which empty themse Ives
into The St. Lawrence from those which fall into
the Atlantic Ocean, to the head of Halls stream;
thence, down the middle orsad stream till the line
thus ru intersects the old line of boundary sur.
veyed and market by Valentine and Collins pre-
vousy the year IVA las the 18th degree of north
latitude and which has been known and under
stood to be the lue of actual div ison between the
States of New York and Vermont side, and
the British Province Of Canada on the other and
from SAID point of intersection, west along the said
dividing line heretofore known and understood,
TO the iroquois, or st. Lawrence River.
1T is moreover agreed that from the place where
the joint commissioners terminated their labors,
under the sixth article of the Treaty of Client, to
wits AT point in the Neebrk channel near Mud
,dy lake, the line shall into and along the ship
channel, between St. Joseph and St. Tammany Is
lands, to the division of the channel near the
head st. Josephs Island; thence, turning east
wardy, and norhwardly, around the lower end of
st. Georges Sugar Island, and following the
middle of the channel which divides st. George
from St. Joseph's Island; thence, up the east
Neebrik channel, nearest TO St. 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 mile above
St Georges or Sugar Island, 10 appropriate
and assign the said Island to the United States;
thence adopting the line traced on the maps by the
comm ssioners through the river St. Mary and
lake Superior, to point north of lie Royal in said
lake, one hundred yards to the north and east Of
Isle Chspeau, which last mentioned island lies
neas the northeastern point Of lie Royal where
the line marked by the commissioners terminates:
and from the last mentioned point, southwestern,
mainland to the mouth Of Pigeon river, and at 4he
said river to, and through, the north, and South
Fowl Lakes, to the Lakes Of the height of Land,
between Lake Superior and the Lake of the
Woods; thence along the water communication to
Lake Saisaquinaga and through that Lake; thence,
TO and through Cyprsss Lake, Lac Du Bois Blanc
Lac la Croix, Little Vermion Lake, and Lake
Namecan, and through the several smaller lakes,