The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-09-08


Dllowing lhe exploring line inn and
marked by the Surveyors 81 the lwo 60
'emmenis in Inc yesn 1917 and 1915.
lnder he lillharliele ~ iheireaiy ofGheni.
. is intersection with de riser 81 John
md 10 The middle az The channel iherecE
hence. NO The middle Of The main channel
n said river 81. John. 70 The mouth Of DE
liver s. Francis; thence. Up he middle
of The channel of The said river 81. Fran
Is, and Of The Lakes through which il
lows. 70 lhe outlet Of lhe Lake Pohena-
Eamock: ihence. sOuih-weslerly. IN
siraighi line 10 point on the north west
branch az The river 81. John. which point
shall be ten miles distant from The main
branch Of The 81. John. in straight line.
and in the nearest direction; but il the said
point shall be found 10 be less Than seven
miles from The nearest point or summit or
crest Of the highlands that divide those
rivers which empty themselves into The
river 81 Lawrence from those which fall
into The river 81. John. 10 point seven
miles in straight line from The said sum-
mil or crest; thence. in straight line
in a course about south, eight degrees
west 20 the point where lie parallel ofla-
iiiude Of 80 deg. 25 min north iniersects
The south west branch of the 81. John:
thence, sonlherly by The said branch, 20
The source thereof in tho highlands al
The Neiiarmeite portage; thence, down
along The highlands which divide the wa
iers which empty themselves into the III
yer ST. Lawrence from those which fsll
into The Atlantic Ocean. 70 the head Of
Halls stream; thence, down the middle
Of the said stream I'LL the line thus run
inlersects the old line of boundary SUR
veyed and marked by Valentine and Col
Inns previously TO The year l774, as the
Ash degree or north latitude, and which
has been known and understood 10 be the
line Of actual division between the states
of New York and Vermont on one side.
and the British province ofcanada on the
other: and from said point OF intersec-
ton, west along the said dividing line as
heretofore known and understood, 10 the
Iroquois or St. Lawrence river.
ARTICLE II.
II is moreover agreed, that, from the
place where the joint commissioners ter
minated their labors. under The sixth ar
ticle Of tho treaty OF Client, to wit: Az a
point in the Neebrik channel, near Mud ]
DIV lake. The shall run into AID along the /.
ship channel. between 81. Joseph and 81.
Tammany Islands. TO the division Of the
channel AT or near the head Of ST. Jo-
seph's Island; thence turning stewardly and
norihwardly, around The lower end ofSt.
Georges or Sugar Island, and following
the middle Of The channel which divides
ST. Georges from ST Joseph's Island;
thence, up The east Neehrik channel,
nearest to ST. Georges Island, through
I the middle of Lake George; thence, west
of Jonas Islands, into ST Mary's river,
to a point in The middle Of that river, about
one mile above ST. Georges or Sugar ISL
I and, so as 10 appropriate and assign the said
island, TO the United States; thence adopt
ing the line traced on the maps by the
commissioners, through the river ST. Ma
ry and lake Superior, TO point north OF
lie Royal in said lake, one hundred
yards 10 the north and east Of lie Cha
poau, which last mentioned island lies
near The northeastern point OF lie Roy
al, where the line marked by the com.
missioners terminates; and from the
last mentioned point southwesierly
through the middle Of the sound between
lie Royal and the northwestern main
land, TO the mouth of Pigeon river, and
at the 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 commu-
nica,ion To Lake Saisaquinaga, and
T through that Lake; thence, TO and through
= Cypress Lake, Lac du Bots Blanc, Lac
, ing the lakes here mentioned. TO that point
, i'm Lac la Pluie or Rainy Lake, at the
. Chaudiere falls from which the commits
sioners traced the line 10 The most north
western point Of the Lake Of the Woods
thence along the said line to the said
northwestern point, being in latitude 40
. deg. % min. SIS sec. north, and in longi-
tude 95 deg. IL min. SO sec. west from
) the Observatory at Greenwich; thence,
according to the existing treaties, due
, south to its intersection with the i9ih pa.
rallel of north latitude, and along that pa.
, rallel to the Rocky Mountains. IL being
. understood that all water communications.
/ and all the usual portages along the line
from Lake Superior TO the Lake OF the
Woods; and also Grand Portage. from the
shore Of Lake Superior TO Pigeon river,
5 as now actually used, shall be free and
r open to the use Of the citizens and sub
a jecis Of both countries. 81
~ ARTICLE III. #~
r In order to promote the interests and
encourage the industry of all the inhabi-
tants of the countries watered by the IL
yer ST. John and its tributaries, whether
1t living within the state Of Maine or the
l. province Of New Brunswick, il is agreed
that, where, by the provisions Of the pre-.
q, can't tra,tx- tha rivar 81 yohu Is dec Jared