Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-11-24

st. Lawrence from those which fall intt
the Atlantic ocean. TO the head uf HALT:
stream: thence, dawn the middle of the
said stream. till the line thus run inter
sects the old line If boundary surveyed
and marked by Valentine and Collins
previously 10 the wear 1874 as the Ash
. degree If north latitude. and which has
been known and understood to be the
line of actual division between the states
Gf New York and Vermont on one side. &
The British province Of Canada on the ..
thef: and.frnm sail point of intersection.
west along the sid dividing line as here
tolnre kn"wn and understood, to the Iro-
lquois, or St. Lawrence river.
ARTICLE II.
Il is moreover agreed, that. ftan tie
place where the JOINT commissioners ter
minated their labnrs. under the 9th ari-
Gle of the t'eatv of Client. 10 Wit: At a
point in tie Nechish channel. near Mud
DIV lake, the line shall run into and along
the ship channel, between st. JaseDh's
and St. Talnmany Islands, to fire divis-
hon of the channel at or near tie head Of
st. jasepf island; thence. turning east
wardly ana! northwareiIv around the low
err end of the st. Georges on Sugar Is
land, and following the middle of the
! channel which divides st. G eorge's from
st. Jnseph's Island; thence. up the east
Neebish channel. nearest to st. Georges
Island, through the middle of Lake Gen:
thence. west Of Jonas Island. INTO st.
hiary's river. IN q point in the middle Of
that river. about one mile above ST.
Georges or Sugar Island, SO as to appro-
/ pirate and assign the said Island 10 the
i United States; thence. adapting the line
traced On the maps by the commissioners
through the river st. Mary and lake ST.
per.r. IN a certain point north Of lie
| Rnval in said lake, one hundred Yards to
the north and east Of lie Cnapeau, which
last mentioned lics rear the northeastern
point ollie Royal, where the Inc mark
ed bv the commissioners terminates; and
from the last mentioned point. southwest
". through the midile of the SCUM! b.
tween lie ROYAL and Ike Northwestern
maitland. to the mouth of Pigenn river,
and up Tie said river. to aud throu RI the
north and south Fowl Lakes, to The lakes
of the height Of land between Lake Gu-
perior. and the Lake of the Woods;
1 thence. alorg the water communication
to Lake Saisagnaga, and through that
lake thence, 20 and throu n Cypress
Lake, Lac thu Bois Blaze. Lac Ia Croix.
| Little Vermillion Lake, and Lake Ma
mecan, and through the several smaller
lakes straits, or streams, connecting the
! lakes here mentioned. to that point in
Lac Ia Plaie or RAINY Lake. at tie Chau
dlcre Falls. from which the commission.
ers traced the line TO he most northwest
crn point of the Lake cf the Woods
thence, along the sail line. to the said
must northwestern pclGt. being in lat. 40
deg. Is min. and SIS sec north, and in
long. s. deg. IA min. So sec. west from
the Observatory at Greenwich thence,
according 10 existing treaties. due south.
to its intersection with the 49th parallel
of north latitude, and along that parallel
to the Rocky Mountains. II being un-
dersto I'd that all water Communications,
and all the usual portages along the line
from Lake Superior 70 the Lake of tie
| Woods. and also Grand Portage. from
the shore of Lake Superior to the Pigeon
I'rivei, as now actually used, shall be free
and open to the use OF the citizens and
subjects Of both countries
! ARTICLE III.
! n order to promote the interests and
encourage the industry Of all the inhabi
tants Of the countries watered by the riv-
err ST. John and It's tributaries, whether
living i'll the state Of Maine or the pro-
vince OF New Rrunswe k. it is agreed
that where, by the provisions Of the pre-
sent treaty. the river st. John is ,ieclar-
ed to De the line Of bound nv. the nayi-
CATION Of the said river shall be fee and
| open to both parties. and shall in no way
be Distracted by either: that all the pso-
duce of the forest, in logs, lumber. tim
Der, b'ards, slaves, o: shingles. or of ar
rlcuture not being manufactured, grown
on any OF those parts Of the state Of
Maine watered by the river st Jphn, or
its tributaries, (of which fact reasonable
evidence shall, if required, be producetD
shall have free access into and through
| the said river and its said tributaries.
having their source within the state If
Maine. TO and from the seaport at The
mouth of the said river St. John, and to
and round The falls of said river, either
4 by boats, RATS or other conveyance: that
when within the province Of New Brus-
wick. the said produce shall be dealt with
as if it were the produce Of the said pro
vince: that. in like manner. the inhah-i'
tants Of the territory Of the Upper St.
John. determined by tits treaty to
belong to her Britannia MAJESTY,
shall have free access to and from the
river for their produce, in those parts
where the said river runs wholly through
/ the state If Maine: Prorided aI,cavs,
That this agreement shall give no right
l,o either party to interfere with any reg