The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09

lance from the n~orthwesterly point OF
Presque stand. neal Erie. Pa, to the
southern extremity of Long Point. Is
found by the scale drawn upon the
map itself to he about 3f4 geographi-
cal miles. while upon the accurate mod
ern maps. reduced from surveys made
by the army corps of engineers and
published by the photographic office.
the same distance is in fact a triie less
thar % miles. The circumstances make
determination by measurement from
either shore TO the defined boundary OF
the Client map impossible for the dis
lance so measured woul overlap some
IA miles in the middle OF the AXE.
Neither is an approximate r~eproduc-
ton OF the Client line upon a modern
map feasible owing to the variations
i'm the contours of the shores etween
which IL must be drawn. This circum
stanc alone makes the exact deter
mination of the boundary in Lake Erie
at either end impossible, only an APP
proximate location can be determined.
The original chart of Lake Erie. like
that of Ontario. is unsigned by the
commissioners. 1t nay therefore be
properly said as To the main body Of
these two maps. there does not exist
charting boundary in force by the
treaty. The commissioners appointed
under the treaty OF Client did not un-
dertake to define or mark that part OF
the boundary and a part of II has never
been chartered at all"
Respecting the latter. Mr.. Adee
wrote:
Westward of Isle Royal. in Lake
Superior. no reproduction of the work
of the maps of the Client commission
ers has been made. but. as above said,
they only drew the extreme westerly
portion OF the northern boundary from
Chaudiere falls to the northwesterly
shore of the Lake of the Woods. AS
that part between Isle Royal and
Chaudiere falls. where M line has as
yet been chartered by joint agreement
of the two countries, we are dependent
upon the description given in article ,
of the treaty of 1912. 1t IL this part of
the line that Hunters island, men
toned in the committees letter of Jan.
Is, Is found. The part of the line strik-
ing Hunters island az described in arti-
Gle 2 of the treaty of 1912 begins at
Lake Saisaginaga and runs through
that lake, thence to and through
Cypress lake, Lac du Bots Blanc, Lac
la Croix and through several smaller
lakes, straits or streams connecting the
lakes here mentioned.
ut is to be observed that Lac du
Bots Blanc, named in the treaty. is in
differently called Eastwood lake, which
is a simple translation OF the French
name. the Bots Blanc being the name
of a specie of trees known as Eastwood
On the maps which have been examined
in this department. the small body OF
water thus indifferently denoted as
Eastwood lake or Lac du Bots Blanc
lies south of a large tract of Ian
which. on some maps, is marked
Hunters island. and Oh thC
north by P~imenanekok, a second
aisaginaga (or Saiganagah), Sturgeon
and Tanner lakes. which are appar
AnslNr SnfnnA hNv rKrnfAn AnttrCaG FnFflinp
the continuation to which the commit
tee letter of Jan. 16 refers.
THE circumstances that continuous
waterways may exist. in fac north OF
the tract known as Hunters island
appears. however. to be immaterial in
view of the precise mention made Of
the Lac du Bots Blanc as one of tn,
bodies of water through which tn,
boundary runs. according TO the SECOND
article of the treaty of 1912. The
Cypress lake mentioned in that t~at,
has not been satisfactorily located oI
any of the maps