Statutes, Documents and Papers Bearing on the Discussion Respecting the Northern and Western Boundaries of the Province of Ontario, Including the Principal Evidence Supposed to be Either for Or Against the Claims of the Province |
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... mile above St. George's or Sugar Island , so as to appropriate and assign the said island to the United States ; thence adopting the line traced on the maps by the Commissioners , through the River St. Mary and Lake Superior , to a ...
... mile above St. George's or Sugar Island , so as to appropriate and assign the said island to the United States ; thence adopting the line traced on the maps by the Commissioners , through the River St. Mary and Lake Superior , to a ...
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... miles parallel to the shores of the lake ; thence northerly five miles ; thence easterly to the right bank of the said river , so as not to interfere with any acquired rights of the Honour- able the Hudson's Bay Company . Second ...
... miles parallel to the shores of the lake ; thence northerly five miles ; thence easterly to the right bank of the said river , so as not to interfere with any acquired rights of the Honour- able the Hudson's Bay Company . Second ...
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... MILES M'DONELL , Governor . By order of the Governor , JOHN SPENCER , Secretary . IV . Royal Charter , & c . THE CHARTER INCORPORATING THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY , GRANTED BY HIS MAJESTY , KING CHARLES THE SECOND , IN THE 22ND YEAR OF HIS ...
... MILES M'DONELL , Governor . By order of the Governor , JOHN SPENCER , Secretary . IV . Royal Charter , & c . THE CHARTER INCORPORATING THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY , GRANTED BY HIS MAJESTY , KING CHARLES THE SECOND , IN THE 22ND YEAR OF HIS ...
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... miles above Montreal . The extent of Upper Canada far exceeds that of Lower Canada , as , the western boundary being undefined , it comprises all the known and unknown countries extending as far as the Pacific or Great Sea , and is ...
... miles above Montreal . The extent of Upper Canada far exceeds that of Lower Canada , as , the western boundary being undefined , it comprises all the known and unknown countries extending as far as the Pacific or Great Sea , and is ...
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... miles from Cascasquias . It ge , consisting of twelve dwelling houses , all of which are inhabited by as many is a little chapel , formerly a chapel of ease to the church at Fort Chartres . The e are very industrious , and raise a great ...
... miles from Cascasquias . It ge , consisting of twelve dwelling houses , all of which are inhabited by as many is a little chapel , formerly a chapel of ease to the church at Fort Chartres . The e are very industrious , and raise a great ...
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aforesaid Albany boundary line boundary of Canada Bourbon Britain British called Canadian canoes ceded Charter Chevalier de Troyes claim coast colonies commences Commissioners Company's Court Crown discovery dominion due west east English engraved and coloured established extend forts French furs Government Governor and Company granted height of land honour Hudson's Bay Company Illinois Indian Territories Island jurisdiction Justice King la Verendrye Lake Mistassin Lake Superior Lake Temiscaming Lake Winnipeg latitude Lawrence leagues limits longitude Lord Louisiana Lower Canada Majesty Majesty's miles Mississippi Missouri Moose name Canada nations North America North-West Company northern northward Nouvelle France Ohio Paris peace Port Nelson possession Province of Quebec Province of Upper Rainy Lake Red River River St River Winnipic Rupert's settled settlement shore Sieur subjects Tadoussac thence trade Treaty of Ryswick Treaty of Utrecht Upper Canada Verendrye voyage westerly western westward Woods
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Page 47 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 19 - East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source ; and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the St. Lawrence...
Page 19 - Lawrence; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page 19 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, to be free sovereign and independent states...
Page 259 - Phelipeaux to the long lake ; thence through the middle of said long Lake and the water communication between it and the lake of the Woods, to the said lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to the most North-western point thereof, and from thence on a due West course to the river Mississippi...
Page 22 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 136 - A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent thereto (London 1733).
Page 19 - Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude. South by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...
Page 11 - It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and House of Commons, to make Laws for the Peace, Order and good Government of Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces...
Page 405 - Date aforesaid to make, ordain and establish within the Land and Territory so admitted as aforesaid all such Laws, Institutions and Ordinances and to constitute such Courts and Officers as may be necessary for the Peace, Order and good Government of Her Majesty's Subjects and others therein...