The History of Canada: Canada under British ruleRoswell & Hutchinson, 1894 - Canada |
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... feet long , about six feet wide , with a draught of two feet , capable of carrying about three tons , equal to thirty barrels of flour : at a later date the Durham boat came into use . Their light draught enabled them to follow the ...
... feet long , about six feet wide , with a draught of two feet , capable of carrying about three tons , equal to thirty barrels of flour : at a later date the Durham boat came into use . Their light draught enabled them to follow the ...
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... feet , excavated in rock , with a depth of four feet on the sills at lowest water . There was one lock , with a lift of seven feet , with guard gates at the entrance . The lock chamber , as it is now seen , is 104 feet in length , with ...
... feet , excavated in rock , with a depth of four feet on the sills at lowest water . There was one lock , with a lift of seven feet , with guard gates at the entrance . The lock chamber , as it is now seen , is 104 feet in length , with ...
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... feet in length . It was known as the Cascades canal . A second lock , with a short canal , was constructed of the ... feet six inches , so as to admit a larger sized vessel , the depth being increased to four feet . The revenue in this ...
... feet in length . It was known as the Cascades canal . A second lock , with a short canal , was constructed of the ... feet six inches , so as to admit a larger sized vessel , the depth being increased to four feet . The revenue in this ...
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... feet , with two locks 120 feet long by twenty feet width in the chamber , to admit several boats and thus save lockage ; the width at the gates was nine feet six inches . The difference of level between the two rivers varies with the ...
... feet , with two locks 120 feet long by twenty feet width in the chamber , to admit several boats and thus save lockage ; the width at the gates was nine feet six inches . The difference of level between the two rivers varies with the ...
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... feet wide and nine feet on the mitre - sills . The modern lock is 270 feet long , forty - five feet wide and fourteen feet on the sills dimensions held to be the maximum of the navigation attainable on the Saint Lawrence to lake Ontario ...
... feet wide and nine feet on the mitre - sills . The modern lock is 270 feet long , forty - five feet wide and fourteen feet on the sills dimensions held to be the maximum of the navigation attainable on the Saint Lawrence to lake Ontario ...
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Page 172 - Estates, Rights and Properties as may have been confiscated; and that Congress shall also earnestly recommend to the several States a Reconsideration and Revision of all Acts or Laws regarding the Premises, so as to render the said Laws or Acts perfectly consistent not only with Justice and Equity but with that Spirit of Conciliation which on the return of the Blessings of Peace should universally prevail.
Page 172 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war ; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property...
Page 173 - ... his Britannic Majesty shall, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of the American inhabitants, withdraw all his armies, garrisons and fleets from the said United States, and from every post, place and harbour within the same...
Page 172 - 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 172 - It is agreed that creditors on either side, shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 159 - The thirteenth article of the treaty of Utrecht, and the method of carrying on the fishery, which has at all times been acknowledged, shall be the plan upon which the fishery shall be carried on there...
Page 171 - 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 river St. Lawrence...
Page 173 - Papers belonging to any of the said States, or their Citizens, which in the Course of the War may have fallen into the Hands of his Officers, to be forthwith restored and delivered to the proper States and Persons to whom they belong.
Page 172 - American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 427 - I receive orders to that purpose from those I have the honor to serve under, or the fortune of war should oblige me. I must still adhere, sir, to the purport of my letter this morning, to desire that your army, or individuals belonging to it, will not approach within reach of my cannon, without expecting the consequences attending it.