An Investigation of the Unsettled Boundaries of OntarioHunter, Rose & Company, 1873 - 250 pages |
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Acadie autres Baie Bay and Straits Beauharnois boundary of Canada Bourbon Britain British Canadian canoes ceded cession Chevalier de Troyes Christian Majesty coast colonies command commerce commission Commissioners Compagnie du Nord Company's Crown d'Hudson degrees discovery distance due north east England English established été extend Fort Bourbon forts French furs geographical Government Governor granted height of land Hudson's Bay Company Indians Island isles King Lake Superior Lake Winnipeg limits longitude Lord Louisiana memoir merchants miles Mississippi nations negotiations Nelson River North America north latitude North-West Company northern boundary northward Ontario party peace places plenipotentiaries Port Nelson possession Province of Quebec qu'il Quebec Act restore River St Rivière Saskatchewan savages sent settled settlements side Sieur Straits of Hudson subjects sujets terres territory thence Thompson tion trade Treaty of Ryswick Treaty of Utrecht Vaudreuil Verandrye vessel voyage waters western boundary
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Page 171 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
Page 88 - Superior ; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and 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 northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi...
Page 58 - Bay, including all the territory to the westward and southward of the said line, to the utmost extent of the country commonly called or known by the name of Canada...
Page 52 - And whereas, by the arrangements made by the said royal proclamation, a very large extent of country, within which there were several colonies and settlements of the subjects of France, who claimed to remain therein under the faith of the said treaty, was left without any provision being made for the administration of civil government therein...
Page 49 - Lawrence, from thence up the Eastern Bank of the said River to the Lake Ontario, thence through the Lake Ontario, and the River commonly called Niagara, and thence along by the Eastern and South-eastern Bank of Lake Erie, following the said Bank until the same shall be intersected by the Northern Boundary granted by the Charter...
Page 173 - His Majesty taking the said Report into Consideration, was pleased with the Advice of his Privy Council to approve thereof, and to Order, as it is hereby Ordered, that the said Petition...
Page 49 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Sea, to a Point in forty-five Degrees of Northern Latitude, on the Eastern Bank of the River Connecticut, keeping the same Latitude directly West, through the Lake Champlain, until, in the same Latitude, it meets the River Saint Lawrence: from thence up the Eastern Bank of the said River to the Lake Ontario...
Page 26 - But it is agreed on both sides, to determine within a year, by commissaries to be forthwith named by each party, the limits which are to be fixed between the said Bay of Hudson, and the places appertaining to the French...
Page 45 - ... the sole trade and commerce of all those seas, straits, bays, rivers, lakes, creeks and sounds, in whatsoever latitude they shall be, that lie within the entrance of the straits commonly called Hudson's Straits, together with all the lands and territories upon the countries, coasts, and confines of the seas, bays, lakes, rivers, creeks, and sounds aforesaid, that are not already actually possessed by or granted to any of our subjects, or possessed by the subjects of any other Christian Prince...
Page 26 - The same commissaries shall also have orders to describe and settle, in like manner, the boundaries between the other British and French colonies in those parts. XI. The abovementioned most Christian King shall take care that satisfaction be given, according to the rule of justice and equity, to the English company trading to the Bay of Hudson, for all damages and spoil done to their colonies, ships, persons, and goods, by the hostile incursions and depredations of the French, in time of peace, an...