Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 3.djvu/671

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BOUNDARY TBEATY+¢GREAT .BRITAIN—>CANADA.,, Fms.24 1925. 2103 7 northwesternmost point of the to the summit of the Borg Mountains,. asestablishede under existing treaties and;sur· vey , charted,,and monumented by the Joint Commission appointed for that byjoint actwnof the Partiesin 1872; e · Di i I _ And w _ ereas it has found by surveys executed under the di- ,,m,‘I,°'i‘,';,”u§’,°d,'.?, $2}; rection at the Commissioners a ted pursuant to the said¢Treaty $’,,'§f°° by ‘°'“‘°' ’“" of Agil 11, 1908, that tbetbollgdzrll; line between the United States and et Dominion of Canada from the mouth of Pigeon River, at the western ashore of Lake Superior; to the northwesternmost point of Lake of the Woods as defined by the treaties concluded on Septems ber 3, 1783, and August‘9,1842, ‘is‘2»intersected by- the boundary . from the-northwesternmost point of the‘Lake of the _Woods to the summit of the Rocky Mountains as established under existing treaties and surveyed, charted, and monumented by the Joint Commission appomted_for»that purpose in 1872, at five points in Lakeiof the Woods adyacent to and directly southeof the said northwesternmost Hint, and that there are two small areas of United States, waters in ke of the Woods, comgrisindga total area of two and one·half acres, entirely surroimded by _ ana ian waters; ‘ V V And whereas no permanent monuments were ever erected on these ,,,*2,, §§$§,,“§";,‘§,“p‘§,,}’,§f gcnindary lines north of the most southerly of these points of inter- _ ion;. I . . A . l A A . _ A The Contracting Parties, in order to rovide for a morepractical ,,,’,§€°°{'}Q,°,{‘,fd§§ °°§L‘g definition of the bonmdiduzmbetween Eze United States and the °°¤¤i¤¤¤· Y Dominion of Canada in of the Woods, herebg agree that this . most southerly point of intersection, being in latitu e 49° 23’ -04".49 north, and longitude 95° 09' 11".61 west, shall be the terminus of the boundary hne heretofore referred to as the international bound- ary line between the UnitedStates and the Dominion of Canada from the mouth of Pigeon River, at the western shore of Lake Superior, to the northwesternmost point of Lake of the Woods and the initial point of the boundary lmeheretofore referred to as the mternational boundary between the United States and the Dominion of Canada from the northwestemmost point of Lakeiof the Woods to the summit of the Rocky Mountains, in lieu of theeaid-north- westernmost point. A · . » -  » · ·- The aforesaid most southerly point shall be located and monu- mented by the Commissioners agpointed under the said Treaty of April 11, 1908, and shall be mar ed bythem on the chart or charts prepared in accordance with the provisions of Articles V.—and VI of the said Treaty, and a detailed acconmt of the works done- by the Commissioners in locating said point, together. witha description of ’the character. and location.of- theseveral monuments erected, shall- be included in the report or reportsrprepared pursuant tothe s“·idA-Yti°l°S· ’¥ * ‘ U l` `~ - · ’A¤»pm¤sx¤m- The Eoint so defined and monumentedshall -be taken and deemed =¤$qirg_l¤t;»_ig:_d·{r;¤w¤- to be t e terminus of the boundary hue heretofore referred to as ““‘° ‘ the international boundary. line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada, from the mouth of Pigeon -»R1ve1·, at the western shore at Lake Superior, to: the northwesterumnst Qpointof Lake of the Woods and the initial pomt of the boundary line here» tofore referred to as the international boundary between the United, States and; the Dominion, fof Canada the northwestermnost point of Lake of the Woods to thesummit of the Rocky ARTICLE. II, Whereas Article VI of the Treaty concerning theboundaiiy be- m§;‘g*§;{*;,°§,b¤°g tween the United States and the Dominion of Canada conc uded ¤1;¤¤¤g‘¤¤hr>i0¢_<;:t¤y§¤1=¤f Ap`l be hU'dS dG tB'ta °°’ on r1 11, 1908, tween t e nite tates an rea 1‘1 m, v¤1.ss. p.2010. '