A History of the San Juan Water Boundary Question, as Affecting the Division of Territory Between Great Britain and the United StatesCassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1869 - 446 էջ |
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These two channels meet at the south of the cluster of islands above mentioned ,
and join the Pacific Ocean through the Straits of San Juan da Fuca . The
important colony of Victoria — the capital of British Columbia — with the harbours
of ...
These two channels meet at the south of the cluster of islands above mentioned ,
and join the Pacific Ocean through the Straits of San Juan da Fuca . The
important colony of Victoria — the capital of British Columbia — with the harbours
of ...
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... and then west through those straits to the ocean . 6 At this intersection lies a
group of islands just north of the end of the straits , commanding the entrance into
the Sound and opposite to the entrance of Admiralty Inlet and Puget ' s Sound in
...
... and then west through those straits to the ocean . 6 At this intersection lies a
group of islands just north of the end of the straits , commanding the entrance into
the Sound and opposite to the entrance of Admiralty Inlet and Puget ' s Sound in
...
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The lands lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean , and
between 42° and 54° 40 ' of north latitude , formed , during a long period , a kind
of debatable ground , tu which claims were advanced by both countries . . The
parties ...
The lands lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean , and
between 42° and 54° 40 ' of north latitude , formed , during a long period , a kind
of debatable ground , tu which claims were advanced by both countries . . The
parties ...
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... discovered and entered the mouth of a river ( now called tbe Columbia ) the
head waters of which rise on the western declivities of the Rocky Mountains ,
within British territory , and which flows down south and west into the Pacific
Ocean .
... discovered and entered the mouth of a river ( now called tbe Columbia ) the
head waters of which rise on the western declivities of the Rocky Mountains ,
within British territory , and which flows down south and west into the Pacific
Ocean .
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... 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 Fucas Straits , to the Pacific
Ocean .
... 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 Fucas Straits , to the Pacific
Ocean .
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