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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Vancouver ' s Island takes its title from the discoverer of that name , who sailed
through some of the seas by which it is surrounded , and drew up a chart of his
voyage , being the earliest map of that portion of the globe . A glance at the map
will ...
Vancouver ' s Island takes its title from the discoverer of that name , who sailed
through some of the seas by which it is surrounded , and drew up a chart of his
voyage , being the earliest map of that portion of the globe . A glance at the map
will ...
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The mutton of Vancouver ' s and San Juan Islands is remarkable for its delicacy
of flavour , which may be accounted for by the peculiar properties of the grazing .
“ The same favourable circumstances exist in the other islands : a mild climate ...
The mutton of Vancouver ' s and San Juan Islands is remarkable for its delicacy
of flavour , which may be accounted for by the peculiar properties of the grazing .
“ The same favourable circumstances exist in the other islands : a mild climate ...
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... to the effect that the boundary contemplated by the treaty would be a line
passing down the middle of the channel , called Canal de Haro , and not , as
suggested on the part of Great Britain , along the middle of the channel called
Vancouver ...
... to the effect that the boundary contemplated by the treaty would be a line
passing down the middle of the channel , called Canal de Haro , and not , as
suggested on the part of Great Britain , along the middle of the channel called
Vancouver ...
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6 The convention of the 15th June , 1816 , declares that the line shall be drawn
through the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver
' s Island ; and upon this may be asked what the word " channel ' was intended to
...
6 The convention of the 15th June , 1816 , declares that the line shall be drawn
through the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver
' s Island ; and upon this may be asked what the word " channel ' was intended to
...
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From that point you will carry on the line of boundary , along the forty - ninth
parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel between Vancouver ' s
Island and the continent ; the whole breadth of the Gulf of Georgia in this part
being , as far ...
From that point you will carry on the line of boundary , along the forty - ninth
parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel between Vancouver ' s
Island and the continent ; the whole breadth of the Gulf of Georgia in this part
being , as far ...
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