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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... north latitude . It is separated on the north from British Columbia by St. George's Sound , or , as the United States geo- graphers term it , the Gulf of Georgia . The Sound in the north is a broad open channel , tolerably free from ...
... north latitude . It is separated on the north from British Columbia by St. George's Sound , or , as the United States geo- graphers term it , the Gulf of Georgia . The Sound in the north is a broad open channel , tolerably free from ...
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... Gulf of Georgia , or to Bute Inlet . To modern engi- neering the Rocky Mountains present no invincible obstacle , and the projected line , shorter by some hun- dreds of miles than the present Pacific Railroad , would be the most direct ...
... Gulf of Georgia , or to Bute Inlet . To modern engi- neering the Rocky Mountains present no invincible obstacle , and the projected line , shorter by some hun- dreds of miles than the present Pacific Railroad , would be the most direct ...
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... Gulf of Georgia , flow during the rise and fall of the tides , it obstructs the currents flowing to and from the Gulf of Georgia , giving them various courses by deflection , and often producing , in many places , tide - rips ...
... Gulf of Georgia , flow during the rise and fall of the tides , it obstructs the currents flowing to and from the Gulf of Georgia , giving them various courses by deflection , and often producing , in many places , tide - rips ...
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... Gulf of Georgia , and forms the breakwater which divides it into the two channels which surround the Haro archipelago . Their combined area is about two and a half square miles . The sandstone , which is the principal geological ...
... Gulf of Georgia , and forms the breakwater which divides it into the two channels which surround the Haro archipelago . Their combined area is about two and a half square miles . The sandstone , which is the principal geological ...
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... Gulf of Georgia into the Straits of Fuca , and to the north of Shaw's , Lopez , and Blakely Islands . It is bounded on the east by Rosario Strait , and on the west by President Passage , which separates it from San Juan Island . " It is ...
... Gulf of Georgia into the Straits of Fuca , and to the north of Shaw's , Lopez , and Blakely Islands . It is bounded on the east by Rosario Strait , and on the west by President Passage , which separates it from San Juan Island . " It is ...
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adopted American State Papers boundary channel boundary line Britain British Commissioner British Government Buchanan Canal de Haro Captain Pickett Captain Prevost Cass channel which separates chart claim coast command commission communication continent and Vancouver's continent from Vancouver's copy Crampton Department of Oregon despatch dispute evidence forty-ninth parallel Fuca Straits Governor Douglas Gulf of Georgia harbour Harney Haro Archipelago honour Hudson's Bay Company instructions intention island of San land letter line of boundary Lord Aberdeen Lord John Russell Lord Lyons Majesty's Government McLane ment middle military navigable channel negotiators north latitude North-west Boundary obedient servant officer opinion Pacific Ocean Pakenham parallel of north parties possession President proposed proposition reference reply respect respectfully Rosario Strait San Juan Island Secretary Senate separates the continent settlement Simiahmoo southerly steamer Straits of Fuca survey tion treaty of 1846 United States Government Vancouver Vancouver's Island views Washington Territory water boundary words