The Ontario Boundary Controversy: Legal and Constitutional, Political and Historical : the Proceedings Before the Imperial Privy Council, with Selections from the Documents in Evidence, a Special Appendix, and an Elaborate Illustrative Historical MapJohn P. Macdonell |
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... west of the most north - westerly angle of the Lake of the Woods , which is the determining point . It was west of that as originally constructed , and did not approach on the eastward what Manitoba now claims to be the western boundary ...
... west of the most north - westerly angle of the Lake of the Woods , which is the determining point . It was west of that as originally constructed , and did not approach on the eastward what Manitoba now claims to be the western boundary ...
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... North America . Whereas His Majesty , by his royal proclamation , bearing date the seventh day of October , in the ... western boundaries of the said province , until the said western boundary strike the Ohio ; but in case the said bank ...
... North America . Whereas His Majesty , by his royal proclamation , bearing date the seventh day of October , in the ... western boundaries of the said province , until the said western boundary strike the Ohio ; but in case the said bank ...
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... north of the line which is described - we claim that the Quebec Act assigned to the Province of Quebec all British ... western boundaries of the said province until the said western boundary strike the Ohio ; but in case the said bank of ...
... north of the line which is described - we claim that the Quebec Act assigned to the Province of Quebec all British ... western boundaries of the said province until the said western boundary strike the Ohio ; but in case the said bank of ...
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... western angle of the said province ; and thence along the western boundary ... North America belonging to the Crown of Great Britain , bounded on the south ... north . We have , in the description , the word " west " not as meaning due ...
... western angle of the said province ; and thence along the western boundary ... North America belonging to the Crown of Great Britain , bounded on the south ... north . We have , in the description , the word " west " not as meaning due ...
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... northern boundary at all in any view of the language . The LORD CHANCELLOR ... North America belonging to the Crown of Great Britain , bounded on the south ... western boundary of the said Province until it strike the river Ohio ; and ...
... northern boundary at all in any view of the language . The LORD CHANCELLOR ... North America belonging to the Crown of Great Britain , bounded on the south ... western boundary of the said Province until it strike the river Ohio ; and ...
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Page 43 - 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; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the...
Page 320 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the Boundaries of the said United States may be prevented...
Page 379 - 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 north-western point thereof...
Page 28 - The executive government and authority of and over Canada is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Queen.
Page 43 - ... a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi, until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude; south, by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line...
Page 43 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 52 - Successors as of our Manor of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in free and Common Soccage and not in Capite or by Knights Service.
Page 133 - Lands beyond the Heads or Sources of any of the Rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the West and North West, or upon any Lands whatever, which, not having been ceded to or purchased by Us as aforesaid, are reserved to the said Indians, or any of them.
Page 377 - Canada ; and thereupon it shall be lawful for the Parliament of Canada, from the date aforesaid, to make, ordain and establish within the land and territory so admitted as aforesaid, all such laws, institutions and ordinances, and to constitute such courts and officers, as may be necessary for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects and others therein...
Page 322 - And, in the event of the said two commissioners differing, or both, or either of them refusing, declining, or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations, or statements, shall be made by them, or either of them, and such reference to a friendly sovereign or state, shall be made in all respects, as in the latter part of the fourth article is contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated.