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Title: Canada under British rule, 1760-1900
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bourinot, John George, Sir, 1837-1902
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Publisher: Cambridge, University Press
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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it was finally settled. Its history appearsto be that of a series of blunders on the part of Englandfrom the beginning to the end. The first blunder occurredin 1796 when the commissioners appointed to inquire into thequestion, declared that the Schoodic was the River St Croixmentioned in the treaty. Instead, however, of following themain, or western, branch of the Schoodic to its source in theSchoodic Lakes, they went beyond their instructions and chosea northern tributary of the river, the Chiputnaticook, as theboundary, and actually placed a monument at its head as abasis for any future proceeding on the part of the two govern-ments. The British government appear to have been veryanxious at this time to settle the question, for they did nottake exception to the arrangement made by the commis-sioners, but in 1798 declared the decision binding on bothcountries. Still this mistake might have been rectified had the British ^ Halls Treatise on International Law (3rd ed.), pp. 311—313.
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»-«i Boundary established by Lord Ashburton. >»»» Boundary according to the natural watershedas declared in the treaty of 1783 but disregarded in 1842. ••••»»The true boundary traced northwardfrom the main stream of the Schoodic River, but ignored in 1842. Map of the North-eastern Boundary as established in 1842. (From Kiugsfords History of Canada.) 298 Canada under British Rule. (chap. government in 1835 been sufficiently alive to British interestsin America to have accepted a proposal made to them byPresident Jackson to ascertain the true north-western angleof Nova Scotia, or the exact position of the highlands, inaccordance with certain well-understood rules in practical sur-veying which have been always considered obligatory in thatcontinent. It was proposed by the United States to discardthe due north line, to seek to the west of that line the undis-puted highlands that divide the rivers which empty themselvesinto the River St Lawrence from those which fall into

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