cessive courses, of which
each was made to be as long as was convenient, provided it did not pass
out of the opening of 30 feet.
At each angle of deflection an iron monument was erected, and placed
anglewise with the line. Other monuments were erected at the crossing of
roads, rivers, and at every mile, commencing from the source of the St.
Croix. Those which were not intended to mark angles of deflection were
placed square with the line.
At the intersection of the St. John by the north line the river is deep
and broad. The boundary runs up the middle of the channel of the river,
as indicated by the maps, dividing the islands as follows:
No. 1. Ryan's Island................................ United States.
No. 2. King's Island................................ United States.
No. 3. Les Trois Isles.............................. United States.
No. 4. La Septieme Isle............................. United States.
No. 5. Quissibis.................................... Great Britain.
No. 6. La Grand Isle................................ United States.
No. 7. Thibideau's Islands.......................... United States.
No. 8. Madawaska Islands............................ Great Britain.
No. 9. Joseph Michaud's three islands............... United States.
No. 10. Pine Island.................................. Great Britain.
No. 11. Baker's }
Turtle }
Dagle's } islands ........................... Great Britain.
Fourth }
Fifth }
No. 12. Kennedy's Island............................. Great Britain.
No. 13. Crock's }
Cranberry } islands......................... Great Britain.
Gooseberry }
No. 14. Savage's Island.............................. United States.
No. 15. Wheelock's Island............................ United States.
No. 16. Caton's Island............................... United States.
No. 17. Honeywell's Island........................... United States.
No. 18. Savage and Johnson's Island.................. United States.
No. 19. Grew's Island................................ United States.
No. 20. Kendall's Island............................. Great Britain.
The islands were distributed to Great Britain or to the United States,
as they were found to be on the right or left of the deep channel. There
was but one doubtful case, La Septieme Isle, and that was apportioned to
the United States because the majority
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