Lake Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phillipeaux 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, and from thence on a due west course to the River Mississippi; and northward to the southern boundary of the territory granted to the Merchants Adventurers of England, trading to Hudson's Bay; and also all such Territories, Islands, and Countries which have, since the tenth of February, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three, been made part of the government of Newfoundland, together with all the rights, members, and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging.

12TH SEPTEMBER, 1791.

GUY, LORD DORCHESTER-Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada.

Greeting:

WHEREAS, We did by Our Letters Patent, under Our Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the twenty-second day of April, in the twenty-sixth year of Our reign, constitute and appoint you Guy, Lord Dorchester [then Sir Guy Carleton], to be Our Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over Our Province of Quebec in America, comprehending all Our Territories, Islands and Countries in North America, then bounded as in Our said recited Letters Patent was mentioned and expressed.

Now Know Ye, that we have revoked, determined, and by these presents do revoke and determine, the said recited Letters Patent, and every clause, article or thing therein contained.

And Whereas, we have thought fit by Our order, made in Our Privy Council on the nineteenth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety one, to divide Our said Province of Quebec into two separate provinces, to be called the Province of Upper Canada and the Province of Lower Canada, by a line to commence at a stone boundary on the north Bank of the Lake St. Francis at the Cove west of the Pointe au Baudet, in the limit between the Township of Lancaster and the Seigneurie of New Longueuil, running along the said limit to the direction of North thirty-four degrees West to the westermost angle of the said Seigneurie of New Longueuil; thence along the north-western boundary of the Seigneurie of Vaudreuil, running North twenty-five degrees East, until it strikes the Ottowas River, to ascend the said river into the Lake Tommiscanning, and from the head of the said lake by a line drawn due north until it strikes the boundary line of Hudson's Bay; the Province of Upper Canada to comprehend all such lands, territories an i islands, lying to the westward of the said line of division, as were part of Our said Province of Quebec, and the Province of Lower Canada to comprehend all such lands, territories and islands lying to the eastward of the said line of division, as were part of Our said Province of Quebec.

And Whereas, by an Act passed in the present year of Our Reign, intituled "An "Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's "Reign, intituled An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of Quebec, in North America, and to make further provision for the Government of the said Province,'" further provision is thereby made for the good government and pros perity of Our said Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada.

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Further, Know Ye that we, reposing especial trust and confidence in the prudence, courage and loyalty of you, the said Guy, Lord Dorchester, of Our especial Grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have thought fit to constitute and appoint you, the said Guy, Lord Dorchester, to be our Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Our said Province of Upper Canada, and of Our said Province of Lower Canada, respectively, bounded as herein before described.

DRUMMOND, ESQUIRE.-Administrator of the Government of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. §

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12TH APRIL, 1820.

GEORGE, EARL OF DALHOUSIE.-Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada.*

24TH NOVEMBER, 1830.

MATTHEW, LORD AYLMER-Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada.†

24TH NOVEMBER, 1830.

MATTHEW, LORD AYLMER-Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada.

1ST JULY, 1835.

ARCHIBALD, EARL OF GOSFORD-Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. §

30TH MARCH, 1838.

JOHN GEORGE, EARL OF DURHAM-Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Province of Lower Canada.||

Our said Province of Lower Canada; the said Province being bounded by the adjacent Province of Upper Canada and the boundary line between the said Provinces, commencing at a stone boundary on the north bank of the Lake St. Francis, at the Cove west of the Point au Beaudet, in the limit between the Township of Lancaster and the Seigneurie of New Longueuil, running along the said limit in the direction of north, thirty-four degrees west, to the westernmost angle of the said Seigneurie of New Longueuil; thence along the north-western boundary of the Seigneurie of Vaudreuil, running north, twentyfive degrees east, until it strikes the Ottawas River, to ascend the said river into the Lake Temiscanning; and which said Province of Lower Canada is also bounded by a line drawn due north from the head of the said lake until it strikes the shore of Hudson's Bay.

[The two following Commissions contain Boundary Line descriptions similar to that of 30th March, 1838.]

13TH DECEMBER, 1838.

SIR JOHN COLBORNE-Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Province of Lower Canada. ¶

OUNDARY DESCRIPTIONS IN ENGLISH COMMISSIONS, 1839-1846.

POULETT THOMSON, ESQUIRE.-Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Province of Lower Canada.*

BARON SYDENHAM, Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the Province of Canada.t

ovince of Canada, comprising Upper Canada and Lower Canada, the former ed on the east by a line dividing it from Lower Canada, commencing at a stone the north bank of Lake St. Francis, at the cove west of the Point au Baudet, between the Township of Lancaster and the Seigneurie of New Longueuil, ng the said limit in the direction of north thirty-four degrees west to the westernof the said Seigneurie of New Longueuil, thence along the north-western the Seigneurie of Vaudreuil, running north twenty-five degrees east, until it Ottawas River, to ascend the said river into the Lake Temiscanning, by a line north from the head of the said lake until it reaches the shore of Hudson's Bay; unded on the south, beginning at the said stone boundary between Lancaster il, by the Lake St. Francis, the River St. Lawrence, the Lake of the Thousand e Ontario, the River Niagara, which falls [leads] into Lake Erie, and along the at lake; on the west by the Channel of Detroit, Lake St. Clair, up the River Lake Huron, the west shore of Drummond Island, that of St. Joseph and , thence into Lake Superior.

o following Commissions contain Boundary Line descriptions similar to that of - 1840.]

THEOPHILUS METCALFE, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Province of Canada.

RRAY, EARL CATHCART-Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Province of Canada.§

Province of Canada, comprising Upper Canada and Lower Canada, the former d on the east by the line dividing it from Lower Canada, commencing at a

, Imperial Commissions, Fol. 171.

stone boundary on the north bank of the lake St. Francis, at the cove west of the Pointe au Baudet, in the limit between the Township of Lancaster and the Seigneurie of New Longeuil, running along the said limit in the direction of north, 34 degrees west, to the westernmost angle of the said Seigneurie of New Longeuil, thence along the north-western boundary of the Seigneurie of Vaudreuil, running north 25 degrees east until it strikes the Ottawas River, to ascend the said river into the Lake Temiscaming, by a line drawn due north from the head of the said lake until it reaches the shore of Hudson's Bay; and being bounded on the south, beginning at the said stone boundary between Lancaster and Longeuil, by the Lake St. Francis, the River St. Lawrence, the Lake of the Thousand Islands, Lake Ontario, the River Niagara, Lake Erie, and along the middle of that lake; on the west, by the Channel of Detroit, Lake St. Clair, up the River St. Clair, Lake Huron, the west shore of Drummond Island, that of St. Joseph and Sugar Island, thence into Lake Superior. The said Province of Lower Canada being bounded by the adjacent Province of Upper Canada, and the boundary line between the said two Provinces, commencing at a stone boundary on the north bank of the Lake St. Francis, at the cove west of the Pointe au Baudet, in the limit between the township of Lancaster and the Seigneurie of New Longeuil, running along the said limit in the direction of north 34 degrees west, to the westernmost angle of the said Seigneurie of New Longeuil, thence along the northwestern boundary of the Seigneurie of Vaudreuil, running north 25 degrees east until it strikes the Ottawas River, to ascend the said river into the Lake Temiscaming; and which said Province of Lower Canada is also bounded by a line drawn due north from the head of the said lake until it strikes the shore of Hudson's Bay.

[The Commissions of Captains-General and Governors-in-Chief, etc., subsequent to that of the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, 1st October, 1846, contain no Boundary Line descriptions.]

BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CANADA, 1768.*

[An order of the King in Council, confirming the boundary line between the Provinces of New York and Quebec, fixed by Sir Henry Moore, the Governor of New York, and Brigadier-General Garleton, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, at a meeting held for that purpose; and regulating the claims made by His Majesty's new Canadian subjects to lands situated on the south side of that line: :]

At the Court of St. James, the 12th day of August, 1768; present the King's Most Excellent Majesty, Duke of Grafton, Duke of Rutland, Duke of Queensbury, Marquis of Granby, Earl of Litchfield, Earl of Hillsborough, Earl of Shelburne, Viscount Weymouth. Viscount Falmouth, Viscount Barrington, Viscount Villiers, Lord North, James Stewart McKenzie, Esq., Thomas Hartley, Esq., Sir Edward Hawke.

Whereas there was this day read at the Board a report from the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council for Plantation affairs, dated the ninth of this instant, upon considering a report made by the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, upon an extract of a letter from Sir Henry Moore, Governor of New York, to the Earl of Shelburne, dated the 16th January last, relative to the settling of the boundary line between that Province and Quebec; by which report it appears that it having been mutually agreed upon between Sir Henry Moore and the Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Quebec, at a meeting for that purpose appointed, that the line of division between these Provinces should be fixed at the 45th degree of north latitude, conformable to the limits laid down in His Majesty's proclamation of October, 1763; and it having been ascertained and determined by proper observations where the said line would pass, it is therefore proposed that these proceedings above stated should be confirmed by His Majesty.

New York Council Minutes, XVI. London Documents, XLI., N. Y. Hist. Col., vol. I., p. 550.