THE NORTH AMERICAN BOUNDARY LINE.
While the bo-nlavy between tin United States and Can ida. follows for many hundreds of .miles the River St. Lawrence and the 5 great iju'ces, there is a .vast distance of prairi: land beyond with no natural demarcation. This is artificially delimited by pillars of iron and wood piaccd a m'ile apart. Thrsc are sapp-lkd alternately by the Canadian and L"n:t(ed States' Governments, and run from Lake of the Woods to ths Reel River Valley. Beyond, mounds oE earth and cairns of ston3 arc us:d as marks. . ■ ■ The pillars arc hollow castings, Bft. high, Sin. square at the base, •' n. at th.3 top. Inside arc wcll-sraEcnjd cedar posts. Fab pillar is ins.riVicd in raised letters on tin norMt. "Convention of Lonlon," on thi south, •"Oct. 20i.1i, 1818.". The &to:i3 cairn' 3 are 7ft. ..high, Cft. at ill?, base, and shaped like a pyram'd. Earth is used where ston3 is no 1 : available.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 686, 15 July 1914, Page 2
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157THE NORTH AMERICAN BOUNDARY LINE. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 686, 15 July 1914, Page 2
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