The Intercolonial: A Historical Sketch of the Inception, Location, Construction and Completion of the Line of Railway Uniting the Inland and Atlantic Provinces of the Dominion, with Maps and Numerous IllustrationsDawson Bros., 1876 - 268 sivua |
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1st July 20 feet abutment adopted Andrews Atlantic average quantity Barnaby river Bay Chaleur Bay of Fundy boundary branch bridge British Brunswick built Burland-Desbarats Lith caisson Canada carried Central route Chief Engineer Cobequid Cobequid Mountains coffer-dam Colonial commenced Commissioners completed concrete construction contract contractors cost Croix crossing cubic yards culverts curves cuttings depth distance District Division Dominion dredging embankment feet below high feet wide Folly Lake foundation grades gravel Halifax height high water highlands Imperial Government inches Intercolonial Railway iron John Lake land Lawrence line F Majesty's Government masonry ment Messrs Metapedia Miramichi Moncton Nova Scotia Ocean passed Photo-Lith pier piles Provinces pumps quantity of excavation Quebec rails Resident Engineer Restigouche River du Loup river St road rock sand Sandford Fleming settlement side spans stone stream structure survey tion Treaty of 1783 Trois Pistoles Truro tunnel United valley yards per mile
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Sivu 20 - 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...
Sivu 20 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the Boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their Boundaries, viz., from the North-west Angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that Angle which is formed by a line drawn due North, from the source of the St. Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St.
Sivu 27 - River, has yet been ascertained , and whereas that part of the boundary line between the dominions of the two Powers which extends from the source of the River St. Croix directly north to the...
Sivu 28 - 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 i» 506 contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated.
Sivu 38 - Francis, and of the lakes through which it flows, to the outlet of the Lake Pohenagamook; thence south-westerly, in a straight line, to a point on the north-west branch of the River St. John, which point shall be ten miles distant from the main branch of the St. John, in a straight line and in the nearest direction...
Sivu 38 - Collins, previously to the year 1774, as the 45th degree of north latitude, and which has been known and understood to be the line of actual division between the States of New York and Vermont on one side, and the British province of Canada on the other; and, from said point of intersection, west, along the said dividing line, as heretofore known and understood, to the Iroquois or St. Lawrence river.
Sivu 20 - America, to forget all past misunderstandings and differences that have unhappily interrupted the good correspondence and friendship which they mutually wish to restore, and to establish such a beneficial and satisfactory intercourse between the two countries, upon the ground of reciprocal advantages and mutual convenience, as may promote and secure to both perpetual peace and harmony...
Sivu 38 - Portage ; thence down along the said highlands which divide the waters which empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Sivu 27 - Andrews in the Province of New Brunswick and shall have power to adjourn to such other place or places as they shall think fit.
Sivu 27 - River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...