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Klondike (Canada) (search for this): entry alaskan-boundary-the
ose it is conceded that something more than the general descriptions of the treaty is requisite. To meet this defect, various plans have been suggested, and there may be room for the adjustment of common interests. The discovery of gold in the Klondike region has intensified the desire of Canada, for an outlet on Lynn Canal. This desire, if considered upon grounds of mutual interest and convenience, rather than of treaty right, is worthy of attention, since the coast must profit by the develoed that a lease be granted of a narrow strip of land in that quarter, as an outlet on the sea. The same object might, perhaps, be attained by assimilating one or more of the portages, for instance, that by way of the Chilkoot Pass, the principal Klondike route, to a stream of water and treating it as an international highway. By Article II. of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, it was stipulated that all the water communications and all the usual portages along the line [of boundary] from Lake Supe
United States (United States) (search for this): entry alaskan-boundary-the
on was taken; but an estimate then made by United States officials as to the probable cost and duraashington between Prof. W. H. Dall, of the United States Geological Survey, and Dr. George M. Dawsoep was taken in the convention between the United States and Great Britain of July 22, 1892, by whin Great Britain and Russia and between the United States and Russia. The time for the report of ththe United States by Henry Middleton. The United States and Great Britain at one time entertained t no establishment should be formed by the United States on the northwest coast north of lat. 54° 4itory north of lat. 54° 40″ N., and to the United States and Great Britain to divide that to the solong stretch of tide-water, to Canada. The United States, on Map of South Eastern Alaska. the othcluding those published in England, as the United States now maintains it, following the sinuositiePortland Channel, as now maintained by the United States, continued to be the uncontested boundary [10 more...]<
Cross Sound (Alaska, United States) (search for this): entry alaskan-boundary-the
ir Charles Bagot, then British ambassador at St. Petersburg, was instructed to propose a line drawn east and west along the 57th parallel of north latitude. He went somewhat further, and suggested that Great Britain would be satisfied to take Cross Sound, lying about the latitude of 57th 30″, as the boundary between the two powers on the coast; and a meridian line drawn from the head of Lynn Canal, as it is laid down in Arrowsmith's last map, . . . as the boundary in the interior of the continf mainland in question was for many years after 1839 leased. at an annual rental, by the Hudson Bay Company. The lease embraced the coast (exclusive of islands) and the interior country belonging to Russia, situated between Cape Spencer. on Cross Sound, and lat. 55° 40″, or thereabout, including the whole mainland coast and interior country belonging to Russia, eastward and southward of an imaginary line drawn from Cape Spencer to Mount Fairweather. By an agreement between the Hudson Bay an
Arctic Ocean (search for this): entry alaskan-boundary-the
e southernmost point of Prince of Wales Island, through Portland Channel and along the summit of the mountains parallel to the coast, to the point of intersection of the 141st meridian of longitude; and, second, the line from this point to the Arctic Ocean. With the latter section, which is merely a meridian line, and as to which the United States and Canadian surveys exhibit no considerable difference, we are not now concerned. The section as to which material differences have arisen is the fe withdrawal by Russia of the claim made in the ukase of 1828 to exclusive jurisdiction over the Pacific Ocean--a claim which involved the right to navigate a vast extent of ocean and, incidentally, the right of passage from the Pacific to the Arctic Ocean through Bering Straits. It is not on our part, declared George Canning, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, essentially a negotiation of limits. It is a demand of the repeal of an offensive and unjustifiable arrogation of exclusiv
British Columbia (Canada) (search for this): entry alaskan-boundary-the
he actual windings (sinuosites) but the general trend of the coast, so as to intersect or cross the headlands of some of the bays and inlets, especially in the Lynn Canal, and give Great Britain one or more ports on tide-water; and (2) that the coast whose winding are to be followed is not the shore of the mainland, but that of the adjacent islands, bordering on the ocean. On the sketch-map accompanying this article. the Canadian claim is given as shown on the Map of the Province of British Columbia, compiled by direction of Hon. G. B. Martin, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Victoria. B. C., 1895. This claim would give Dyea, Skagway, Pyramid Harbor, and various other points, and a long stretch of tide-water, to Canada. The United States, on Map of South Eastern Alaska. the other hand, has maintained that the coast whose windings were to be followed was the coast of the mainland, the design of the convention being to give to Russia the control of the whole of the shore of
Fort Vancouver (Washington, United States) (search for this): entry alaskan-boundary-the
part, declared George Canning, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, essentially a negotiation of limits. It is a demand of the repeal of an offensive and unjustifiable arrogation of exclusive jurisdiction over an ocean of unmeasured extent. With a view to facilitate the withdrawal of this pretension, Great Britain proposed a settlement of limits. G. Canning to Stratford Canning, Dec. 8, 1824. The actual geographical features of the territory were to a great extent unknown. Vancouver had navigated and charted the coast, but the interior was unexplorded. Back from the shore high mountains were visible, and, after the manner of the early geographers, he drew artistic ranges which follow the windings of the coast, making a continuous barrier between the coast of the mainland and the interior country. It is well known, however, to the negotiators of the convention of 1825 that the mountain ranges might be broken, or that, instead of following closely the windings of the
Pyramid Harbor (Alaska, United States) (search for this): entry alaskan-boundary-the
nn Canal, and give Great Britain one or more ports on tide-water; and (2) that the coast whose winding are to be followed is not the shore of the mainland, but that of the adjacent islands, bordering on the ocean. On the sketch-map accompanying this article. the Canadian claim is given as shown on the Map of the Province of British Columbia, compiled by direction of Hon. G. B. Martin, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Victoria. B. C., 1895. This claim would give Dyea, Skagway, Pyramid Harbor, and various other points, and a long stretch of tide-water, to Canada. The United States, on Map of South Eastern Alaska. the other hand, has maintained that the coast whose windings were to be followed was the coast of the mainland, the design of the convention being to give to Russia the control of the whole of the shore of the mainland, and of the islands, bays, gulfs, and inlets adjacent thereto. In other words, Russia was to have exclusive dominion of tide-water and of a continu
Alaska (Alaska, United States) (search for this): entry alaskan-boundary-the
aking this statement, President Grant was not unmindful of the fact that the boundary between the British possessions and Alaska, as defined in the treaty between Great Britain and Russia of 1825, had not been surveyed and marked. No dispute in regaafter be referred to as the convention of 1825. This convention defines, in Articles III. and IV., the boundary between Alaska and the British possessions as it exists to-day. The treaty of 1867, ceding Alaska to the United States, describes the eAlaska to the United States, describes the eastern limits of the cession by incorporating the definition given in the convention of 1825. This convention was signed only in French, which is therefore the official text; but there accompanies it, in the British publications. an English translad Harbor, and various other points, and a long stretch of tide-water, to Canada. The United States, on Map of South Eastern Alaska. the other hand, has maintained that the coast whose windings were to be followed was the coast of the mainland, the
Russia (Russia) (search for this): entry alaskan-boundary-the
efined in the treaty between Great Britain and Russia of 1825, had not been surveyed and marked. Noetween the territory acquired by purchase from Russia and the adjoining possessions of her Britannics accepted. In the negotiations which ensued, Russia was represented by Count Nesselrode, minister divide that to the south. Great Britain and Russia settled their maritime and territorial differe Prince of Wales Island shall belong wholly to Russia. 2. Que partout ou la crete des montagnes quast (le lisiere de cote) which was assigned to Russia. The latter difference, since it is the more Great Britain was to obtain the withdrawal by Russia of the claim made in the ukase of 1828 to excl certain commercial companies — on the part of Russia, the Russian-American Company, and, on the parart 1, p. 124). referring to the lease. said: Russia, as the reader is of course aware, possesses oes Island, was part of the plan of allowing to Russia, in return for her abandonment of abnormal jur[26 more...]
Mackenzie (Canada) (search for this): entry alaskan-boundary-the
would be expedient to assign a limit, say of 50 or 100 miles from the coast, beyond which the Russian posts should not be extended to the eastward. We must not, he continued. on any account, admit the Russian territory to extend at any point to the Rocky Mountains. By such an admission we should establish a direct and complete interruption between our territory to the southward of that point and that of which we are in possession to the eastward of long. 135° along the course of the Mackenzie River. The Russian plenipotentiaries explained their object with equal clearness. In a memorandum accompanying their counter-proposal they said: The principal motive which constrains Russia to insist upon sovereignty over the above-indicated strip of territory (lisiere) upon the mainland (terre ferme) from the Portland Channel to the point of intersection of the 60th degree (latitude) with the 139th degree of longitude, is that, deprived of this territory, the Russian-American Company wou
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