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The most highly regarded map of the time, the "Mitchell Map", [3] showed the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan at a latitude north of the mouth of the Detroit River, suggesting that an east–west line would not intersect with Lake Erie at all, until well across the international border.
Michigan, 297 U.S. 547 (1936), settled a territorial dispute between Wisconsin and Michigan. The 1836 boundary description between Wisconsin and Michigan described the line through northwest Lake Michigan as "the most usual ship channel". This description needed clarification as two routes were in use into Green Bay.
The difference between the two was a wedge-shaped strip of land, five miles (8.0 km) wide at the Indiana border, eight miles (13 km) wide at Lake Erie, and 70 miles (110 km) from west to east, an area of about 450 square miles (1,200 km 2) and including the mouth of the Maumee river. This was, in effect, a no-man's land between Michigan and ...
Ceded a swath between present north and south border-latitudes west, across present-day New York, Michigan and Wisconsin, to which it was entitled by its interpretation of its original sea-to-sea grant from The British Crown. New York: February 19, 1780: October 29, 1782: Ceded claims west of Lake Ontario.
Lake Greeson is a reservoir on the Little Missouri River, about 6 miles (10 km) north of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, United States. Famous for its scenery and recreation , it is surrounded by 15 parks that offer opportunities for camping , fishing , boating , biking , and swimming .
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared divided over a bid to further limit the regulatory powers of federal agencies in a dispute involving a government-run program to ...
The Northwest Angle in Minnesota, bordering Manitoba, Ontario, and Lake of the Woods. There are several exclaves between the United States and Canada, including the entire state of Alaska (though the state can still be accessed by sea from the United States, except the small settlement of Hyder, which is only accessible by road from British Columbia).
Momentum for a boundary waters treaty built up against a background of difficulties encountered in apportioning the waters of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers in the west, the Rainy River, the Chicago Diversion of Lake Michigan (which at the time lowered lake levels by 6 inches), the St. Mary's River at Sault Ste. Marie, and the Niagara River.