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Description
Outlining the agreed-upon boundary between the United States and Canada, the map's full title is "Map showing the line of boundary between the United States & British possessions from the point where the 49th parallel of north latitude strikes the Western Coast of the continent "to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island and thence Southerly through the middle of the said channel&c. to Fuca's Straits, in accordance with the treaty of June 15th, 1846" accordance with Treaty of June 15th, 1846."
This map is part of a larger archive, the Thomas Barclay collection (Coll. 26), related to the drawing of the Northeast boundary between British Canada and the United States.
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About This Item
- Title: Bowen & Co. United States and British possessions map, British Columbia, 1846
- Creator: Bowen & Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1846
- Subject Date: circa 1846
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Locations:
- Orcas Island, WA
- Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 80 cm x 95 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 26 Map FF 27
- Collection: Barclay collection
- Object Type: Text and Image
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- Bowen & Co.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century
- Juan de Fuca Strait Region (B.C. and Wash.)--Maps.
- Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.)
- Orcas Island (Wash.)
- United States--Boundaries
- United States--Politics and government--19th century
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