. Reports upon the survey of the boundary between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain from the Lake of the woods to the summit of the Rocky mountains . Point, 49° 23 50. 28 Longitude of Northwest Point (by survey ofBritish party from Astronomical StationLake of Woods), 95° 08 56. 7 CHIEF MOUNTAIN LAKE. Chief Mountain Lake lies at the eastern base of the main divide ofthe Rocky Mountains, and across our northern boundary-line, in longitudeabout 113° 53 west from Greenwich. To the east of it is an outlying rangeof mountains, which, breaking from the main range
. Reports upon the survey of the boundary between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain from the Lake of the woods to the summit of the Rocky mountains . Point, 49° 23 50. 28 Longitude of Northwest Point (by survey ofBritish party from Astronomical StationLake of Woods), 95° 08 56. 7 CHIEF MOUNTAIN LAKE. Chief Mountain Lake lies at the eastern base of the main divide ofthe Rocky Mountains, and across our northern boundary-line, in longitudeabout 113° 53 west from Greenwich. To the east of it is an outlying rangeof mountains, which, breaking from the main range some miles south of thehead of the lake, trends along its eastern shore, and terminates abruptlynear its foot. The lake consists of two quite distinct basins, connected by a narrowand deep strait. Of these the most southerly is seven miles long, andvaries from a half mile to nearly a mile in width. It is by far the larger,constituting, in fact, the body of the lake, and will be understood when inthe following narrative the term lake is used. Hemmed in on all sides by ranges of towering, precipitous mountains,whose peaks rise from two thousand to six thousand four hundred feet.
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