The Alaska frontier . rsection of theboundary along the coast with the 141st meridian as-sumed to be on Mount Elias, that expenditure, there-fore, may be saved. He added further, the UnitedStates surveys of the coast could be advantageouslyused to locate the coast line in deciding the mouthsof the rivers in question, as points from whence thenecessary triangulation surveys should commence inorder to determine the ten marine leagues back. Inaddition a United States Coast Survey map, Certi-fied Dom Lands Office, January i6th, 1878, by Sur-veyor-General Dennis, was published in connectionwith thi
The Alaska frontier . rsection of theboundary along the coast with the 141st meridian as-sumed to be on Mount Elias, that expenditure, there-fore, may be saved. He added further, the UnitedStates surveys of the coast could be advantageouslyused to locate the coast line in deciding the mouthsof the rivers in question, as points from whence thenecessary triangulation surveys should commence inorder to determine the ten marine leagues back. Inaddition a United States Coast Survey map, Certi-fied Dom Lands Office, January i6th, 1878, by Sur-veyor-General Dennis, was published in connectionwith this letter, with the boundary line starting fromthe top of the Portland Canal and crossing theSkoot, Stikine and Taku Rivers ten leagues backfrom the coast.^° (See Map No. 21.) The fact that Mr. Dennis said that the boundarycrossed the Skoot River and also that he approved * Sessional Papers, Volume XI., Fifth Session of the ThirdParliament of the Dominion of Canada, session 1878 (No. 125)page 28 and the map Tlie BurlanJ ncNbarals LiiliC Monircal. Certified Df/m^Zaiids OfficeJan. /6^^ /S7S.
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