§ 5. Canada boundary line. The boundary line between the state of New\nYork and Canada is as follows:\n Commencing at the intersection of the parallel of the forty-fifth\ndegree of north latitude with the middle of the deepest channel of the\nRichelieu river and running thence westerly along said parallel of\nforty-five degrees north latitude as originally run by Valentine and\nCollins, 1771-1774, to a point on the south shore of the St. Lawrence\nriver (but shown by the United States survey of boundary line in 1845,\nunder treaty of Washington, 1842, on sheet maps XXVI to XXX to vary from\ntrue parallel of forty-five degrees, as follows: monument 645, on bank\nof Richelieu river, is .822 miles north of parallel of 45Á and .02 miles\nwest from river; thence westerly 14.68 miles to monument 673, at .336\nmiles north; thence westerly 6.56 miles to monument 685, at .353 miles\nnorth; thence westerly 9.20 miles to monument 703, at .004 miles south;\nthence westerly 7.43 miles to monument 717, at .429 miles south; thence\nwesterly 10.02 miles to monument 737, at .475 miles south; thence\nwesterly 6.34 miles to monument 749, at .140 miles south; thence\nwesterly 5.88 miles to monument 762, on true parallel of 45Á; thence\nwesterly 4.20 miles to monument 774, at .030 miles north on bank of St.\nLawrence river S. 74Á 45' W. 1840 yards distant from the stone church in\nthe Indian village of St. Regis, this line being recognized as the\nboundary line by article one of said treaty of Washington). Thence\nbeginning at aforesaid point on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence\nriver, marked by monument 774, under the treaty of Washington, 1842, and\nin 1817 by a stone monument erected by Andrew Ellicott (the location of\nwhich point is described above), and running north 35Á 45' west into the\nriver, on a line at right angles with the southern shore, to a point 100\nyards south of the opposite island, called Cornwall island; thence\nturning westerly and passing around the southern and western side of\nsaid island keeping 100 yards distant therefrom, and following the\ncurvatures of its shores, to a point opposite to the northwest corner or\nangle of said island; thence to and along the middle of the main river\nuntil it approaches the eastern extremity of Barnhart's island; thence\nnortherly along the channel which divides the last mentioned island from\nthe Canada shore, keeping 100 yards distant from the island, until it\napproaches Sheik's island; thence along the middle of the strait which\ndivides Barnhart's and Sheik's islands to the channel called the Long\nSault, which separates the two last mentioned islands from the lower\nLong Sault island; thence westerly (crossing the center of the last\nmentioned channel) until it approaches within 100 yards of the north\nshore of the Lower Sault island; thence up the north branch of the river\nkeeping to the north of and near the Lower Sault island, and also north\nof and near the Upper Sault, sometimes called Baxter's island, and south\nof the two small islands marked on the map A and B, to the western\nextremity of the Upper Sault or Baxter's island; thence passing between\nthe two islands called the Cats, to the middle of the river above;\nthence along the middle of the river, keeping to the north of the small\nislands marked C and D, and north also of Chrystler's island, and of the\nsmall island next above it, marked E, until it approaches the northeast\nangle of Goose Neck island; thence along the passage which divides the\nlast mentioned island from the Canada shore, keeping 100 yards from the\nisland to the upper end of the same; thence south of and near the two\nsmall islands called the Nut islands; thence north of and near the\nisland marked F, and also of the island called Dry or Smuggler's island;\nthence passing between the islands marked G and H to the north of the\nisland called Isle au Rapid Platt; thence along the north side of the\nlast mentioned island, keeping 100 yards fr
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