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or ever discovered the whereabouts of the 

 &quot;northwest angle of Nova Scotia&quot;; the &quot;High 

 lands&quot; referred to could not be identified; the 

 rivers &quot;which fall into the Atlantic Ocean&quot; 

 might or might not include those that reached 

 their destination by way of the great gulfs and 

 bays that abounded in the neighborhood, and 

 much depended on which alternative was se 

 lected; the &quot;northwesternmost head of the 

 Connecticut River&quot; was doubtful and undeter 

 mined. Most important of all at the outset, 

 moreover, was the fact that the two govern 

 ments disagreed as to what stream was meant 

 by the Saint Croix River. As the middle of 

 this river, from mouth to source, completed, in 

 the treaty, the long circuit of the boundary as 

 there described, and separated Maine from New 

 Brunswick, it early became imperative to settle 

 on the identity of the Saint Croix. Only after 

 fifteen years of controversy was an agreement 

 reached. In 1798 a joint commission provided 

 for in Jay s Treaty found that the Schoodic 

 River was what the treaty meant by the Saint 

 Croix, and determined by survey its mouth and 

 its source. 



This was the limit of the progress made prior 

 to the War of 1812. In the Treaty of Ghent 



