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Article I 



The provisions of this Convention and the orders and regulations 

 issued under the authority thereof shall apply, in the manner and to 

 the extent hereinafter provided in this Convention, to the following 

 waters : 



1. The territorial waters and the high seas westward from the 

 western coast of the United States of America and the Dominion of 

 Canada and from a direct line drawn from Bonilla Point, Vancouver 

 Island, to the lighthouse on Tatoosh Island, Washington, — which 

 line marks the entrance to Juan de Fuca Strait, — and embraced be- 

 tween 48 and 49 degrees north latitude, excepting therefrom, however, 

 all the waters of Barklay Sound, eastw-ard of a straight line drawn 

 from Amphitrite Point to Cape Beale and all the waters of Nitinat 

 Lake and the entrance thereto. 



2. The waters included within the following boundaries : 

 Beginning at Bonilla Point. Vancouver Island, thence along the 



aforesaid direct line drawn from Bonilla Point to Tatoosh Lighthouse, 

 Washington, described in paragraph numbered 1 of this Article, 

 thence to the nearest point of Cape Flattery, thence following the 

 southerly shore of Juan de Fuca Strait to Point Wilson, on Qiiimper 

 Peninsula, thence in a straight line to Point Partridge on Whidbey 

 Island, thence following the western shore of the said Whidbey 

 Island, to the entrance to Deception Pass, thence across said entrance 

 to the southern side of Eeservation Bay, on Fidalgo Island, thence 

 following the western and northern shore line of the said Fidalgo 

 Island to Swinomish Slough, crossing the said Swinomish Slough, in 

 line with the track of the Great ISTorthern Railw^ay, thence northerly 

 following the shore line of the mainland to Atkinson Point at the 

 northerly entrance to Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, thence in a 

 straight line to the southern end of Bowen Island, thence westerly 

 following the southern shore of Bowen Island to Cape Roger Curtis, 

 thence in a straight line to Gower Point, thence westerly following 

 the shore line to Welcome Point on Seechelt Peninsula, thence in a 

 straight line to Point Young on Lasqueti Island, thence in a straight 

 line to Dorcas Point on Vancouver Island, thence following the east- 

 ern and southern shores of the said Vancouver Island to the start- 

 ing ]ioint at Bonilla Point, as shown on the United States Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey Chart Number 6300, as corrected to March 14, 

 1930, and on the Britisli Admiralty Chart Number 579, copies of 

 which are annexed to this Convention and made a part thereof. 



3. TheFraser River and the streams and lakes tributar^^ thereto. 



The High Contracting Parties engage to have prepared as soon as 

 practicable charts of the waters described in this Article, with the 

 above described boundaries thereof and the international boundary 

 indicated thereon. Such charts, when approved by the appropriate 

 authorities of the Governments of the United States of America and 

 the Dominion of Canada, shall be considered to have been substituted 

 for the charts annexed to this Convention and shall be authentic for 

 the purposes of the Convention. 



