DR. J. G@ NORWOOD’S REPORT. 
CHAPTER I. 
BOUNDARIES, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 
Tat portion of the territory in which observations were made during the year 
1847, extends from latitude 43° to 46° 47’ 10”, and from longitude 89° 30’, to 93° 
10’ 30”. It is very irregular in its general outline, and is bounded by a line com- 
mencing at the mouth of Wisconsin River, and following thence the Mississippi to 
the Falls of St. Anthony ; from that point to the Falls of St. Louis River; crossing 
in its course the head-waters of Snake and Kettle Rivers; thence following the 
coast of Lake Superior to the mouth of Montreal River; from that place to Lac du 
Flambeau ; thence, in a northeast direction, to a point on Wisconsin River, about 
ten miles, in a direct line, south of Vieux Desert Lake; and from that point along 
Wisconsin River to its mouth. These boundaries include an area of about 33,000 
square miles, and are now mostly embraced within the limits of the State of Wis- 
consin, the remainder lying along the eastern and southeastern boundaries of the 
Territory of Minnesota. 
The district of country explored in the years 1848, 49, and 50, embraces all that 
part of the Territory of Minnesota lying west of the St. Croix and Bois Brulé Rivers, 
and east of the Mississippi, and stretching northerly to the boundary line of the 
United States; and is included within a line extending along the Mississippi River as 
far as Red Cedar or Cass Lake, and thence to Red Lake; from the sources of Big Fork 
River, along that stream, to Rainy Lake River, and thence along the boundary line 
between the United States and British Territories to Lake Superior, at the mouth 
of Pigeon River; and from that point, along the shores of Lake Superior to the 
mouth of the Bois Brulé River, and up that stream to its source, and down the St. 
Croix to its junction with the Mississippi. These boundaries include an area of 
about 40,000 square miles. 
