DR. J. G. NORWOOD'S REPORT. 



C H A P T E 11 I. 



BOUNDARIES, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



That 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 Brule 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 Hue 

 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 Brule 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. 



