A Good and Wise Measure: The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842

by Francis M. Carroll

Book Overview

In this detailed and fascinating book, Francis Carroll tells the story of the attempts to settle the original boundary between Canada and the United States from the Atlantic coast to the middle of the continent.

Established by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, it soon became clear that ambiguities and errors in the treaty brought confusion and rivalry in the boundary borderland from New Brunswick and Maine to the St. Lawrence River, through the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802083587
• ISBN13: 9780802083586
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.0"