But the most important provision by far was the limitation of each country to one 100 ton vessel armed with only a single 18 pounder on Lakes Champlain and Ontario as well as two on all the other Great Lakes.
This agreement, paired with another agreement in the following year, made the 49th parallel that boundary between the U.S. and Canada. It also established joint control of the Oregon Territory for ten years and the dispute of fisheries in Newfoundland and Labrador was settled amicably. But the most important provision by far was the limitation of each country to one 100 ton vessel armed with only a single 18 pounder on Lakes Champlain and Ontario as well as two on all the other Great Lakes. FTP, name this 1817 agreement between Britain and the U.S. that demilitarized the Great Lakes.
This agreement, paired with another agreement in the following year, made the 49th parallel that boundary between the U.S. and Canada.
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