forty-ninth parallel

British  

noun

1. an informal name for the Canadian border with the USA, which is in part delineated by the parallel line of latitude at 49°N

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Example Sentences

From the Lake of the Woods to the Rockies a new line, the forty-ninth parallel, was agreed upon in 1818.

From The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

Increase of immigration rendering a fixing of jurisdictions imperative, England pressed for the line of the Columbia below its intersection of the forty-ninth parallel.

From History of the United States, Volume 3 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin

Aberdeen, Lord, succeeds Lord Palmerston as Secretary for Foreign Affairs,     252;   offers forty-ninth parallel, in accordance with Mr. Webster's suggestion,     266.

From Daniel Webster by Lodge, Henry Cabot

The British government, moved by a hint from the American minister, offered a settlement which would fix the boundary at the forty-ninth parallel instead of "fifty-four forty," and give it Vancouver Island.

From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)

From the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the forty-ninth parallel to the North Pole, now all was Canadian soil.

From The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor by Skelton, Oscar Douglas