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RushBagot Treaty
Washington, D.C.
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The RushBagot Treaty or RushBagot Disarmament, was a treaty between the United
States and the United Kingdom limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake
Champlain, following the War of 1812. It was ratified by the United States Senate on April
16, 1818,[1] and was confirmed by Canada, following Confederation, in 1867. The treaty
provided for a large demilitarization of lakes along the international boundary, where many
British naval arrangements and forts remained. The treaty stipulated that the United States
and British North America could each maintain one military vessel (no more than 100 tons
burden) as well as one cannon (no more than eighteen pounds) on Lake Ontario and Lake
Champlain. The remaining Great Lakes permitted the United States and British North
America to keep two military vessels "of like burden" on the waters armed with "like force".
The treaty, and the separate Treaty of 1818, laid the basis for a
demilitarized boundary between the U.S. and British North America.[
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