File No. 711.4216L/98
The Acting Secretary of State to the British Ambassador
Washington, May 31, 1916.
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 144, of May 24, 1916, in which, in response to the Department’s note of the 16th instant concerning the complaint made by the Mayor of Warroad respecting the height of the water in the harbor of that town, you advise the Department of the receipt of a despatch from the Governor General of Canada to the effect that all the logs have been removed from the dam at the outlet of the Lake of the [Page 304] Woods, so that at the present time all the water that the outlet is able to discharge is passing through; that Rainy and Namakan Lakes, however, are full to overflowing, discharging a very large quantity of water into Rainy River; that this water cannot be stored, since all reservoirs are full; and that it is impossible to do more than is now being done to alleviate the conditions of which complaint is made.
In reply I have the honor to express the Department’s appreciation of the prompt action in this matter taken by your Embassy and the Canadian authorities.
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