Vol. 1, pp. 146-147; Chippewa County. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, That all the tract of country to which the Indian title has been extinguished, and comprehended within the following boundaries namely: beginning at the north side of Lake Huron, at Isle St. Vital running thence due north until it strikes a river which falls into the northwest part of Muddy Lake, of the River Sainte Marie, thence up said river to its source, thence west to the Meristic River of Lake Michigan, thence up said river to the parallel of north latitude 46 31`, thence due west to the Mississippi River, thence up said river to its source, thence north to the boundary line of the United States, and with that line, returning through Lake Superior to the mouth of the River St. Marie and thence wouthwest to the place of beginning, is hereby erected into a separate county, to be called the county of Chippewa, and the same shall be organized from and after the taking effect of this act, and the inhabitants thereof entitled to all the privileges and rights to which, by law,  the other counties of this Territory are entitled. SEC. 2. That the seat of justice of said county of Chippewa shall be established at such point in the vicinity of Sault de St. Marie as a majority of the county commissioners to be appointed, shall designate. SEC. 3. That the county court for the said county of Chippewa shall be held on the first Monday of August, and the second Monday in January, in each year. And that suits, prosecutions, and other matters, now pending in the circuit court of the United States, for the county of Michilimackinac, or before the county court of said county, or before any justice of the peace within the same, shall be prosecuted to final judgment and execution, and all taxes heretofore levied and now due, shall be collected in the same manner as though the said county of Chippewa had not been organized. SEC. 4. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of February, 1827. Approved December 22, 1826. CHIPPEWA COUNTY.--Named from a powerful Indian tribe, sometimes called "Ojibways." County-seat, Sault St. Marie. A great object of interest at this place is the ship canal, by means of which vessels overcome the rapids.