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<blockquote>Bounded on the east by the Pennsylvania line, on the south by the Ohio River, to the mouth of the Great Miami River, on the west by the line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami aforesaid, and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east after intersecting the due north line aforesaid, from the mouth of the Great Miami until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line, and thence with the same through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line aforesaid.</blockquote>
 
<blockquote>Bounded on the east by the Pennsylvania line, on the south by the Ohio River, to the mouth of the Great Miami River, on the west by the line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami aforesaid, and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east after intersecting the due north line aforesaid, from the mouth of the Great Miami until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line, and thence with the same through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line aforesaid.</blockquote>
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This was based on the mistaken impression that the southern tip of Lake Michigan was further north than Toledo, Ohio.  Fur trappers reported that this was incorrect at the time that the Ohio Constitution was drafting its border provisions.  As a result, the Toledo Strip was created as a zone that was claimed by both Ohio and Michigan, resulting in the [[Toledo War]].  Ultimately, Michigan gave up the Toledo Strip in exchange for gaining the western portion of its upper penisula when it was admitted to the union.
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This was based on the mistaken impression that the southern tip of Lake Michigan was further north than Toledo, Ohio.  Fur trappers reported that this was incorrect at the time that the Ohio Constitution was drafting its border provisions.  As a result, the Toledo Strip was created as a zone that was claimed by both Ohio and Michigan, resulting in the [[Toledo War]].  Ultimately, Michigan gave up the Toledo Strip in exchange for gaining the western portion of its Upper Peninsula when it was admitted to the union.
    
In 1980, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that Ohio's southern boundary is the northern low-water mark of the Ohio River as it existed in 1792.<ref name="Ohio_v_Kentucky">{{Cite journal | url=http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=444&invol=335 | publisher = Find law | title = Ohio v. Kentucky, 444 U.S. 335 | date = January 21, 1980 | accessdate=2016-08-15}}</ref>
 
In 1980, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that Ohio's southern boundary is the northern low-water mark of the Ohio River as it existed in 1792.<ref name="Ohio_v_Kentucky">{{Cite journal | url=http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=444&invol=335 | publisher = Find law | title = Ohio v. Kentucky, 444 U.S. 335 | date = January 21, 1980 | accessdate=2016-08-15}}</ref>
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