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244 The position of Fort Confidence, as determined by a variety of observations, is in lat. 66° 53′ 36″ N.; long. 118° 48′ 45″ W. The magnetic variation, in October 1837, was 48° 30′ E.; the dip of the needle (in June 1839), 84° 48′ N.