The boundary of Wheeler County is as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of township 13 south, range 20 east of the Willamette Meridian; thence south three miles along the west line of the township; thence east along section lines to the east boundary of range 22 east; thence south on the range line to the southeast corner of township 13 south, range 22 east; thence easterly along the southerly to the southeast corner of the township line to the northeast corner of township 14 south, range 23 east; thence southerly to the southeast corner of said township; thence easterly along township lines to the southeast corner of township 14 south, range 25 east; thence northerly along the east line of range 25 east, to the northeast corner of township 7 south, range 25 east; thence westerly to the northwest corner of the township; thence northerly along the east line of township 6 south, range 24 east, to the southeast corner of section 1 of the township; thence westerly along section lines to the middle of the main channel of the John Day River; thence southerly along the middle of the main channel of the John Day River to the point where the main channel intersects the east line of es to the middle of the main channel of the John Day River; thence southerly along the middle of the main channel of the John Day River to the point where the main channel intersects the east line of section 25, township 9 south, range 19 east; thence southerly along the east line of range 19 east to the place of beginning.
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