دولت علیاحضرت ملکه بریتانیا متعهد میشود که دولت «دامینین» کانادا را ترغیب نماید تا امکان استفاده از کانالهای «ولند» (Welland)، «سنت لارنس» (St. Lawrence) و سایر کانالهای موجود در آن قلمرو را برای شهروندان ایالات متحده، تحت شرایطی برابر با ساکنان آن دامینین، فراهم آورد؛
The government of Her Britannic Majesty engages to urge upon the government of the Dominion of Canada to secure to the citizens of the United States the use of the Welland, St. Lawrence, and other canals in the Dominion on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the Dominion; and the Government of the United States engages that the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty shall enjoy the use of the St. Clair Flats Canal on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the United States, and further engages to urge upon the State governments to secure to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty the use of the several State canals connected with the navigation of the lakes or rivers traversed by or contiguous to the boundary line between the possessions of the high contracting parties, on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the United States. Article XXVIII.