>The 49th parallel was established as the border west from the >Northwest Angle only after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and some later >disputes about the border farther west in the Oregon Territory. >Chuck Holst Gosh Chuck, You glazed over the whole exciting "Pig War". This was big stuff -- more relevant to U.S. history and Canadian history than, say, World War I. And the only unfortunate victims of the war were some farm animals who without a doubt would not have survived long anyhow. Mishandled, this incident might have resulted in a Canada with no West Coast or an ugly third war between Britain and the USA. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jan 24 2000 - 13:34:39 PST
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