The interesting thing about the Pig War was that it helped galvanize Canada as a country by bringing Vancouver Island and British Columbia together and then bec

The interesting thing about the Pig War was that it helped galvanize Canada as a country by bringing Vancouver Island and British Columbia together and then becoming part of Canada. The division between the Gulf Islands and the San Juan Islands is still pretty strong to this day thanks to the division. I used to live in White Rock, BC and could see Orcas Island from my house, and yet have never been there, despite having been to most of the Gulf Islands. Had the decision gone the other way the archipelago's economy would most likely have been much more entwined with that of Vancouver and Victoria.