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Looking at the map I only just noticed how small the BC coastline is and how Alaska takes most of it. Looks like it goes back to agreement between England and R
by rr888 4y ago
Looking at the map I only just noticed how small the BC coastline is and how Alaska takes most of it. Looks like it goes back to agreement between England and Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_(1825) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_(18...
And there were never more than 700 Russians in Alaska. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_America#Sale_of_Alaska_to_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_America#Sale_of_Alaska...
- pcthrowaway 4y agoI believe BC has more coastline than every U.S. state other than Alaska, so don't feel too bad about it.
- ZanyProgrammer 4y agoYes, since US states are much, much smaller than BC, that's not surprising.
- bilsbie 4y agoEven Florida?
- bonestamp2 4y agoProbably, especially if you consider the coastlines of all the large islands.
- pcthrowaway 4y agoBC has roughly twice as much coastline as Florida
- deanCommie 4y agoBC is 5.5x the area of Florida.
- cgh 4y agoThe Alaska Panhandle (the part of Alaska that extends down the west coast of BC) and the coast of BC are actually roughly equal length (BC's coast is slightly longer, I believe). You are probably looking at a Mercator projection which distorts sizes. Try looking at a more accurate map projection.
- rr888 4y agoIts more that why does the panhandle exist at all, it should all be BC.
- twiddling 4y agoWhy should Canada exist, it should all be the US.
- samstave 4y agoWhy do nations exist, they should pay fealty to the WEF.
- b1ue64 4y agoWhy does the WEF exist, it should just be a bunch of conspiracy theorists.
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- whiskeytuesday 4y agoWhat are you, Justin Trudeau?
- hinoki 4y agoThat idea has a long history: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny
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- slavik81 4y agoThe Alaskan panhandle was the subject of a border dispute between Canada and the United States. The UK adjudicated and it was decided in favour of the US. It was a very unpopular decision in Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_boundary_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_boundary_dispute
- rr888 4y agoEven the Canadian claim left the coast to being part of Alaska, which is why I was surprised at.
- avidphantasm 4y agoNew Hampshire and Maine had a border dispute over Seavey’s Island, which was only settled in 2002: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataqua_River_border_dispute https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataqua_River_border_disp...
- sitkack 4y agoOf note, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon
- TMWNN 4y ago>Looking at the map I only just noticed how small the BC coastline is and how Alaska takes most of it. Canada and the UK worried in the late 1940s that Newfoundland—at the time, planning to regain self-government after 15 years under British stewardship—would want to join the US, which the island historically has had the most commercial links with. Canada didn't have much trade with Newfoundland, but didn't want the US to essentially blockade its east the way Alaska already blockaded its west. Thus, when referendums were set up to give residents a choice of what to do, only the options of self-government, continued British rule, or joining Canada were listed.
- calvinmorrison 4y agoThe Orthodox church in Sitka is worth visiting