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The 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 l
by cgh 4y ago
The 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
- TMWNN 4y ago*SOON*
- briga 4y agoAmerican politicians and capitalists realized how valuable the western half of the continent before British Canada did and they acted on it. If you look as the west coast it’s mostly American coast, it’s kind of surprising that Americans didn’t just take it all when you think about it
- mixmastamyk 4y agoThey've got plenty, and it's not like the US is big commercial shipping country. Not even a factor really.
- refurb 4y agoThey did. The US’ Oregon Territory went well above the 49th parallel (current US/Canada border on the West coast), in fact all the way to where Alaska is today (southern most point on the coast). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_boundary_dispute https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_boundary_dispute
- goodcanadian 4y agoWell, they didn't, though. They certainly claimed it as did the British. However, when the dust settled, we got the border we have today.
- refurb 4y agoYour argument is that we have the border we have today? I know!
- 13of40 4y agoThere's no road along the coast, just isolated port towns, and there's a massive barrier of mountains and glaciers between it and BC, so on a human scale it's essentially not related to mainland Canada.
- ianburrell 4y agoIt exists cause Russia settled Alaska including a fort in the panhandle. There was treaty with British in 1825 that established the boundary of panhandle (but was very ambiguous for landward side). Russia then sold Alaska to the US in 1867. The landward boundary had to be decided in 1903.
- kbos87 4y agoWhy should Alaska be a weird attached island like that? It should all be Canada