_The state of alaska didn't buy that land from canada, the United States federal government did and gave it to alaska_ Actually, they bought it from Russia (Ca

_The state of alaska didn't buy that land from canada, the United States federal government did and gave it to alaska_ Actually, they bought it from Russia (Canada didn't exist at that point). Alaska didn't immediately become a state either, it was administered by the federal gov't for nearly 100 years.