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As a Canadian, I am a bit offended by the handling of the Oregon territory/Columbia District. It is marked as unclaimed when in fact, it was claimed by the Brit
by goodcanadian 14y ago
As a Canadian, I am a bit offended by the handling of the Oregon territory/Columbia District. It is marked as unclaimed when in fact, it was claimed by the British. Then, it is marked as US territory when it was, at best, disputed. I suppose the Treaty of 1818 made it "shared" territory (and to be fair, the explanatory text explains this), but I still find it misleading to label it as US territory. Finally, the territory was split with the Oregon Treaty to form the current border.
- pyre 14y agoThe animated GIF mentioned above probably is more correct: http://i.imgur.com/5wZX0.gif http://i.imgur.com/5wZX0.gif
- grannyg00se 14y agoHow is being Canadian of any particular relevance if the dispute was between the British and the US?
- eropple 14y agoPresumably because it would have been part of the British holding of Canada.