Here's a map of the Louisiana Purchase. What happened up here? Did Canada ask nicely or something?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Here’s a map of the Louisiana Purchase. What happened up here? Did Canada ask nicely or something?

I want it back. War is on the table.

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[comradebillyboy]

1. Fifty four forty or fight

[TheRealNorth]

3. Yup

There was some disagreement between us and the British about where the border was. We eventually negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty and the Oregon Treaty.

[Wounded Bear]

4. That's actually the 49th parallel...

They kind of just drew that line west from the Minnesota region, excepting Lake of the Woods, of course.

[Ocelot II]

8. That little bit sticking up from the Lake of the Woods, the Northwest Angle, was a map error.

And we got to keep it when the error was finally discovered. https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2014/02/story-behind-minnesotas-weirdly-shaped-northern-border/

[Wounded Bear]

9. Kind of like Point Roberts in WA, with no land path to the Continental US...

But that wasn't an error per se. They just drew the border strait out into the Strait of Georgia.

[CincyDem]

2. IIRC, somewhere along the line, we traded it for Pacific Coast access ???

Not sure how that worked but it included England and Spain in the deal making that defined the 49th parallel as the northern US border. Personally, I'm much happier having a piece of the coast vs. more tundra in the middle of the country.

[The Roux Comes First]

6. I'm With You That an Amicable Settlement in the Pacific Northwest

Presumably round about the time of the "Pig War" in the San Juans, was likely preferable to keeping that stretch north of Montana. But it is a serious misnomer to call it a bunch of tundra. At the very least it likely includes what is now the Canadian counterpart of our Glacier Park, Waterton Lakes, and some fabulously scenic territory. Your tundra is a wee bit further north.

[Wounded Bear]

10. Not tundra, more like prairie land. Think grass and buffalo...nt

[CincyDem]

14. Ok. Closest I got was Bozeman in May.

And it was snowing like crazy. My spring travel wardrobe was seriously underpowered.

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. We paid for it!

Does anyone know where we left that receipt?

[Gore1FL]

12. Jefferson should have probably paid the extra $100 and had is surveyed!

[Historic NY]

7. While 54 40 or fight was mainly the Oregon border the final settlement with the

British gave Washington - Oregon - Idaho to the United States along the 49th Parallel in Aug 1846 .

Pres. Polk campaigned, whipping up war over the border all the way up the coast. The British prepared to do battle.

[Wounded Bear]

11. 54-40 is actually the northern border of British Columbia...

We had a joint occupation agreement with what is basically WA-OR-ID-BC for a while with England and Spain. Spain never really put any major effort into the region. The Americans and British, however, wrangled over the fur trade for a couple of decades, and the lumber, of course. Some of those tall firs make pretty good masts for the Navies.

[doc03]

13. Mexico has a right to take Texas back. nt

[highplainsdem]

16. Very early planning for the Big 8 football conference.