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Pacific Northwest Boaters can thank the Confederate Navy for the SanJuan Islands (sort of)
The San Juan Islands are part of the United States, rather than
Canada, due to consequences of clandestine British aid to the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Details: http://www.pacnwboat.com/issues/2012/67/mag/#/4/ |
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Pacific Northwest Boaters can thank the Confederate Navy for the San Juan Islands (sort of)
On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:17:43 -0700 (PDT), Chuck Gould wrote:
The San Juan Islands are part of the United States, rather than Canada, due to consequences of clandestine British aid to the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Details: http://www.pacnwboat.com/issues/2012/67/mag/#/4/ no, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War "Among the results of the treaty was the decision to resolve the San Juan dispute by international arbitration, with Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany chosen to act as arbitrator. Wilhelm referred the issue to a three-man arbitration commission which met in Geneva for nearly a year.[9] On October 21, 1872, the commission decided in favor of the United States.[2][5][7] The arbitrator chose the American-preferred marine boundary via Haro Strait, to the west of the islands, over the British preference for Rosario Strait which lay to their east." |
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Pacific Northwest Boaters can thank the Confederate Navy for the San Juan Islands (sort of)
On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:17:43 -0700 (PDT), Chuck Gould wrote:
The San Juan Islands are part of the United States, rather than Canada, due to consequences of clandestine British aid to the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Details: http://www.pacnwboat.com/issues/2012/67/mag/#/4/ no, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War "Among the results of the treaty was the decision to resolve the San Juan dispute by international arbitration, with Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany chosen to act as arbitrator. Wilhelm referred the issue to a three-man arbitration commission which met in Geneva for nearly a year.[9] On October 21, 1872, the commission decided in favor of the United States.[2][5][7] The arbitrator chose the American-preferred marine boundary via Haro Strait, to the west of the islands, over the British preference for Rosario Strait which lay to their east." |
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Pacific Northwest Boaters can thank the Confederate Navy for the San Juan Islands (sort of)
On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:17:43 -0700 (PDT), Chuck Gould wrote:
The San Juan Islands are part of the United States, rather than Canada, due to consequences of clandestine British aid to the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Details: http://www.pacnwboat.com/issues/2012/67/mag/#/4/ no, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War "Among the results of the treaty was the decision to resolve the San Juan dispute by international arbitration, with Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany chosen to act as arbitrator. Wilhelm referred the issue to a three-man arbitration commission which met in Geneva for nearly a year.[9] On October 21, 1872, the commission decided in favor of the United States.[2][5][7] The arbitrator chose the American-preferred marine boundary via Haro Strait, to the west of the islands, over the British preference for Rosario Strait which lay to their east." |
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