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Default 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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