"Eisboch" wrote in message
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http://letsriot.com/stuff/new_map.jpg



Neat map.. Sure would be great to have New England 'back in the fold'!

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:25:07 +0000, Don White wrote:


"Eisboch" wrote in message
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http://letsriot.com/stuff/new_map.jpg



Neat map.. Sure would be great to have New England 'back in the fold'!

Yeah...and the "proper" Vancouver

Lloyd

"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:25:07 +0000, Don White wrote:

Yeah...and the "proper" Vancouver

Lloyd

Your area get swindled out of land also? Look at a map of Northern Maine.
The top third of the state should be part of the Maritimes. Those 'Yankee
peddlers' must have hoodwinked the British into giving that up.

On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 02:15:19 +0000, Don White wrote:


"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:25:07 +0000, Don White wrote:

Yeah...and the "proper" Vancouver

Lloyd

Your area get swindled out of land also? Look at a map of Northern Maine.
The top third of the state should be part of the Maritimes. Those 'Yankee
peddlers' must have hoodwinked the British into giving that up.

Oh, yeah... Originally the border was going to be the Columbia River, so
we would have all of Washington (not to mention Pt Roberts!). Vancouver,
WA, was supposed to be the western HBC outpost. However, the US wanted
"54-40 or fight!". We settled on the 49th Parallel, except it takes a dive
south right after Pt Roberts so we get Vancouver Island (and the Gulf
Islands, but they get the San Juans - including the American AND British
parts of San Juan Island...)

Lloyd Sumpter,
Canadian

Around 11/7/2004 1:50 PM, Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

Oh, yeah... Originally the border was going to be the Columbia River, so
we would have all of Washington (not to mention Pt Roberts!). Vancouver,
WA, was supposed to be the western HBC outpost. However, the US wanted
"54-40 or fight!". We settled on the 49th Parallel, except it takes a dive
south right after Pt Roberts so we get Vancouver Island (and the Gulf
Islands, but they get the San Juans - including the American AND British
parts of San Juan Island...)


Ah, yes, the infamous Pig War. Amazing such a small, insignificant thing
could have such lasting consequences.

http://www.outwestnewspaper.com/pigwars.html

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"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 14:29:01 -0800, Garth Almgren
wrote:

Around 11/7/2004 1:50 PM, Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

Oh, yeah... Originally the border was going to be the Columbia River, so
we would have all of Washington (not to mention Pt Roberts!). Vancouver,
WA, was supposed to be the western HBC outpost. However, the US wanted
"54-40 or fight!". We settled on the 49th Parallel, except it takes a dive
south right after Pt Roberts so we get Vancouver Island (and the Gulf
Islands, but they get the San Juans - including the American AND British
parts of San Juan Island...)


Ah, yes, the infamous Pig War. Amazing such a small, insignificant thing
could have such lasting consequences.

http://www.outwestnewspaper.com/pigwars.html

Thanks for the URL. That was an interesting read.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!