Oregon Treaty

OREGON TREATY, 15 June 1846, fixed the southern boundary between BC and the US. Since the Anglo-American Convention of 1818, Britain and the US had agreed to joint occupation of the Oregon Territory, including what is now Washington state, because they could not agree on a border. The Americans wanted a boundary along the 49th parallel of latitude; the British wanted to keep everything south to the COLUMBIA R. Joint occupancy was renewed in 1827 but soon the influx of American settlers into...

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