Https Encrypted Tbn0 Gstatic Com Images Q Tbn 3aand9gct01kizv 1jvkh1ast18kzysrp4cx P Lw0r12du4vcvwl4 Tur Usqp Cau
encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com
Was alaska part of canada. Alaska is not part of the contiguous us often called the lower 48. That didnt come without some tension. Alaska is the only non contiguous us.
Why is alaska not part of canada. Under different circumstances the province of canada might have looked like an ideal buyer thanks to the 1538 mile 2475 kilometer border it shared with alaska. Alaska is one of the two non contiguous us states.
In the past the united states and the united kingdom which had control of canada had a dispute about the boundary of the state. The dispute had existed between the russian empire and britain since 1821 and was inherited by the united states as a consequence of the alaska purchase in 1867. Alaska was colonized by russian fur trappers beginning in 1732 but the land was purchased from russia by the united states officially on october 18th 1867.
Officially it was russian territory. The contested area known as the alaska panhandle is a complex coastal area consisting of large fjords and channel islands. Unofficially the inuit and other coastal tribes inhabited the area.
It has been a territorial asset of the united states after the alaskan purchase of 1867. About 500 miles 800 km of british columbia canada separates alaska from washington. Although it looks like it should probably be part of canada the alaskan panhandle is uncle sams property.
In 1942 the alaskacanada military highway was completed in part to form an overland supply route to the soviet union on the other side of the bering strait. Alaska was known as russian america beforehand. Photo by wikimedia commons.
But canada was not yet self governing and still resided under the united kingdoms firm control. The alaska boundary dispute took place between canada and the united states over the boundary of southeastern alaska and the coast of british columbia. State on continental north america.
While it may seem strange that alaska is separate from almost all of the other us. It was resolved by arbitration in 1903. It was basically theirs.
States the territory is firmly american. The alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the united states and the united kingdom which then controlled canadas foreign relations. Running from great falls montana to fairbanks the road was the first stable link between alaska and the rest of america.