. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. trecht with France, and in the Con-vention of London with the United States, in 1818. The most important of these international questions was that con-nected with the Companys claim to the region of land now occupiedby the States of Oregon and Washington. Had it been sustained allthat great country would have become British territory, the San Juandi
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. trecht with France, and in the Con-vention of London with the United States, in 1818. The most important of these international questions was that con-nected with the Companys claim to the region of land now occupiedby the States of Oregon and Washington. Had it been sustained allthat great country would have become British territory, the San Juandifficulty would have been averted, the rise of Provincial coast citiessuch as Vancouver would not have been checked by the competitionof Seattle and other places, and the mining interests and resources ofBritish Columbia would have had a fuller freedom of development. But, by the Treaty of Oregon, these important claims wereabandoned on the part of England, the country claimed was givenup to the United States, and a splendid heritage of the future sur-rendered for present peace and quietness. The Hudsons Bay Com-pany, however, claimed indemnity for its rights of occupation andtrade and, finally, in 1863, a commission composed of Alexander THE HON. LEMUEL ALLEN WILMOT Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, 1868-73 THE HON. JOSEPH HOWE Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, 1873
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