Oregon Treaty set the boundary

The article “Tulalips object to passport mandate,” states that “Until 1783, when the Treaty of Paris ended the Revlutionary War and established the boundary between the U.S. and Canada, Indians considered the entire region (the Coast Salish area) to be their land.” The Treaty of Paris did establish the border between the U.S. and British colonies in what would later become Canada, but that border extended westward only to “the river Mississippi.” In 1783, Americans barely knew that the Pacific Northwest existed, much less held any colonization claims there. The border was actually set 63 years later by the Treaty of Oregon.

Rebecca Smith

Bothell