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Great map, as on Haro Strait; interesting to see "northern Puget Sound" to the strait's right (Bellingham and Chuckanut Bays and - ? - what's the other one?). I wanted to comment on this:
It was not only shorter, it was the more sheltered route, and without the rough currents and more exposed weather of the Haro Straits. In one of th sources I'veusedd this last half-year, I came across something about the Americans not even knowng about Haro STrait until after the agreement was made, ie. 1846 not 1858; it would be interesting to know which route the bulk of the vessel traffic from Victoria to yale/Douglas went, huh? Anyway, there's a clause in the oregon Treaty, I don't know how long it was observed, even maybe today though I doubt it, guaranteeing BC-/British-bound vessels right of commercial navigation in all waters south of the 49th, ie. Rosario and the waterways of the San Juans, presumably to the mouth of Puget Sound; the idea was unimpeded navigation. The British had the same right on the Columbia, largely unusuable after the loss of the territory it ran though; was because of the Express that they wanted that, and also in the hope that Colville/Shepherd an d Pend Oreille and the other Southern Interior forts north of hte line could continue profitable business with/for Fort Vancouver.. Anyway, it's interesting that hte US would assert the Straits as a boundary based on something they'd signed when they didn't know it existed (Haro STrait I mean). I think it was in the preamble/introduction to J.B.Kerr's Biographical Sketches etc linked on Francis Jones Barnard As in my edit comments, San Juan Island was the crux of t he argument, and the strategic value of a large high ground within shelling distance of the colonial capital....do I need to go on? But it wasn't just that;, the British wanted to keep Rosario because they knew it to be the safer route; a pity the British didn't stipulate Rosario Strait in 1846, which ttey could have have, slly ninnies. BC would have actually had so many square more miles of sunshine.... Skookum1 ( talk) 02:34, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
I think there have been notabel vessels anmed Rosario Strati; not as notably as haro Straits but I'll check into it. Skookum1 ( talk) 02:34, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
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Great map, as on Haro Strait; interesting to see "northern Puget Sound" to the strait's right (Bellingham and Chuckanut Bays and - ? - what's the other one?). I wanted to comment on this:
It was not only shorter, it was the more sheltered route, and without the rough currents and more exposed weather of the Haro Straits. In one of th sources I'veusedd this last half-year, I came across something about the Americans not even knowng about Haro STrait until after the agreement was made, ie. 1846 not 1858; it would be interesting to know which route the bulk of the vessel traffic from Victoria to yale/Douglas went, huh? Anyway, there's a clause in the oregon Treaty, I don't know how long it was observed, even maybe today though I doubt it, guaranteeing BC-/British-bound vessels right of commercial navigation in all waters south of the 49th, ie. Rosario and the waterways of the San Juans, presumably to the mouth of Puget Sound; the idea was unimpeded navigation. The British had the same right on the Columbia, largely unusuable after the loss of the territory it ran though; was because of the Express that they wanted that, and also in the hope that Colville/Shepherd an d Pend Oreille and the other Southern Interior forts north of hte line could continue profitable business with/for Fort Vancouver.. Anyway, it's interesting that hte US would assert the Straits as a boundary based on something they'd signed when they didn't know it existed (Haro STrait I mean). I think it was in the preamble/introduction to J.B.Kerr's Biographical Sketches etc linked on Francis Jones Barnard As in my edit comments, San Juan Island was the crux of t he argument, and the strategic value of a large high ground within shelling distance of the colonial capital....do I need to go on? But it wasn't just that;, the British wanted to keep Rosario because they knew it to be the safer route; a pity the British didn't stipulate Rosario Strait in 1846, which ttey could have have, slly ninnies. BC would have actually had so many square more miles of sunshine.... Skookum1 ( talk) 02:34, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
I think there have been notabel vessels anmed Rosario Strati; not as notably as haro Straits but I'll check into it. Skookum1 ( talk) 02:34, 27 April 2008 (UTC)