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San Juan Islands boundary arbitration
Arbitration assigned the San Juan Islands to the United States, resolving the offshore boundary dispute left after the Oregon Treaty.
Not publication-ready.
- Historical place
- San Juan Islands, Salish Sea
- Present-day context
- San Juan Islands, Salish Sea — navigation aid, not historical jurisdiction
- Peoples named in this record
- British, Americans, Local Indigenous peoples
- Review state
- source supported draft — source-supported draft is not independent verification
- Catalogue updated
- 2026-10-11
- French text
- Translation pending; English research text shown.
Map context
No territorial polygon or coordinate is asserted in v1. Modern location labels are orientation aids, not historical boundaries.
Source evidence
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1846: 49th Parallel becomes international boundary
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia · institutional history · Review: page opened
Recorded retrieval date: 2026-10-11. This date does not prove a complete document was reviewed.
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