northwest territory

Based on this interesting little article i found. Context: IOTL, there was dispute between the US states of Wisconsin and Illinois over the boundary dividing them, especially over the city of Chicago, which would prove useful a few years down the line as an outlet for Lake Michigan. Through the...

Just a question I've always wondered, but what would the fate of the remainder of British territories if Rupert's Land is sold to the US sometime during the 1850s or 1860s, before the various British North American colonies are united? The watershed boundaries are particularly intrusive and...