probably some of all of the British West Indies, if basically all of British America unified into one geopolitical entity around the time Canada would've become independentI'm referring to a topical possession that would either be a territory or province in the Canadian confederation.
Or actual Hawaii. The British take control of the Sandwich Islands, and while they would probably give it independence, they might pass it off to Canada gradually after 1867.
But why Canada?
If they are willing to transfer it to one of their dominions, Australia or New Zealand might be more likely.
Lots of global warming. Then those parts of the Maritimes not underwater can be tropical.
Geographically I believe Canada is closer to Hawaii than either Australia or New Zeland.
But Samoa was put under NZ administration, so why not add Hawaii too?
Still not sure where you are going with this? Vancouver is about the same distance from Hawaii as NZ is from Samoa.
Hawaii is quite some distance further from NZ, not to mention it shares the same hemisphere with Canada.
Between administration from Austrlasia or North America, despite being an Island in the pacific it is closer in orientation to North America.
The capital of Canada (Ottawa) is nowhere near the Pacific while the capital of NZ (Wellington) is on the ocean. From the UK perspective it would not make much sense to put islands in the middle of the Pacific under the administration of Ottawa.
Samoa is much closer to Hawaii than Canada is. You may as well have the two island groups under the same administration.
But Samoa was put under NZ administration, so why not add Hawaii too?
Not sure why you must base things on where the capital is located? Canada is a physically massive country if everything were based on where Ottawa is located you can argue British Columbia has no place being in Canada due to how far it is from the capital. Canada even its far flung regions are able to operate fine despite their distance from the capital.
I'm not talking about the present day but in the era before air travel, when this arrangement would have been decided. Speaking of British Columbia, it did not join Canada until transcontinental railroads were constructed, which linked it to Ottawa.
In today's era it obviously would be different.
I'm not talking about the present day but in the era before air travel, when this arrangement would have been decided. Speaking of British Columbia, it did not join Canada until transcontinental railroads were constructed, which linked it to Ottawa.
In today's era it obviously would be different.
If this arrangement were made in the late 19th century it would have still made more sense and been more feasible to get large amounts of food shipments to Hawaii from Vancouver than from either NZ and/or Samoa, which are relatively small/isolated regions themselves especially at that point in time.
The vast majority of Hawaii's imports from the US still arrive by ship.