Copper Rush in 1800

wkwillis

The upper peninsula copper deposits are found in 1800, and the population of the area booms over a ten year period. The British in Detroit (on the American side of the river) are ignored by the far greater numbers of pioneers moving into the area. The total population of the Great Lakes on both sides booms by a factor of ten as the copper production facilitates countertrade, eliminating the need for shipping bulky grain products to market to pay for manufactured goods.
By 1810 there are three hundred thousand people on the Great Lakes instead of thirty thousand. The California gold rush has taken place at a much shorter distance in this ATL, with the same number of people suddenly increasing the population of a remote area.
What happens to the war of 1812?
 

wkwillis

Wyboy26 said:
Would the British re-enforce the area, maybe building a canal so shipping to atlantic will be easier
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The Welland canal from the St. Lawrence to Lake Eire, for instance. It would be a lot cheaper for a canal, but you still have the downstream rapids to portage around to get to the Welland canal. Front end costs are lower, but the incremental costs are far higher. Ships from Europe could tie up at the Hudson at the canal and load directly. With the Welland, the bulky stuff like corn and wheat and lumber and salt had to get downriver first.
 
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