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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 hard to define, and close off the entirety of the Hudson Bay. (Not to mention half of Baffin island) If said sale even occurred, what would be the best borders that could be defined from the territory, both in straight lines and following some sort of natural boundary? Would the Northwest Territory also be sought, especially if Alaska is being sought same as OTL?

Alright, rambling a bit. Let me try to make it clearer.

1. What would be the fate of BNA if the US only tried to purchase Rupert's Land and didn't try to acquire Alaska, or failed to?
2. What would the fate of BNA be if the US purchased Rupert's Land & Alaska, but did not expand outside those territories? (i.e., the territory of either can be reduced, but not increased beyond the defined borders)
3. What would the fate of BNA be if the US purchased Rupert's Land & Alaska and sought out a land connection between the two.

Focus is mostly on Columbia and whether it would continue to exist, separated from Canada East/West, or if it would either be subsumed or lose most of its periphery territory.
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