WI: No Alaska Purchase

Hmm, but then what if most of the population, as in OTL, are all along the coastline?

Well if Alaska was added to the North west territories after early aquistion, then during the Gold rush, the Canadian government would see the whole area as one big lump being affected and might just put the two together for ease of governance.

This of course woudn't change the later location of the majority of the population being on the coast and might be a point of contention between Eastern Alaskans (yukonish territory) and western Alaskans.
 
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