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How Oregon almost became part of Canada, eh?

Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 2 p.m.

Few people know how close Oregon came to officially becoming a British possession under the treaty that ended the War of 1812 — and the thing that "saved" the state was an expedition everyone thinks of as a disastrous failure. (Fort Astoria, Clatsop County; 1810) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/H1008b_how-oregon-almost-became-part-of-canada.html)