FUN WITH MAPS – ISSUE 2023-26 DAILY FEATURE

By Steve Kovacs (Introduction by Chuck Gibson)

LOVELAND, OH (February10, 2023) – In today’s edition of Fun with Map from Steve Kovacs, we try to follow a confusing path through Canada?

CANADA FULLY GOES TO BRITAIN

The end of the Seven Year’s War was official on February 10, 1763 upon signing of the Treaty of Paris.

The Treaty was signed by France, Britain, and Spain.  Much of the various territories won by three countries from each other in the Caribbean, Senegal, India, Sumatra (part of today’s Indonesia) and Philippines were reverted back to the pre-war owners.

The big exception to this was today’s Canada plus several Caribbean islands.  France lost those lands to Britain, with Canada being the big gain for the British.

To add a bit of complexity, we in the U.S. know this war as the French and Indian War, but it was a war waged more broadly on three continents as already noted.

The British returned to Paris 20 years later with a less desirable result for them – signing the Treaty of Paris ending the US Revolutionary War and establishing the boundary between the new Nation, USA, and the by then renamed British North America which was to become Canada, of course.

A bit confusing having multiple treaties called Treaty of Paris, but convention was followed stating the name of the city where the treaty was executed.

Here is Rand McNally’s colorful map of British America from 1898 (they must have saved some money on ink by dropping “North” in the title).

Steve Kovacs and his wife Theresa reside in Loveland, Ohio where they raised their two children. He is a passionate collector of antique maps.

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