Tunis in Cochrane District, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
The Forty-Ninth Parallel
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2022
1. The Forty-Ninth Parallel Marker
At this point the 49th parallel of latitude north of the equator crosses the highway. This line forms the southern boundary of the western provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and most of British Columbia. In 1818 a treaty between Great Britain and the United States designated it as the international boundary from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains. Further west in the Oregon Territory a bitter dispute arose which almost precipitated war between these two nations before they agreed, in 1846, to extend the boundary to the shore of the Pacific along this parallel.
Erected by Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Political Subdivisions. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Ontario Heritage Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1818.
Location. 49° 0.013′ N, 81° 1.799′ W. Marker is in Tunis, Ontario, in Cochrane District. Marker is at the intersection of Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 11) and Hanna Road, on the right when traveling north on Trans-Canada Highway. Marker is located near the northeast corner of the intersection. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tunis ON P0N 1J0, Canada. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 3 other markers are within 8 kilometers
this page online
More about this marker. Both sides of this marker have the same inscription.
Also see . . .
1. Convention of 1818. The Canadian Encyclopedia website entry:
The Convention of 1818 was a treaty between the United States and Britain that set the 49th parallel of latitude as the boundary between British North America and the US across the West. This remains the boundary today between the two nations. The area west of the Rocky Mountains was to be "free and open" to either Britain or the U.S. for the next 10 years. In 1827, this period was indefinitely extended, but it was ultimately terminated by the 1846 Oregon Treaty.(Submitted on March 12, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. 1846 Oregon Treaty. Wikipedia entry:
The Treaty of 1818 set the boundary between the United States and British North America along the 49th parallel of north latitude from Minnesota to the Rocky Mountains. The region west of those mountains was known to the Americans as the Oregon Country and to the British as the Columbia Department or Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company.(Submitted on March 12, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)Joint control steadily grew less tolerable for both sides. After a British minister rejected the offer of U.S. Presidents James K. Polk and John Tyler to settle the boundary at the 49th parallel north, American expansionists called for the annexation of the entire region up to Parallel 54°40′ north, the southern limit of Russian America as established by parallel treaties between the Russian Empire and the United States (1824) and Britain (1825). However, after the outbreak of the Mexican–American War in April 1846 diverted U.S. attention and military resources, a compromise was reached and the matter was settled by the Polk administration to avoid a two-war situation, and another war with the formidable military strength of Great Britain.Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 20222. The Forty-Ninth Parallel Marker(looking east from Ontario Highway 11/Trans-Canada Highway • Hanna Road in right background)
3. Oregon Treaty, 1846. Oregon Encyclopedia website entry:
Signed in Washington, D.C., on June 15, the Oregon Treaty ended a “Joint Occupancy” of twenty-eight years over an expansive region that stretched from present-day southeast Alaska to the Rocky Mountains on the east and the 42nd parallel on the south. It settled the Oregon Question, the resolution of which portions of the territory each nation could rightfully claim, and it set the 49th parallel as the northern limit of American sovereignty in the Pacific Northwest.(Submitted on March 12, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2022
3. The Forty-Ninth Parallel Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 10, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 232 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 12, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
