The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and the British Empire over the Canada–United States border regarding Alaska between the 1890s and 1900s. As Canada was
Varying claims in Southeast Alaska during the dispute
Southeast Alaska, often abbreviated to southeast or southeastern, and sometimes called the Alaska panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by
Alaska boundary dispute
…created an understanding between the Russian-American Company and the Hudson's Bay Company. Typically referred to as the lisière (edge), a stretch of the Alaskan Panhandle from Cross Sound to 54°40′ was given to the HBC as a fur trade monopoly in exchange for the agricultural and pastoral products produced by its subsidiary…
The City and Borough of Juneau, the most populous borough in southeast Alaska.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, the second most populous borough in southeast Alaska.
The Tongass National Forest, near Ketchikan
A totem pole at Sitka National Historical Park.