Was Seattle once part of Canada?

Question

I remember my teacher saying this at school, when i googled it i get no results. Is this true? I know that Alaska was part of Canada along time ago

Answer 1

Seattle was once part of Canada if one credits the claims of several imperialist countries--England, France, Russia, the Netherlands.

At that time non-indigenous explorers & surveyors were rare and the technology of accurate cartograraphy did not exist.

Oftern times, a boatload of fur trappers would land on a shore and the trappers claimed the land, as far as it reached, past river, mountains and other natural lines of division, for the trappers' home nation simply to secure trapping rights to the resources there.

Russia had permanent settlements at one time as far south as northern California, near the Russian River.

New France, once administered by Frontenac, from his base in Montreal, claimed all lands to the Pacific Ocean.

England claimed all lands around Lake Michigan where "the bloody Red Coats" asserted England's claim even after the 1776 US Declaration of Independence & Revolutionary War.

Answer 2

Seattle once belonged to a region claimed by both England and the US. England at that time was also in control of what would become Canada.

Answer 3

Alaska was a part of Russia before it was purchased by the U.S.
To my knowledge the border between Canada's B.C. province & Washington state was formed in the 1800's & has never changed. However prior to the establishment of the offical border...it was still the wild west, & many places may have wavered back & forth in regards to their loyalties & which country they claimed to be belong.

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