Oregon+Country

**Oregon Country-** 


 * The Oregon Country was an American term referring to a shared ownership of the region of the Pacific Northwest of North America. The region was occupied by British and French Canadian fur traders from before 1810, and American settlers from the mid-1830s, with its coastal areas north from the Columbia River frequently traveled by ships from all nations engaged in the maritime fur trade, most of these from the 1790s through 1810s being Boston-based. The Oregon Treaty of 1846 ended disputed joint occupation pursuant to the Treaty of 1818 and established the British-American boundary at the 49th parallel.**