Why is Maine not a part of Canada?

 ALLAN:

When you look at the Maine / New Brunswick / Quebec border, one of the things that becomes immediately obvious is that there’s hardly anything there, even now. 

They all have thriving lumber industries in an area that has hosted timber harvesting for over 200 years.

Maine was originally part of the Massachusetts Colony and when the United States formed in 1787, it was still a part of the state of Massachusetts. 

It didn’t become a state on its own until 1820. 

At that point, it still had a population of only 298,000.

Both Maine and New Brunswick largely developed along their respective coasts. 

In early days, before the highways were built, residents largely got around by boat.

And along that part of the coast, that was problematic. 

The coast of Maine is very uneven. 

Although that means “lots of harbors” it also means “it’s tough to get from one community to another”

In addition, the current border area similarly separates one colony from the other. New Brunswick starts at the Bay of Fundy, where 15 meter tides are the norm... That’s a wild ride in the 18th century..

New Brunswick was, instead, more closely tied to Nova Scotia on the other side of the bay. Going to Maine meant crossing open ocean.

So, when the 13 colonies split, that part that’s now Maine went with the United States... and Britain was just fine with that. (But not Canada!!!)

It held onto its New Brunswick colony, which was too far away for the Americans to influence to any great degree. 

However, since Maine was already part of Massachusetts, which was tied to the United States, there were lots of ties there already.

BUT NOW.. BECAUSE OF TRUMP... MAINE (AND POSSIBLY ALASKA) SHOULD BE INVITED TO JOIN CANADA AS OUR ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH PROVINCES!!!

(Plus Greenland and the Turks and Caicos Islands should come aboard as TERRITORIES!)

MEANWHILE... IF DRUMPF CAN'T TAKE OVER ALL OF CANADA... HE WANTS SOUTHERN ONTARIO... BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL THE MONEY IS!!!!!

Hey... that would make me an AMERICAN... no fucking way!

BUT... THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER AMERICANS WHO WANT OUT!