Oregon Country

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disputed territory historical region

Oregon Country was a vast, historically contested region of the Pacific Northwest in North America, encompassing present-day Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of British Columbia and Wyoming, that was jointly occupied by the United States and Britain in the early 19th century.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Oregon Territory	0	2
Oregon Territory (informally before 1848)	0	1
U.S. Territory of Oregon (for northern portions)	0	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	disputed territory → historical region →
administeredBy	Hudson's Bay Company →
borderedBy	Pacific Ocean →
boundedBy	Mexican territory (south) → Pacific Ocean → surface form: Pacific Ocean (west) Rocky Mountains → surface form: Rocky Mountains (east) Russian America (northwest) →
claimedBy	Russia → Spain → United Kingdom → United States of America → surface form: United States
continent	North America →
disputeSettledBy	Oregon Treaty of 1846 → surface form: Oregon Treaty
disputeSettledWith	United Kingdom NERFINISHED → United States of America → surface form: United States
dividedAlong	49th parallel north →
economicActivity	fur trade →
establishedBy	Convention of 1818 → surface form: Anglo-American Convention of 1818
exploredBy	Alexander Mackenzie → George Vancouver → Lewis and Clark Expedition →
governedBy	United Kingdom NERFINISHED → United States of America → surface form: United States
includesTerritoryOf	British Columbia → Idaho → Oregon → Washington → Wyoming Territory → surface form: Wyoming
jointlyOccupiedBy	United Kingdom → United States of America → surface form: United States
knownAs	Columbia District (by the Hudson's Bay Company) → Oregon Country → surface form: Oregon Territory (informally before 1848)
locatedIn	Pacific Northwest →
mainSettlement	Fort Vancouver National Historic Site → surface form: Fort Vancouver Oregon City NERFINISHED →
majorRiver	Columbia River → Fraser River → Snake River →
northOf	Alta California (Spanish colony) → surface form: Spanish California
partOf	present-day Canada → present-day United States →
relatedPoliticalSlogan	"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" →
southOf	Russian Alaska →
successorTerritory	Colony of British Columbia (mainland) → surface form: Colony of British Columbia Oregon → surface form: Oregon Territory Washington Territory →
timePeriod	1818–1846 (joint occupation era) → early 19th century →
treatyDate	1846 →

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Territorial Treasurer of Oregon → appliesToJurisdiction → Oregon Country →

this entity surface form: Oregon Territory

Oregon Trail → endPoint → Oregon Country →

David Douglas → explored → Oregon Country →

Mexican Alta California → followedBy → Oregon Country →

this entity surface form: U.S. Territory of Oregon (for northern portions)

Oregon Country → knownAs → Oregon Country →

this entity surface form: Oregon Territory (informally before 1848)

Oregon Constitutional Convention of 1857 → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Oregon Country →

this entity surface form: Oregon Territory

Oregon City, Oregon → namedAfter → Oregon Country →

Yamhill County, Oregon → oneOfOriginalCountiesOf → Oregon Country →