Oregon Country

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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.

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AI-generated illustration of Oregon Country

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Oregon Country (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.)

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf disputed territory ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administeredBy Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
borderedBy Pacific Ocean ⓘ
boundedBy Mexican territory (south) ⓘ
Pacific Ocean (west) ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Ocean

Rocky Mountains (east) ⓘ
linked to: Rocky Mountains

Russian America (northwest) ⓘ
claimedBy Russia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
disputeSettledBy Oregon Treaty ⓘ
disputeSettledWith United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
dividedAlong 49th parallel north ⓘ
economicActivity fur trade ⓘ
establishedBy Anglo-American Convention of 1818 ⓘ
linked to: Convention of 1818
exploredBy Alexander Mackenzie ⓘ
George Vancouver ⓘ
Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ
governedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
includesTerritoryOf British Columbia ⓘ
Idaho ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming Territory
jointlyOccupiedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
knownAs Columbia District (by the Hudson's Bay Company) ⓘ
Oregon Territory (informally before 1848) ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
locatedIn Pacific Northwest ⓘ
mainSettlement Fort Vancouver ⓘ
Oregon City ⓘ
linked to: Oregon City, Oregon
majorRiver Columbia River ⓘ
Fraser River ⓘ
Snake River ⓘ
northOf Spanish California ⓘ
partOf present-day Canada ⓘ
present-day United States ⓘ
relatedPoliticalSlogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" ⓘ
southOf Russian Alaska ⓘ
successorTerritory Colony of British Columbia ⓘ
Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon

Washington Territory ⓘ
timePeriod 1818–1846 (joint occupation era) ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
treatyDate 1846 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (86)

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

David Douglas → explored → Oregon Country ⓘ
Mexican Alta California → followedBy → U.S. Territory of Oregon (for northern portions) ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Oregon Trail → endPoint → Oregon Country ⓘ
Oregon Country → knownAs → Oregon Territory (informally before 1848) ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Territorial Treasurer of Oregon → appliesToJurisdiction → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Oregon City, Oregon → namedAfter → Oregon Country ⓘ
Alta California (Spanish colony) → borderedBy → Oregon Country (to the north) ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Joseph Lane → residence → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Fort Boise → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Oregon Country ⓘ
Convention of 1818 → affectedRegion → Oregon Country ⓘ
Oregon Statehood Act → appliesToTerritoryPreviously → Oregon Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Oregon statehood act
linked to: Oregon Country
Oregon Statehood Act → relatedTo → Oregon Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Oregon statehood act
linked to: Oregon Country
Oregon Treaty of 1846 → definesBoundaryBetween → British North America and the United States in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Oregon Treaty of 1846 → appliesToRegion → Oregon Country ⓘ
Champoeg District → partOf → Oregon Country ⓘ
David Hill → placeOfActivity → Oregon Country ⓘ
David Hill → residence → Oregon Country ⓘ
David Hill → politicalRegion → Oregon Country ⓘ
Adams–Onís Treaty → affectedRegion → Oregon Country ⓘ
Charles Wilkes → exploredRegion → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
John Baptiste Charbonneau → workedIn → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Samuel R. Thurston → represented → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Samuel R. Thurston → workLocation → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Samuel R. Thurston → jurisdictionRepresented → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Samuel R. Thurston → residence → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Treaty of Dayton (1855) → historicalRegion → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Columbia District (Hudson's Bay Company) → partOf → Oregon Country ⓘ
Columbia District (Hudson's Bay Company) → overlappedWith → United States-claimed Oregon Country ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight → refersToTerritory → Oregon Country ⓘ
subject linked to: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight → refersToTerritory → Oregon Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
linked to: Oregon Country
Government of Oregon Territory → appliesToJurisdiction → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Government of Oregon Territory → appliesToJurisdiction → Oregon Country (after division with British North America) ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Oregon territorial period → appliesToJurisdiction → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Oregon territorial period → followed → Oregon Country period ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Washington Territory → precededBy → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Washington Territory → partOf → Oregon Country ⓘ
George Law Curry → residence → Oregon Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: George Curry
linked to: Oregon Country
Oregon National Historic Trail → endPoint → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Oregon National Historic Trail → topic → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Treaty of Walla Walla (1855) → appliesToJurisdiction → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Jason Lee → placeOfActivity → Oregon Country ⓘ
Jason Lee → historicalRegionOfActivity → Oregon Country ⓘ
Lindsay Applegate → placeOfActivity → Oregon Country ⓘ
Lindsay Applegate → placeOfActivity → Oregon Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country
Jesse Applegate → residence → Oregon Country ⓘ