[sparklite2]

I remember reading that the US didn’t win the war of 1812, but didn’t particularly lose it, either. Glad I could help. LOL

[Alberta's Child]

If the U.S. had won the War of 1812, most of Southern Ontario would have ended up as part of the U.S.

Interesting history lesson played out in our modern highway map ...

US-2 was one of the original Federal highways in the 20th century. It was constructed along a route that had been designated decades earlier as an east-west road along the northern edge of the U.S.

From east to west, the route runs from Houlton, Maine (right on the border with the Canadian province of New Brunswick) to Rouses Point on Lake Champlain in upstate New York (right on the New York-Quebec border).

From west to east, the route runs from Everett, Washington (on the Pacific Ocean) to St. Ignace on the southern tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (the north side of the Mackinac Bridge).

The gap between the eastern and western sections of US-2 covers an area that would have been part of the U.S. if the War of 1812 had gone our way.

[Rashputin]

". . . the US didn’t win the war of 1812, but didn’t particularly lose it, either."

They didn't have to stick around for sixteen years to achieve that result? Wow, we've sure advanced over the intervening century.

[af_vet_1981]

I remember reading that the US didn’t win the war of 1812, but didn’t particularly lose it, either.

The United States
1. won the War of 1812 against the greatest military on earth, the British.
2. lost the War of 1812 against the Canadians, who included those Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain and moved there after the Revolutionary War.