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The Aroostook War (sometimes called the Pork and Beans War [1]), or the Madawaska War, [2] was a military and civilian-involved confrontation in 1838–1839 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the international boundary between the British colony of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine.
The State of Maine asserted that the boundary between the states runs along the middle of the river to the south of Seavey's Island, which places the island within Maine. The State of New Hampshire asserted a historical claim to ownership of the river up to the shoreline on the Maine side, which would place the island within New Hampshire. [1]
Each country used a mildly differing method to define an equidistant water boundary. The two separate water areas in dispute amount to about 51.5 km 2 (19.9 sq mi). [3] Yukon–Alaska dispute, Beaufort Sea (Alaska and Yukon) Canada supports an extension into the sea of the land boundary between Yukon and Alaska. The U.S. does not but instead ...
Handly's Lessee v. Anthony, 18 U.S. (5 Wheat.) 374 (1820), was a ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the proper boundary between the states of Indiana and Kentucky was the low-water mark on the western and northwestern bank of the Ohio River.
The Northwest Angle in Minnesota, bordering Manitoba, Ontario, and Lake of the Woods. There are several exclaves between the United States and Canada, including the entire state of Alaska (though the state can still be accessed by sea from the United States, except the small settlement of Hyder, which is only accessible by road from British Columbia).
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treaty disputes regarding the boundaries between nations; tax taking issues, where a municipality claims title in lieu of back taxes owed (or a subsequent purchaser of land at a tax sale files action to gain insurable title); boundary disputes between states, municipalities, or private parties; surveying errors
This dispute was resolved in 1999 when the islands were awarded to Yemen through international arbitration, and the Eritreans complied with the verdict. Shatt al-Arab Iran Iraq: 1936 1988 Settled by the 1975 Algiers Agreement. Reneged on by Iraq in 1980, but re-agreed to in 1988. Makati–Taguig boundary dispute: Taguig Makati Pateros: 1983 2023