In 1878, citizens of Victoria on Vancouver Island in Canada feared a Russian attack. FeliksBanel has details:
at the 49th parallel, and HBC was no longer welcome in what had become U.S. territory.
“The British were on the alert against the Russians around the world,” Dr. Barry Gough said. “They were the number-one possible enemy, and they – the Russians – were showing their strength in every sea, and every part of the world.” “The Russians went all the way down to San Francisco,” Gough said. “They had about six or seven vessels down there of all sizes, and American authorities there were quite interested in what they were doing. They were well aware that the Russians were on the lookout for what they might possibly do to destroy American commerce, or Canadian or British Commerce, anywhere in the Eastern Pacific.”
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