The Pig War is one of the strangest and most obscure wars in the history of the world. It was such an incident in which a bloody war was going to break out between America and Britain due to a boar. The foundation of this entire war was laid in the year 1846, when the Oregon Treaty was signed between America and Britain. With this treaty, America, Britain and North America (which later became Canada) tried to settle the dispute between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
According to this treaty, the border was divided between these countries through 49 parallel lines. This border still divides the borders of these countries. According to the treaty, the San Juan Islands under the Rosario Strait went to Britain, while the San Juan Islands through the Haro Strait were given to the United States. Imagine the same island was divided into two different countries. However, this boundary later became an important issue of pig war.
When the people of Britain started settling around this border later in 1859, Britain got strength. Then a few days later the Americans also came and settled on the island. During the year 1859, a pig belonging to the owner of the Hudson Company, living in the British Isles, entered the potato fields of an American farmer. Seeing this, the American farmer got angry and shot the boar. When the matter escalated, the owner of the Hudson Company was told in court for a compensation of ten dollars.
After the matter went to court, US General William S. Harney sent the army in July 1859. After this the British government also sent three units of the army. The death of a boar had created an atmosphere of war between the two countries. However, British Governor James Douglas did not want war to happen, so the British and American governments intervened. About two and a half thousand soldiers and three warships were deployed for this war.
Seeing the matter growing, the British and American governments decided that there should be no more than a hundred people on this island. Then the Americans set up their camps on the southern side and the British on the North Island. After 13 years of this situation, in 1972, the International Commission handed over the entire island to America and all the dispute ended.