Comments by "alukuhito" (@alukuhito) on "The origin of every US state's name" video.

I'm from British Columbia. The border in that area was disputed between British and Americans. The Columbia is the big river in that area, which itself was named after a ship, which was named after Columbus. BC should really include Washington State so that it goes down to the Columbia River. Anyway, the British part of that area just became British Columbia. The Americans called their side Washington. The border is also very strange once it hits the Pacific Ocean, with a tiny peninsula sticking out of BC as US territory - Point Roberts. Then the border does a weird zigzag through the islands.
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