 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuti ave nechokwadi chokuti Britain yakachengeta Vancouver Island yose neGulf Islands yokumaodzanyemba, kwakabvumiranwa kuti muganhu waizotenderera kumaodzanyemba wakapoteredza nzvimbo iyoyo. Kuva muridzi wezvitsuwa zvinoverengeka zveChannel, kubatanidza San Juan Islands kwakaramba kuri munharo. Hondo yeNguruve yeSan Juan Islands 1859kwakaguma; kwakaramba kuripo kusvikira muna 1872. Panguva iyoyo, kutonga kwakatanga, naWilhelm I somusoro wekomisheni yokutonga yevarume vatatu. Pana October 21, 1872, komisheni yacho yakasarudza kutsigira United States, ichipa Zvitsuwa zveSan Juan kuUnited States. 