200 Years Ago: The Treaty of Ghent Ends the War-- Part 2: How It Affected Atlantic Canada

This is from the Canadian Historic Places Site.

The advantage obtained by the occupation of eastern Maine was wasted at Ghent.  The treaty required the return of all captured territory and provided for the appointment of a joint commission to decide ownership of disputed islands in Passamaquoddy Bay and the Bay of Fundy.

Although that commission would rule largely in Brunswick's favor, the treaty also failed to resolve the contentious issues of American fishing privileges in British North American waters, and the location of the interior boundary between New Brunswick and Maine.

Addressed by a separate convention in 1818, the fishery question nonetheless caused diplomatic geadaches for the rest of the century.

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 resolved the border issue and confirmed British control of the winter route to the Canadas.

--Brock-Perry