The
Convention respecting fisheries, boundary and the restoration of slaves between the United States of America and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, also known as the
London Convention,
Anglo-American Convention of 1818,
Convention of 1818, or simply the
Treaty of 1818, was an international
treaty signed in 1818 between the United States and the United Kingdom. Signed during the presidency of
James Monroe, it resolved standing boundary issues between the two nations. The treaty allowed for joint occupation and settlement of the
Oregon Country, known to the British and in Canadian history as the
Columbia District of the
Hudson's Bay Company, and including the southern portion of its sister district
New Caledonia.