Prairie War

The Prairie War was a military conflict between the Dominion of Canada and the Federal Kingdom of Lower Columbia. Lower Columbia started the conflict with the goal of acquiring much-needed farmland, as well as securing potential new sources of oil. While Lower Columbia's invasion of Alberta and Saskatchewan went well for the first couple of months, the Canadian forces were able to take advantage of the Lower Columbian troops' stretched supply lines and capture isolated Lower Columbian battalions. With less resistance, the Canadians mounted a counter-invasion of the state of Upper Columbia, prompting panic in several nearby Lower Colubian cities.

The conflict was brought to a peaceful resolution when President Woodrow Wilson of the United States brokered a peace treaty between the two nations. Lower Columbia was allowed to keep the southern half of Alberta on condition that it cede its claims to Saskatchewan and allow the Royal Canadian Navy to use part of the harbor at Vancouver. Both sides agreed to the terms of the treaty and signed it on March 20, 1913. The territory Lower Columbia gained as a result of the war soon became two new states, Calgariana and Edmontonia.