Maritime union

Although some Maritimers shared a vision of a broad union, the Charlottetown conference in September 1864 was initially organized as a meeting of representatives from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island to discuss Maritime union. Seizing the opportunity, a group of politicians from the Canadas invited themselves to the meeting, and made a strong case for the union of all the British North American provinces. The work begun in Charlottetown was continued at Quebec City and was completed at a third conference, in London, England, resulting in confederation in 1867.