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Interesting article. You don't often see the U.S. - Canadian war plans cited. War Plan Red was, actually, an attempt to prevent Britain from basing in Newfoundland a fleet that would raid the U.S. East Coast (by taking that base first). The Canadian War Scheme One wasn't quite as weird as it sounds - Spokane was, and remains a vital rail nexus. HERE is a link to some of the contingency plans developed between the wars. In retrospect they're pretty far-fetched and probably seemed so at the time as well.

This came up in a seminar I took last year on military history. The professor asked us, "What would you do if the Canadian army invaded?" and the answers ranged from "Throw a hell of a party" to "You could only tell by the tidied-up campgrounds and the thank-you notes."

After the failed invasion of Canada in 1812 the two countries have only really had one decent attempt to go to war - the great 1859 Pig War. Unfortunately nobody could really work up enough enthusiasm, mostly, one suspects, from embarrassment.