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There are some weird border situations up on US/Canada border, including: * Library in Vermont and Quebec straddling the border: https://www.atlasobscura.com/a
by ilamont 8y ago
There are some weird border situations up on US/Canada border, including:
* Library in Vermont and Quebec straddling the border: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-us-canada-border-runs-through-this-tiny-library https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-us-canada-border-r...
* Canadian train that crosses northern Maine and used to have U.S. border guards board it (can't find the resource, but I saw this on TV show some years ago)
* Thousand Islands border between Ontario and NY State, which can be easily swum in the summer and freezes over in the winter (https://www.cbp.gov/frontline/frontline-april-thousand-islands https://www.cbp.gov/frontline/frontline-april-thousand-islan...)
* Akwesasne Mohawk reservation further east that straddles the NY/Ontario/Quebec border but tribal members do not recognize (https://www.npr.org/2017/10/28/560436303/at-u-s-canada-border-reservation-mohawks-say-they-face-discrimination https://www.npr.org/2017/10/28/560436303/at-u-s-canada-borde...)
* Northwest Angle attached to Manitoba, but technically part of Minnesota: https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2014/02/story-behind-minnesotas-weirdly-shaped-northern-border/ https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2014/02/story-behind-minne...
- cblum 8y agoAlso Point Roberts, WA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Roberts,_Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Roberts,_Washington
- flyinghamster 8y agoAdd Hyder, Alaska, accessible by road only from Canada. It also gets its telephone service and utilities from the Canadian side.
- sethrin 8y agoMost places in SE Alaska are inaccessible by road. Skagway, Haines, and Hyder are the three exceptions. The highways to these necessarily go through Canada, but I'm not sure why that would make them remarkable?
- buttcoinslol 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_of_Land_Portage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_of_Land_Portage Part of the less than 1 km land border between Ontario and the US, the other 2700km being water.