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There's a number of irregularities between the US and Canadian border. Johnny Harris, who used to (still is? seems unclear) film the Vox series "Borders", did
by acwan93 6y ago
There's a number of irregularities between the US and Canadian border.
Johnny Harris, who used to (still is? seems unclear) film the Vox series "Borders", did a video on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvvicd07zCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvvicd07zCs
Basically, the border is largely the 49th parallel and some seemingly arbitrary lines on the East Coast and Alaska. But since they were done in the 18th/19th century without regard for existing settlements, it leads to some crazy enclaves and border towns:
-Point Roberts, WA [1]
-Piney Pinecreek Border Airport (K48Y) [2]
-Hyder, AK [3]
-Estcourt Station, ME [4]
-Derby Line, VT [5]
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Roberts,_Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Roberts,_Washington
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piney_Pinecreek_Border_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piney_Pinecreek_Border_Airport
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyder,_Alaska https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyder,_Alaska
[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estcourt_Station,_Maine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estcourt_Station,_Maine
[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_Line,_Vermont https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_Line,_Vermont
- paledot 6y agoI live in Montreal, which is 6 hours' drive due north of NYC. It is actually farther south than Portland, OR. In fact, by far the majority of Canada's population is south of the 49th parallel. The border is weird to the east.
- acwan93 6y agoThere's also Detroit, MI and Windsor, ON, which is the only land border crossing where you go south into Canada and north into the US.