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I mean - the argument for not treating the whole thing as an oceanic border is the fact that the territorial line of US and Canada Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie a
by RajT88 1y ago
I mean - the argument for not treating the whole thing as an oceanic border is the fact that the territorial line of US and Canada Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie and Ontario - but not at all Lake Michigan.
Lake Michigan does not touch Canada. There are shipping ports along the shores of Lake Michigan, but it's an argument that it should not be treated as an oceanic border. No matter how you measure it, Chicago is hundreds of miles from the Canadian border.
- thaumasiotes 1y ago> Lake Michigan does not touch Canada. This is like saying that the Atlantic Ocean can't touch Norway because the North Sea gets in the way. That's not an argument.
- RajT88 1y agoAstute readers of maps will recognize that The Upper Peninsula of Michigan gets in the way of Canada and Lake Michigan. QED: It's a fine argument among people who have looked at the map.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoThose would have to be some extremely dim readers of maps. If you can read a map, and you know how water transport works, you'll see that what's getting in the way is, as I mentioned above, Lake Huron.