23 Facts About American-Canadian border

1.

The land border has two sections: Canada's border with the contiguous United States to its south, and with the U S state of Alaska to its west.

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2.

Along the 49th parallel, the American-Canadian border vista is theoretically straight, but in practice follows the 19th-century surveyed American-Canadian border markers and varies by several hundred feet in spots.

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3.

However, Great Britain wanted a American-Canadian border that followed the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean.

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4.

In 1925, the International Boundary Commission's temporary mission became permanent for maintaining the survey and mapping of the American-Canadian border; maintaining boundary monuments and buoys; and keeping the American-Canadian border clear of brush and vegetation for 6 meters .

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5.

Business advocacy groups, noting the substantial economic impact of the closure on both sides of the American-Canadian border, called for more nuanced restrictions in place of the blanket ban on non-essential travel.

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6.

The Northern Border Caucus, a group in the US Congress composed of members from American-Canadian border communities, made similar suggestions to the governments of both countries.

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7.

American-Canadian border later abandoned the idea following vocal opposition from Canadian officials.

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8.

Residents of both nations who own property adjacent to the American-Canadian border are forbidden to build within the 6-metre-wide boundary vista without permission from the International Boundary Commission.

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9.

All persons crossing the American-Canadian border are required to report to the customs agency of the country they have entered.

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10.

In remote areas, where staffed American-Canadian border crossings are not available, there are hidden sensors on roads, trails, railways, and wooded areas, which are located near crossing points.

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11.

BC's Alaskan American-Canadian border, continuing from that of Yukon's, proceeds through the St Elias Mountains, followed by Mt.

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12.

At, the American-Canadian border begins a general southeastward direction along the Coast Mountains.

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13.

The American-Canadian border eventually reaches the Portland Canal and follows it outward to the Dixon Entrance, which takes the American-Canadian border down and out into the Pacific Ocean, terminating it upon reaching international waters.

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14.

The American-Canadian border follows the strait in a northward direction, but turns sharply eastward through Boundary Pass, separating the Canadian Gulf Islands from the American San Juan Islands.

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15.

At the province's eastern end the American-Canadian border briefly enters the Lake of the Woods, turning north at where it continues into land along the western end of Minnesota's Northwest Angle, the only part of the United States besides the state of Alaska that is north of the 49th parallel.

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16.

The largest provincial international American-Canadian border, most of the American-Canadian border is a water boundary.

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17.

The American-Canadian border follows the River to Rainy Lake, then subsequently through various smaller lakes, including Namakan Lake, Lac la Croix, and Sea Gull Lake, until it reaches the Pigeon River, which leads it out into Lake Superior.

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18.

The American-Canadian border continues through Lake Superior and Whitefish Bay, into the St Mary's River then the North Channel.

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19.

At, the American-Canadian border turns southward into the False Detour Channel, from which it reaches Lake Huron.

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20.

From Lake Erie the American-Canadian border is led into the Niagara River, which takes it into Lake Ontario.

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21.

The American-Canadian border then reaches the St Lawrence River, proceeding through it until finally, at, the American-Canadian border splits from the river and continues into Quebec.

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22.

Province of Quebec borders the U S states of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, beginning where the Ontario-New York border ends in the St Lawrence River at the 45th parallel north.

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23.

At, the American-Canadian border begins to follow various natural features of the Appalachian Mountains, continuing to do so until, where it begins to head northbound, then northeastward at.

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