Discover the Oddities of the US-Canada Border
There's an American town you can't reach by car without exiting the country. Children there cross an international border four times daily just for school. The U.S. Army once built a fort to defend against Canada—accidentally constructing it on Canadian soil. In 1969, engineers even turned off part of Niagara Falls.
The line between the United States and Canada appears straightforward on a map, but on the ground, it’s a peculiar 5,525-mile stretch. This includes errors in calculations, stubborn treaties, winding survey lines, smuggling tunnels, explosive ice, a library bisected by the border, an island disputed over by puffins, and homes split in two.
In this episode, we explore 55 bizarre, verified geography facts about the US-Canada border. From Point Roberts and the Northwest Angle, to the Haskell Library and Opera House, the Pig War, Fort Blunder, the Boundary Waters, the Great Lakes, and the 8,000 monuments that have survived every dispute between the two nations—you’ll experience the border like never before. Which fact surprised you the most?
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