What do YOU think should happen?

I’m Canadian and I’m frustrated also. It seems both our customs people feel they need to flex their muscles. Too bad common sense and common decency is no longer common. Last year I tried to drive to Arizona and US customs wouldn’t let me drive in. However I could ship my car to the US then I could fly in. Only government people could come up with a plan like that. I grew up 25 miles from the US border and we always used to be treated well by both sides. Unfortunately those days seem to be gone.

In the 80's in college, we could drive into Canada with our driver's licenses. There was a checkpoint. It took slightly longer than a manned tollbooth when those existed. And Canadians could come the other way with their driver's licenses. Then 9/11 happened and we all went crazy. And for some reason, we have not only stayed crazy but upped the crazy. Between Canada and the US. Because...reasons.

I'm a Canadian who lives in Toronto. I feel genuinely sorry for our American friends and neighbors that have to go through this border nonsense at Angle Inlet! There's no way that American's should have to cross into Canada and go through customs several times a day just to travel to the rest of the U.S! It's lunacy! Our two countries should work together to create a solution here! I can pretty much guarantee that the majority of Canadian's would feel the same!

I live in Buffalo and we used to have a family cottage in Fort Erie Ontario, 20 minutes away. Traffic was the only restriction. We sometimes crossed several times a day. The suggestion that local residents getting an ID makes the most sense. The locals are really the issue here. Let them pass freely. Tourists can go through the processes.

canadian border patrol will give you a remote boarder access pass that allows you to cross remote boarders like angle inlet for a year for 30 dollars. the only time you have to check into those remote boarders is if you buy something to claim. i have worked in that area a lot and used this system. it is great. more people need to know about that sustem

Do you remember the days when you could just drive over the border? I’m Canadian and I remember being able to just say, “yep going over for some shopping today” and the border patrol would just let you go and say have a nice day.

There's also a town in Washington State called Point Roberts that can only be reached by entering Canada. It's attached to Canada and physically separated from the US. During covid when the Canadian border was closed, it created hardship for people on both sides of the border. Finally, the governor of Washington worked out a deal with Canadian authorities to allow Point Roberts citizens to cross into Canada without have to take a covid test and be quarantined.

Randomly came across this video and was LMAO over your driving skills. I grew up in MN and my folks go ice fishing on Lake of the Woods a lot every winter. Thanks for the video, I learned a lot about the state I lived in from birth to when I went off to college.

This is interesting and I live in the suburbs of Vancouver, and noticed how similar this situation is to Point Roberts, WA and them having to cross over into BC as the only land access to the rest of the States. Our provincial government made some special accommodations for Pt Roberts residents who often depend on BC for key infrastructure like hospitals and such so they could get limited access to Canada for that sort of stuff and not be completely cut off from the world. The simplest solution seems like it would be to have places like that just join Canada, but then how would the people feel about that? They're Americans, not Canadians and many of them don't actually want that. If I were living in a Canadian town similarly isolated from the rest of Canada by some freak border nonsense, I wouldn't want to be turned into an American any more then the Americans who live under that nonsense would want to be forced to become Canadians.

I don't think this is a "blame Canada" situation here. It's more a "blame politicians" situation. As a Canadian, I can think of at least 5 viable solutions, but the US government / Minnesota government needs to work with Canadian / Ontario government. Situations like these don't have to exist

You and the folks that you interviewed have made some very good points. As a Canadian, I'd also just to point out the same probable border issues if Canadians end up in the USA accidentally. It's a two way street. Unfortunately, I believe this video is not balanced in its presentation of the "facts". That being said, by and large, are two counties seem to have a fairly good relationship and hopefully that will continue.

I'm surprised that America and Canada can't negotiate an agreement for freedom of travel between the two countries

There is a tiny peninsula in British Columbia called Point Roberts, it is part of the U.S. It was the go to place to drink on a Sunday because drinking was prohibited on Sunday in Canada. The drinking law was changed in the 1980s and Point Roberts was no longer required by thirsty Canadians.

I lived in Alberta Canada. I am a Canadian, While I lived there just going for Sunday drives through all the little back roads in the summer , it was amazing how many times I would be driving along and suddenly, I found I would be driving along and when I looked up I'd find was on an American dirt road and I had never crossed the border. To us we found it funny . It really is an un-defend border. It was normal to just end up somewhere in another Country This was common and our Southern neighbours found the same thing. We never crossed over with nefarious things in our heads or our cars. As far as I knew the people Here or there were al so alike it never made a difference . I am very happy with our neighbours. Yea U S A and yea Canada . We are so lucky to be so similar. I couldn't wish for greater friends Than USA and Canada I hope that never changes .

We used to fish the Canadian side of Rainy Lake on the Ontario-Minnesota border. We stopped because every year it got harder and harder to cross the border. This only hurts the resort owners on both sides of the border. But of course when you live and/or vacation in flyover country, the policy makers for both our countries don’t care.

Great video. I never knew about this city on the map

As someone who grew up in Northern Ireland, took a bus through the Republic of Ireland then got on a boat to France without passing customs or showing a passport this seems crazy. How hard is it to issue the few dozen people of this tiny community a free travel document? I mean I now currently live in England but have a Republic of Ireland passport (which I got sent to me via Scotland) and nobody bats an eyelid.

Spoiler Alert - CN rail has to call the us/canada border when approaching Warrod/Rainy River/Fort Frances/International Falls. They require clearance before continuing. They're stopped on average twice in that small window. Once for a face to face with the crew, and once for bridge clearance into internal falls.

Incredibly interesting. Thx. Watching from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

This is almost the same situation as Point Roberts near Tsawwassen BC. They had a clause though for them that they were allow to cross the border unrestricted due to the fact they are waterlocked on all sides.

The reason the train corridor is treated differently is that it's literally a railroaded path. A car driver can lie about where he's going. A train driver can't. The train isn't able to turn off the route and go on a scenic tour of Minnesota. The issue was made worse because of what happened with Alaska during the pandemic. Canada originally made an exception to the border crossing ban for US citizens driving back and forth between Alaska and the rest of the US. But then several US citizens were cought using the lie "I'm going to Alaska" when they weren't, to bypass border restrictions. Unfortunately for the citizens of this place, the ban on using that exception affected them too even though the problem that caused it was the Alaska lie.

This was a very enlightening video! As a Minnesotan, I wondered what was going on for those people of Angle Inlet when the pandemic made the Canadian border completely shut down. I was mildly thinking that maybe the Lake of the Woods exclaves would become a part of Canada if that kept up.

Canada has a piece of land with a similar problem: Campobello Island. It's part of NB, but its only land connection is a bridge to Maine. So residents have to drive through the US to get to the rest of Canada.

Interesting. There's an island that belongs to Canada near where I use to live that is basically cut off from the rest of Canada except for a ferry service. Campobello Island, New Brunswick is connected to Lubec, Maine by a bridge. During the hieght of the border closure, the residents of the island were allowed to cross to get medical help and groceries.

As a resident of Minnesota, I'm glad you showcased this. We MNs are hardy winter folk, and these are clearly the hardiest. Fishing and hospitality, and probably more driving on the winter lake than recommended (but smartly so, because we respect ice thickness yep yep). Smells like Minnesota.

Bruh the tipsy airplane 😂

In 1965 I had a girlfriend that lived in Winnipeg, Canada. I live in Bloomington, Minnesota. So on Friday night I would jump in my car and drive up to Winnipeg and spend the weekend with her. I didn’t even get checked driving in or out of Canada. It was a open border!

I would think that residents of the Angle could be issued like a scan badge, kinda like the EZ Pass lane on a toll road, and be able to come and go as they please. Pretty minor investment, to boot.

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As a kid who grew up in MN, I took vacations in Winnipeg with my parents, and even in College we would drive up because the drinking age was 18. We did this with nothing more than our DL and a 5 min chat w border officers. This is the way it should be today.

Nice story, I always wondered about that little border line in Minnesota. 👍

Point Roberts in Washington has exactly the same problem being disconnected to the US. The towns of Beebe/Derby Line VT and Stanstead Quebec have something similar that their town has been split in two since 9/11 completely forced the border and made the one town essentially split in half.

This is absolutely fascinating! Thank you for the superbly done video ^.^

There are a few places similar to this on our border, not to mention an entire state. There's actually a library that straddles the border entirely in Quebec/Vermont. Good luck getting anything to change though. It's hard enough getting one government to listen, let alone two to listen then coordinate together.

That was interesting, I grew up in that area, crossed the Manitoba/Minnesota border hundreds of times in my life. A lot of people in that area need to cross all the time and Covid definitely messed with a lot of people. I’ve always wondered what was up there.

There are small towns in New Brunswick within a few miles of the Maine border where Camadians cross daily to work in the US. Only a trickle of vehicles cross daily and customs sees the same people every day. They aren't hassled but this rare. It's crrtalinly not like Fort Erie or Windsor.

Many years ago, I was in Lansing Michigan watching my older son's school compete in a science olympiad. Since there was a long wait until the next set of tests I told my wife I was going to go get some beer. She said I should be back soon. So I left Lansing, drove through Detroit, and went under the tunnel into Windsor. When entering Canada, the customs person asked how long I was going to stay in Canada and what was my purpose for travel. I told him I was going to be in Canada for about an or so I could get some beer at the "Beer Store" and then I asked him where it was. After getting directions, I drove over to the beer store and bought some cases of good Canadian beer and then went back over the border and drove back to Lansing just in time to continue watching my son's Science Olympiad team. Hell, I preferred snow skiing in Canada as well instead of northern Michigan. My friend and I simply crossed over at Soo Saint Marie. Skiing was great there, there was cold beer available (some of which I never had in other parts of Canada), and of course we picked up cases of beer at the Beer Store for our return. When asked by American customs if we had any Canadian purchases to declare we said we had some cases of beer. Too bad things can't get better. Loved Canadian beer though, so many different types of beer. Always enjoyed my trips in Canada. Now things didn't always go well. When taking my wife and parents over to see Niagara Falls I was kicked out of Canada at Sarnia customs because of my wife's Japanese mother's passport (her mom didn't speak much English and didn't know what was going on) had a problem. Customs then told us we had to go back to the U.S. Of course on the return trip back to Port Huron, American customs wanted to know why I was returning back so early. I told it was nothing, but I was told to go into the office. I explained the problem with my wife's passport and I was told there was nothing wrong with it and that I should go back and tell Canadian customs just that. I said I wasn't going to do that, so the American customs guy call the Canadian customs and after a little bit of a shouting match on the phone, he hung up the phone and told me I could go back into Canada. I told him I didn't feel comfortable about that, but he gave me a pass to use the ramp to get back to Sarnia. I looked at the pass and it said it was for those that were being deported. I said what the heck is this and he said to use it so I didn't have go through American customs again. Once there we were taken into the Canadian customs office and a senior level agent took my wife's mother's passport, stamped it, and said "welcome to Canada". The rest of the trip was great. I always tell my friends about how I was kicked out of Canada and then kicked out of the US.

Congrats on doing another great video on another exclave. It was fun having you come out to Point Roberts and I was thinking maybe you should do the trifeca of northern border exclaves. You could finish it off with a visit to Campobello Island which is our sister city in Canada. They have history and quirkiness like the Angle and the Point.

Coming into this, I thought this meant like the American City controlled by Canada in a way where theres Canadian stores & Restaurants everywhere while American stuff that doesn't exist in Canada is rare and stuff like that because Canada somehow had power over the land despite it being part of the USA for some strange reason. Great video despite that not beung the case!

I live in Vancouver and don't forget about the other land-locked piece of USA - Point Roberts. Although surrounded by water on three sides you still have to come to Canada to get to this little piece south of the 49th by car, unless you have a boat then you can just sail to the marina from the rest of Washington State. People in Canada would always go to P.R. to get gas then come back.

I was just going to mention Point Roberts, I have gone there many times. There is a city up in northern Canada next to a small town in Alaska, the American kids who go to a Canadian school couldn't cross the border because of covid. I thought our government should have made exceptions for them

Back in 1997 I remember being able to cross the Detroit/Windsor border or the Port Huron / Sarnia border each with just my Michigan driver's license. One time there was a big traffic jam so they just opened the gates and let like 200 cars into the US from Canada without stopping anyone for questions. Good times!!!

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No one's going to mention those crazy crosswinds that plane is landing in at 2:30?

In the summer of 1980, I was stationed at USCG Station Niagara. It is located at the mouth of the Niagara River where it meets Lake Ontario. Halfway across the river is the international border. Niagara On The Lake in Ontario is directly opposite Station Niagara and the historic Old Fort Niagara. We would train with the Canadian Coast Guard and help each other and boaters in distress regardless of the dots on a map. I think our counties could and should work together to return to that point. Small towns that grew up on either side of the border should be able to visit their friends and family and not have to drive 30 miles out of the way to visit someone who lives two houses away. It’s a stupid process for two strong Allies and trading partners.

My mother in law worked at the border in Trout River, NY. Her apartment was in both countries. Kitchen was in Canada and living room in the US.

Back in the 1960s I was stationed at Kincheloe AFB, just outside Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. I was dating a young lady in Sault Ste Marie Ontario. I would cross the border several times a week. I knew all the border personnel on both sides and always had cordial experiences with them. Very rarely they would have me pull under the canopy for inspection, basically nothing to inspect. But I understood that those up to no good will be the regulars. Been across a number of times in recent years. things have really changed. Bridge tolls have also gone crazy.

Angle Inlet was wanted by the USA as commercial fishing was really big on Lake-of-the-Woods when my grandpa was a "bull cook" on expeditions back in the day. Just as Pt. Roberts gives Americans access to Boundary Bay, the second largest dungeness crab fishery in N. America outside Alaska. All the crabs are sold into Blaine, Wa. by both Cdn. and US crab licensees.

Our family have had so many problems at the U S. border with the U.S. border guards that I could write a book about it & we were always respectful & polite with those border guards. We lived in the U.S. for 17 years & then moved back to Canada. Two of our kids still lived in the U.S. & 2 in Ontario, Canada with us. The worst thing is to live in Canada & still have an American Greencard. The U.S. border control people in the 2008 to 2015 timeframe were mostly bullies, who treated us with absolute disrespect. It improved a great deal around 2016; but we are still always very wary & nervous when crossing into the U.S. The border guards used to mix our youngest son up with an American criminal who had a similar name & height (our son is 6'5"). They would always sweep him away like a criminal. Our son is a dual citizen (American/Canadian). We obviously still travelled to the states to see our kids. The U.S. border guards often stopped us & took our car keys away. They wanted to interregate our son & I said politely that he was only 17 & still a minor & we would like to accompany him & I was told to keep my mouth shut & that we had zero rights in the U.S. Once a guard told us that our son was not an American. I said "yes he is, as he was born in the U.S. & has all of his paperwork" and he replied "that doesn't make him an American" & I said "Sorry; but yes it does, look it up". When we first came back to Canada we drove through a blizzard around Christmas time to visit our eldest son in Ohio. We were not aware that we had to bring our greencards back with us, since we lived in Canada & had our Canadian passports like everyone else crossing that day. The U.S. border guard made us go inside. Our little old dog was left alone in the freezing car. When I told them that we were concerned that he would die, they told us "tough luck & he'll live, now get inside!". We waited for an hour inside while the guard supposedly spoke to his boss. When he finally came out he yelled at me roughly to "come here", as he headed in another direction & I asked "where are we going" & he yelled at me that it was none of my business & that I better follow him. All this terrible behaviour in front of my wife & 2 kids (we have 4 kids in all). So we went to the other side of the road & then the guard said "I spoke to my boss & since you don't have your Greencards, you will have to either go back home & get them (1 1/2 hour drive one-way in a blizzard), or else pay us a U.S. $500 fine". I said "first of all, you people know for a fact that we have Green cards & we all have valid passports. I'm sorry; but there is no way that we are going to pay U.S.$500." Then I asked "and do you mean to tell us that you are going to send my family & me back to the Toronto area for another 1 1/2 hour drive each way through a snowstorm, leaving our other son all alone on Christmas day in Ohio, when we have our passports & you are fully aware that we have Greencards?". He then ordered me to "go sit down & wait while I speak to my boss again". We waited for another 1/2 hour & he came out of the room and roughly said "come here & bring your family!" When we got into the elevator, he said "I couldn't tell you upstairs because we have too many cameras & microphones. You are lucky that my boss is in a good mood. If any of my collegues stop you and ask for your Greencard, tell them that you forgot them in your car. Now get out of here now!"... When we got back in our car, we were happy that our old dog had not died & then I said to my wife "even if somehow they had to do those things, which I highly doubt, their colleagues were certainly not going to ask us about the Greencards after he released us & why did he have to talk to us so rudely throughout like we are criminals?" I once saw two women guards give a young Canadian couple hell & threatened to separate them because they were quietly laughing about something together & the guard told them to be quiet & asked the couple if this looked like a comedy shop?"... Seriously??? In about 2015, I needed to get a working Visa for a project that I was on, as I was working for a major well known international IT company & there was a Project that I needed to work on in the U.S. Our company lawyers suggested that I should try go to the Detroit border crossing to interview for my Visa because the NY crossing officials were so brutal. So I made an appointment & I drove 3 hours to get there. When I arrived, 2 other guards told me that the officer that I had the appointment with decided to go home early. So I had to make a new appointment for the next day. I drove home 3 hours & the next day drove back to the Detroit border. That next day, I waited for about 2 hours past the time of my appointment. Our company lawyers had given me a very professional large booklet with all of the completed documents that I would need. The officer finally told me to come to his desk. He reviewed my paperwork & then asked "where is a copy of your pay slip"? I replied that I don't receive paychecks or slips, as I receive a statement online & it gets deposited directly into my checking account & that the lawyers included the official statement in the package booklet. He told me that he didn't believe me & that everybody gets pay checks and he told me to go back home & get one of those statements & get a lawyer or a bank manager to sign it & then return to him the next day with the signed copy. So after driving back & forth for several more hours (all wasting my work week), I returned the next day & he made me wait another couple of hours before approving my Visa. Talk about a ridiculous mean spirited process! As I said at the beginning, I could write a a book about it because there are many more stories of us getting bullied & treated very badly by the U.S. border guards, including our son advising one guard that it was the 3rd time that he personally had investigated his situation & that guard was both embarrassed & totally unaware of that fact. The irony is that when I went to turn in the Green card at the NY border crossing, because I was so tired of getting hassled partially because of it, the U.S. guards were trying to talk me out of it & were willing to give me another 1/2 year extension on the validity date because they kept telling me how "valuable" it was. I was so happy to get rid of the thing that day!!! Another time, we were sitting in a very crowded NY border crossing room & the guards were talking very roughly & rudely to people from many different countries (Germany, England etc...), who were travelling from Canada to the U.S. & we said to each other, "imagine that this is the face of the U.S. to the world & for many of these people, it may well have been their first exposure to America." As I said above, having gone through hell so many times crossing into the U.S., we found ourselves avoiding crossing into the U.S. for a long time. We never complained or spoke or wrote publicly about it because we were quite sure that they would investigate & that we would pay a severe price of some kind when crossing in the future. I am even wary about writing this now, although as I mentioned at the beginning, our experiences have been much better from about 2017 onwards, although we sure wouldn't want to test that assumption in any way, shape or form. We are still surprised & happy whenever we cross into the U.S. without getting hassled, bullied or harassed...

If they get a travel corridor, then these need to be applied to a few other locals, such as Point Roberts and a half dozen other cross border towns. It could work, but we could just buy the land and give everyone dual-citizenship. Or Canada annexes Minnesota. We’ll trade you Justin Bieber…. Actually you can keep him no matter what….

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We got the same situation back in Northern Maine and Quebec. There are exceptions for those areas around the country, i am sure of it.

As a Canadian, I can see a very simple and easy solution to this. Think of this as if running a business where the State and the Province have to abide by international treaties related to the border. Without re-opening the Treaty to redraw the border, a corridor can be defined/established within the Canadian lands, under a "Licencing Agreement" to provide US citizens with the "Right To Enter". Details of maintenance of the corridor and associated costs, and reciprocal termination rights can surely be negotiated. Problem Solved,,,,, but only if businessmen do the talking and Not politicians.

I don't think you guys ever miss, great video!

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Same thing exists at Point Roberts in Washington south of Vancouver and the reverse situation for Canadian residents of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. Very interesting really.

A very similar thing happens in Washington state with a place called Point Roberts. Unless you take a boat, the only way you can enter Point Roberts is to exist the US then travel through Canada at the city of Tsawwassen to re-enter the US. During COVID, a emergency ferry service started between Point Roberts, WA and Bellingham, WA. There are many Canadians who live in Point Roberts and were not able to access their homes or vacation homes during this time.

How about a specific dual citizenship for those that either live, work or do both there? I do like the idea of the tunnel better if I'm honest, it's just that one option is much cheaper. Another thing that comes to mind is with the corridor, is that part of the Canadian road systems ready to take on increased traffic? You know if they made a shortcut, those south of the lake would prefer to take it instead of having to drive around the lakes to get to Canada. Definitely an interesting discussion topic. I hope those folks can come to accept an arrangement soon.

There is a second bit of the US with the same issues south of Vancouver, in Point Roberts, WA. Can’t get in or out without crossing the lake, or going through Canada.

Hey, this isn't the only place in the US that is cut off from the rest of the US. If you want to go to Alaska and you're driving from the lower 48, you have to drive through Canada. If you want to go to Hawaii, you have to fly or take a cruise ship. If you want to go to Angle inlet, you have to drive through Canada. Thats said, there be absolutely no reason (pandemic or not) that would stop either Canada or the US from allowing people from Angle Inlet from driving back and forth to Minnesota. I live on the Canadian side of the Northern Michigan border, and I love my US Neighbours! Great video, thanks for sharing. I had no idea this place and circumstance existed!

One thing you didn't mention in the background history is that the French had built a small fort near where Angle Inlet townsite is now. IIRC the fort eventually was abandoned and the British got it, then ceded it to America. That's why they used it as one of the few known geographic points when making the new border. I believe Canada used it later as a border - that's why the west shore of the lake is in Manitoba, the east shore in Ontario!

There is an Canadian Island next to Maine that is cut off from the rest of Canada similar to this. This sort of thing seems to happen all over the world and in places where the countries involved are hostile to each other.

That isn't the only surveying error they made. The other misaligned land survey blunder is in Point Roberts, Washington.

Go through the same thing going to Point Roberts in Washington.

I visited The Falls in June of 2020 and with the exception of one casino and a few souvenir stands on the New York side, the place was dead. Then ya looked across to the Ontario side and you felt like a kid having to stay in while everyone else played outside.

The US Canada Border issues have effected communities from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Atlantic Ocean in the east since 9/11. It’s true, it would be difficult too return to pre 9/11 days, but that is exactly what needs to be done. It has cut a Library in half, roads down the middle, and separated nextdoor neighbors for far too long. Too me, it’s the least expensive and most logical thing to do.

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Here in Tucson Arizona there was a survey error that zaggs every street going east-west from one north-south street. All streets are layed out from the state baseline latitude and longitude. I never played attention to it until I took a geology course. Most people would never even notice it.

I've never heard about this before. This is crazy ..

For a guy that has such distain for Canada, he sure has a lot of Canadian snow machines. Bombardier is a Canadian company.

As a Canadian I think that a travel corridor would make perfect sense. Doesn’t Alaska have the same problem?

The rich history and friendship between both our countries isint seen anywhere else on earth . We should be very proud to be such great neighbors

Very interesting

Belgium has a complicated border with the Netherlands as well, especially in Baarle village with enclaves and enclaves within enclaves... It's not an inconvenience now, but before the EU's Schengen and Benelux (1944), there were border controls and check points. But then Benelux happened and all that went away. Well, until Corona hit; that resulted in some weird situations with half of shops and building being in lockdown and the other half not... But for most parts, life is normal there. Even utility services like water, gas, electricity, telecom and garbage collection is in cooperation with both countries, like a joint venture if you will. I think a traffic corridor should be realized so that citizens of Angle Inlet are able to travel freely to and from the main land.

As a Canadian that travels by land to the US at least twice a year for over a decade pre covid, the boarders between Canada and the US and the boarder patrol on both side are just a club of aholes power tripping so hard it is pathetic. I have had fewer issues traveling to and from Europe then I have driving to the US. The Canadian boarder service on the US boarder and in airports are the least Canadian people I have ever had the displeasure of interacting with. The US guys are polite enough, but froggy. As for what should happen, seriously there has to be a pass or something they can give the residents. Show the passport, verify the vehicle and let then go. Or just build an isolated road that only goes to the town. As for the whole school bus issue an isolated road makes more sense than expecting children to have their passports daily.

I've fished up in angel resort, the Canadian Game Wardens would remind us every time we got close to the Border waters, since we didn't have Canadian fishing licenses. Absolutely beautiful area to fish!!

Used to live in Delta BC just north of white rock *6 mile north of border, I always drove down for gas the first 3 years I got my license since 15.... then... 9/11 happened & crossing borders was never the same. Me and 20 friends in the same school year were BBQing right on peace arch which is a park on the border itself lol... just 5 months before 9/11. It was a drastic change within 1 year... good old days I guess

Another area I feel sorry for is Derby Line Vermont. The US-Canada border goes through the public library, a few homes and a business. There are other areas in Vermont where the border runs through homes or right next to it so the people own land in both the US and Canada.

I have been going to the northwest angle for 20 years, have friends with cabins up there. The area is beautiful and has great people. We fish, icefish and snowmobile up there, visit the resorts for great food and drinks. When I first started going, you didn't need a passport, now you do. Checking in and out at the border is just part of the adventure. This was a very good video, nicely done. Just leave it the way it is, not everything needs to change because someone thinks so.

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A similar situation exists on the west coast with Point Roberts.

There is actually a second town with the same problem in Vancouver, on the other side of the country on the west coast called "Pont Roberts". Point Roberts is a pene-exclave of the United States on the southernmost tip of the Tsawwassen peninsula, south of Vancouver, Canada. The area, which had a population of 1,191 at the 2020 census, is reached by land from the rest of the United States by traveling 25 mi through Canada.Wikipedia Coordinates 48.9884° N, 123.0569° W. I have a friend who lives there. Thanks for the report, Special carve outs should be made for these people. Special passports or something.

When drawing the line to show how many Canadian cities are below the NW Angle, that was an understatement. NW Angle is at 49 latitude while the highest point in Maine is 47.

You should change the title while the NW angle is only accessed through Canada or by crossing Lake of the Woods. But it is not a city in any way it's almost completely undeveloped forest land it has a small village with cabins and resorts along the lakeshore. If you have ever been there you would know this.

I don’t know that much but while a bridge may be not cheap it also would be a lot more simple bureaucratically and probably cheaper long-term than having a dedicated corridor through Canada

The Canadian Island of Campobello faces the exact same issue, having to drive through the US to get to mainland Canada. Their solution during Covid is a year-round ferry.

Check out the community of Akwesasne on the Canada-U.S. border for quite a unique situation. It's possible to travel from part of the Canadian side of this Mohawk Reserve (the part located in Snye, Quebec) into upstate New York (and the rest of the continental U.S.) with no border checks whatsoever. Those residents also drive through the U.S. to access the rest of Canada, but in that case they go through customs on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River after crossing the bridge into Cornwall, Ontario. (Nearby Cornwall Island, Ontario, is located within the river and forms part of the Reserve as well.) The pandemic never stopped this unique community from accessing both sides of the international border.

Point Roberts, Washington has the same issue.

There also another town like that in BC called point roberts

I used to live 35 miles from Canada on lake Erie sometimes when you took a boat across there would be no personal in Customs you just had to sign in and supposedly check in on the way out. Those days are long gone with all the crazy restrictions today.

I traveled the trans Alaska highway two times in 2019. It's kind of similar you go in and out of Canada via the top of the world highway across from Dawson City Canada to Chicken Alaska and then down to skagway of course it was in the summer as the top of the world highway is only seasonal. I found everybody nice on the Canadian customs side actually they were nicer than the American customs driving with a rifle and shotgun they checked my papers and I was on my way back to New York City without a problem.

I live in BC and there's Point Robert's, Washington, which they ha ve to go thru Canada on way to U.S. check the map. Birder got screwed up

Y'all need a beefy set of blizzak snow tires with studs too lol

A simple solution would be a category of Canadian "permanent residence" granted to everyone living in Angle Inlet. Renewed every 10 years, and your primary residence must be at Angle Inlet. The annual fee charged to the state of Minnesota is tax revenue to the Canadian side for road maintenance ( since it seems the State of Minnesota should be plowing the ice roads). This way, no citizenship is given up or granted out of convenience, a basic tax pays for the service given, the folks of Angle Inlet can carry on with their lives, and the State of Minnesota need not spend money on infrastructure to service their own people. Same can be done for Point Roberts. Indeed, a deal could be made that the fees paid by the Canadian railway to the US, could go back to the Canadian side for the road maintenance.

These anomalous places are fascinating! With only 119 people it would seem easy and inexpensive to just give everyone a transponder to keep in their car, like a Fast Pass, but for the border crossing… Or easier still, dual citizenships.

3:54 mega props for Lost Horizon 🤘😎

Point Roberts in Washington State has the same issue.