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Destroying American communities : Residents of Point Roberts, WA blast feds over border decision Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail US and Canadian Flags fly in Point Roberts, Washington State.Maxvis/Getty Images/iStockphoto On Wednesday, the U.S. extended its ban on nonessential travel at its borders just days after the Canadian government said it was going to start loosening restrictions on discretionary travel at the northern border for some Americans. The move confounded many, given that the U.S. and Canada had previously been in lock-step on decisions regarding their shared border, which closed in March of last year to curb the spread of COVID-19. ....
POINT ROBERTS, Wash. â In 1846, after decades of haggling, American and British diplomats finally agreed on a border between the U.S. Northwest and what would later become Canada. Following the 49th parallel west from the Rocky Mountains almost to Vancouver Island, the boundary sliced straight across a peninsula that jutted south from Canada, leaving 4.8 square miles on the American side. Point Roberts, Washington, long prospered as an appendage of Canada. Its economy thrived on sales of gasoline, groceries and alcohol at prices considered a bargain by Canadians, whose frequent visits helped make the border station one of the busiest crossing points between the two countries. ....