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'We've been treated the worst': Residents in Point Roberts, Washington fight to open northern border seattlepi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from seattlepi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Point Roberts fire chief says all town s businesses on verge of ruin The Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine. (File photo) A community teetering on the edge of financial collapse that is the reality that the fire chief of Point Roberts says the U.S./Canada border closure has forced upon his town. After 16 months of the border being shut to both sides, Point Roberts Fire Chief Christopher Carleton says the small, waterfront town is all but destroyed. The community shares a land border only with Canada, and can only be accessed from the rest of Washington by boat or by driving a short distance through British Columbia. It sits on the end of a spit that reaches just below the 49th parallel rendering it a part of Washington, rather than British Columbia when the border was drawn. ....
Richard Read12:02, Jun 25 2021 Makaristos/wikimedia commons The international boundary between Canada and the United States in Point Roberts, Washington. In 1846, after decades of haggling, American and British diplomats finally agreed on a border between the US 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 (12.4 sq km) on the American side. Point Roberts, Washington, long prospered as an appendage of Canada. Its economy thrived on sales of petrol, 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. ....
Link Point Roberts is a bizarre US exclave in Canada, which Canadians visit for cheap petrol, packages and alcohol. Photo: Alamy The 1100 Americans and Canadians who lived here thought nothing of crossing into Canada for work, school or errands or to get to the US mainland. Then on March 21, 2020, in response to the pandemic, US and Canadian officials abruptly closed the entire border to nonessential travel – squeezing the peninsula like a tourniquet. You will now receive updates from Traveller Newsletter Traveller Newsletter Get the latest news and updates emailed straight to your inbox. By submitting your email you are agreeing to Fairfax Media s ....