On 26 Feb 2007 19:21:27 -0800, "ve3..." wrote:

You will recall that there were two US enclaves in Canadian territory
that you had to drive north into Canada and then south to get to them.
They were the northwest angle in Minnesota and Point Roberts in
Washington. They were cut off from road access through the US.
Well, there is another one. It is very hard to find as it is off
most of the highway maps.

Clue #1...It is about 1000 miles north of Vancouver, B.C.
Clue #2... It is on the Canadian-US border
Clue #3... It has a population of about 100

You have to be very good to find this town. If you want to get away
from everything, this is the place to do it.

Some decades back I went through U.S. customs and immigration at
Toronto airport. So I was the object of U.S. law enforcement not only
surrounded by Canada but in Canada.

I don't think that there are any passenger trains left but doesn't the
Canadian Pacific run sealed trains (no one and nothing can get on or
off) across Maine?

On the other hand, the CN took the hard route over the Canadian shield
and avoided U.S. shortcuts and I think there was some fear that
Manitoba and Saskatchewan farmers would send their grain to
Minneapolis or Chicago instead of Toronto and, thus, the Canadian
Great Plains would become an economic part of the U.S.

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