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Chamber of Commerce head says ArriveCan, other border hassles keeping trades people, supplies from entering the American enclave

Chamber of Commerce head says ArriveCan, other border hassles keeping trades people, supplies from entering the American enclave

POINT ROBERTS, Wash. — 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 g...

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...

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. ...