CBS News Cut off from the rest of America, a small town endures lockdown COVID had a pretty hard time finding its way to Point Roberts, Washington. There's been only one confirmed case there since the pandemic began. It is remote; on a map, Point Roberts looks like it should be a part of Canada, except that this fingertip of land dangles just below the 49th parallel, officially making Point Roberts part of Washington State. "They call it Pretend America, the world's largest gated community," laughed Jeff Ferguson. He's kidding, sort of. The only way for Americans to get to the rest of the U.S. by land is a 24-mile drive through Canada. That means getting past two international border guards.