Hello David, and all,
I'm guessing around 5 kilometers. That's as the crow flies. To get to the
border crossing is a little farther as it's on the other side of
town. Alongside the border on our side runs '0' Avenue, then a large
ditch, then the States. The border is patrolled on both sides for drug
runners and there are video cameras which alert the authorities to unlawful
activity (such as jumping the ditch). It runs along the 49th parallel for
most of the distance of our country only doing some jogging in the east and
a little bit here in the west. The border swings south of Bev on Vancouver
Island so that the entire Island is in Canada, but there is a tiny portion
of the States hanging from us. The only way off Point Roberts, Washington
(N 48° 59.381 W 123° 03.389) is through Canada.
More than you wanted to know, I expect, but I thought others might be like
me and enjoy learning interesting tidbits about other countries.
Heather
Abbotsford, BC
Off to school shortly.
Nice shot. So how far south of you is the USA border. Doesn't look very far.
David in Ballarat
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