Videophone border crossing at Jims corner

This is the Canada-United States border but there is nothing here except a border monument and a few signs. The Official border checkpoint (an unmanned videophone shack) is 7.8 mi (12.5 km) northeast at Jim's Corner.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle
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Coordinates:  49°17'17"N 95°9'12"W

Comments

  • This is why the US needs something like a Schengen Agreement with Canada with generally free movement across the border. Requiring passports and such only hassles law abiding people, any terrorist or smuggler can just hop across along any of the thousands of remote unguarded miles. It's easier to guard the airports and seaports jointly in Canada and the US as opposed to trying to guard the border.
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