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At the Hundredth Meridian

In the video, Downie is wearing a ball-cap advertising Gros Morne National Park, located in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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The song is a reference to the 100th meridian west, which is a line of longitude that separates much of Western Canada from the Central and Atlantic regions of Canada and is where the Great Plains begin, as lead-singer Gordon Downie states in the song.

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"At the Hundredth Meridian" is the fourth single by The Tragically Hip from the band's 1992 album, Fully Completely.

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