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unusual facts about Canadian border



International Mid-Continent Trade Corridor

This supercorridor uses existing highways such as the Interstate 35, from the Mexican border at Laredo, Texas, to the Canadian border north of Duluth, Minnesota.

Minnesota State Highway 72

intersection with U.S. 71 in Blackduck and continues north to its northern terminus at the Canadian border in Baudette.

North Dakota Royal Rangers

The ministry currently at this time is thriving in North Dakota, Midwestern region of the United States, along the Canadian border.

St. Albans Raid

Young had become a prisoner of war after the Battle of Salineville in Ohio ended Morgan's Raid the year before; he later escaped to Canada (then part of the British Empire), and returned to the South, where he proposed raids on the Union from the Canadian border to build the Confederate treasury and force the Union Army to protect the northern border and divert troops from the South.

U.S. Route 4 in New York

Two of the routes assigned at this time were NY 6, a north–south route extending from the New York City line to the Canadian border, and NY 30, another north–south route connecting NY 6 in Mechanicville to the Vermont state line west of Fair Haven.


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Allan Maclean of Torloisk

Maclean finally became a regimental colonel in the active army 17 November 1780 with his regiment becoming the 84th Regiment of Foot, and with its station on the Canadian border between Oswegatchie, New York and Fort Michilimackinac until 1782.

Avey Field State Airport

Also known as Avey Field State/Laurier Airport, it is one of four airports that straddle the United States and Canadian border (the other three are Whetstone International Airport, Piney Pinecreek Border Airport, Coronach/Scobey Border Station Airport).

Barton Kyle Yount

Wayne, Michigan, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on a mapping detail along the Canadian border, and with 4th Brigade, 2nd Division in Texas City, Texas.

Deadblow

Deadblow has been used on MythBusters several times, most notably in the myth that you can smuggle things across the Canadian Border by turning off your headlights, in which he was temporarily renamed Blinky (after Jessi Combs asked the robot's name), where he played the role of an oncoming car's headlights.

Ed Doheny

Graduating to the minor leagues, Doheny crossed the Canadian border in 1894 and pitched for Farnham, Quebec.

Goat Haunt

Goat Haunt Ranger Station is the first Ranger Station reached when hiking south on the Continental Divide Trail which goes from the Canadian Border just north of Goat Haunt south all the way to the US/Mexican border.

Highways in Niagara County, New York

Shortly thereafter, access to I-190 and Canada is provided through Upper Mountain Road, which serves the last exit before the Lewiston–Queenston Bridge and the Canadian border.

Interstate 15

At Sweet Grass, I-15 terminates upon crossing the Canadian border into the province of Alberta; however, I-15 signage is present on Alberta Highway 4 southbound from Lethbridge to the U.S.-Canada border.

Interstate 15 in Montana

From Helena to Sweetgrass at the Canadian border, Interstate 15 is dedicated as a memorial highway to the First Special Service Force.

Interstate 87

The Northway and I-87 end shortly thereafter at the Canadian border, where the highway continues past the Champlain-St. Bernard de Lacolle Border Crossing into Quebec as A-15.

Minnesota State Highway 310

Minnesota State Highway 310 is a highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highways 11 and 89 in Roseau and continues north to its northern terminus at the U.S.-Canadian border; where the route becomes Manitoba Provincial Road 310 upon crossing the border, near the community of South Junction, Manitoba.

Minnesota State Highway 313

Minnesota State Highway 313 is a highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 11 in Warroad and continues north to its northern terminus at the U.S.-Canadian border; where the route becomes Manitoba Highway 12 upon crossing the border, near the communities of Middlebro and Sprague, Manitoba.

Monticello Raceway

In January 2008, Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior vetoed any Mohawk plans for a casino saying the Mohawk reservation on the Canadian border was too far from the track.

Moondog King

After he was denied re-entry to the United States at the Canadian border the WWWF replaced him with substitutes including Stan Hansen, Hulk Hogan, Lou Albano and Sgt. Slaughter before selecting Moondog Spot as a permanent replacement, and explained his absence stating King had been hit by a car.

New York State Route 30

The route continues north out of the village to the Canadian border in Constable, where it becomes Route 138 upon entering Quebec at the Trout River Border Crossing.

Okmulgee, Oklahoma

Okmulgee is served by U.S. Route 75, a major national north/south artery for much of its length, currently running from the Canadian border at Noyes, Minn. to Dallas, Tex.

Pacific Northwest Trail

Beginning at Chief Mountain Customs on the United States-Canadian border in central Montana, the Pacific Northwest Trail traverses the high mountains and valleys of Glacier National Park, travels across the Flathead River, up the Whitefish Divide, and through the Ten Lakes Scenic Area.

Quebec Route 247

Part of this highway straddles the US-Canadian border along Canusa Street, separating Beebe Plain, Vermont from Beebe Plain, Quebec.

Richardson Highway

Under SAFETEA-LU, Alaska Route 2 from the Canadian border to Fairbanks, comprising parts of the Richardson and Alaska Highways, has been declared a High Priority Corridor (Corridor 67).

The Great Rapprochement

There had been the War of 1812, U.S.–Canadian border disputes, and a general suspicion between the two.

Tok, Alaska

A U.S. Customs Office was located in Tok between 1947 and 1971, when it was moved to the Canadian border.

U.S. Route 3

In Stewartstown, the road turns more directly east (still following the Connecticut River, which is no longer a boundary), before resuming a northeasterly direction through Pittsburg, where it meets the northern end of NH 145, eventually heading directly north to the Canadian border crossing at Chartierville, Quebec, where it becomes Quebec Route 257.

U.S. Route 97

US 97 intersects SR 20 near Omak before US 97 crosses the Canadian border and becomes British Columbia Highway 97.

Yosef Alon

Sometime later CIA was reported to have been told by "Fedayeen senior official" that on the orders of Black September, two students, using Lebanese or Cypriot passports, had passed through the Canadian border and come to Washington, where with the help of a local professor, had rented a car and got the weapons for the assassination.