Heavy rains caused the Connecticut River to change course, leaving a Vermont farmer on the New Hampshire side. When asked how he felt about this, he said "I think it's great! I'm sick of Vermont winters."
I believe it was Mark Twain who stated that living near the Mississippi River could prove to be greatly adventurous. One night you go to bed living in Missouri, only to wake up a resident of Tennessee.
Twain mentioned in one of his books of someone that wanted to have his land closer to the Mississippi so he was digging a channel overnight where the water would flow through and if that channel enlarged enough there would be no stopping a course change for the river. But if his land would be closer to the river the land on the other side would be farther from river transport and thus less valuable while the land of the guy digging the channel would have his land be worth more. This is why he was doing it at night so that he wouldn't be observed and possibly shot by the other land owner.
As far as the USA goes, it's sill that one state loses territory because a river changes course. It should be fixed at current coordinates and left at that no matter what the rivers do.
I think it's a red herring. I think he is a time traveler from the future, who went to the past, bought an old camera, went to the paster and shot the footage. Then moved into the future as we know it, and sold the camera to an antique shop. But he forgot the footage in the camera. So he went Back to the Future... to retrieve the footage. Finding he had to pay more for the camera than he sold it for. He went back a bit in the past and jumped himself, stealing the camera from himself. He the made it back to the past and added the footage to the video. He had to add "not the actual footage" to keep his future self from finding out he was jumped by his future self and seeking revenge. Basically the plot of Primer. Because no one understands the plot of Primer. Anyone who claims they know the plot of Primer is a Jackass. Further more, I understand the plot to Primer.
You know nothing about Minnesotans! "When the lake is frozen over" is considered the easiest time to access many islands and otherwise isolated places! Sine many Minnesota lakes remain frozen November through March they are just considered seasonal highways for snow mobiles and other vehicles.
Actually, there's 30 miles of open water in the summer, impassable pack ice in late fall and early spring, and drivable fast black ice in midwinter. During the hard-frozen season, though, it's still not all plain sailing because of the sheer distance involved, which is closer to something you'd expect to find at the NSF bases in Antarctica than an inland US lake and also considering the 25mph speed limit for ice roads in Minnesota (snowmobiles on a lake and off-road are allowed to do 50). With the border closure this year, Angle residents, for the first time, spent $130,000 on an ice road to keep things open but as mild as the winter was overall, that only got them from early January to early March. They recouped much of this with a vehicle toll -- $120 round trip to the mainland; $145 for a round trip including the offshore islands, $500 for an all-destination season pass.
@@peteengard9966 Minnesota is the geographic center of North America. About equal distance to either coast on the western edge of the Great Lakes and the Canadian border.
The most interesting exclave is point roberts, washington. It's another exclave stuck in Canada. Residents have to take a ferry to get to Washington state proper.
And I believe the nearest High School is in Blaine, WA, so the school bus has to drive through BC and cross the border twice every morning and again in the afternoon.
When I was young, we used to get our beer at Ben's in Point Roberts. Canadian beer, no taxes less than half price. Spent summers there as a kid too. We loved following the sheriff around. He looked staight out of Cool Hand Luke. Also 3 lively nightclubs. The Reef was my go to.
My favorite fact about the Northwest Angle is that during Prohibition, when the lake was frozen sufficiently, smugglers would use the lake to drive alcohol across the border. Occasionally their cars would get stuck, and to this day there are numerous rusted wrecks dotting the lake
I suggest you look up The Pig War. This was the last land dispute between Britian and the US over land control in the beautiful San Juan Islands in northwestern Washinton State. There are two National Monuments there to the Pig War. The first is English camp and the second is American Camp. Might be right up your alley, so to speak.
Point Roberts (technically Washington State) is another interesting place...attached to mainland of Canada, it’s rumored to be the home of witness protection program participants due to its extreme difficulty in getting to/from by crossing the US/Canadian border. Students are actually bussed across the border to Blaine, WA high school (which has even made the news as drug trafficking has been attempted via this route). Love your channel :)
Isn't there a place in like Minnesota or what is on the border Minnesota right that you have to go like into Canada and then back into Minnesota to get there for the kids to go to school or something crazy
I scrolled the comments looking for Point Roberts! Covid proved to have more of an impact on the residents of Point Roberts, WA than many places. You have to drive 25 miles through British Columbia to get there. Because of Canada's travel restrictions people were trapped and business just dried up. I believe some of the travel policies were changed, but at one time there were emergency ferries from Bellingham to try to help residents.
@@aliciabuck3822 as of February they have gotten exceptions to quarantine restrictions, but they apparently have lost 80% of business as of January 2021 (a number of people in Vancouver have vacation homes there)
Awww Laurence, Lady Liberty isn’t really lost in the pond.... she’s just in disputed territory. But since she belongs to all of us, there’s no reason to argue about her placement🤗🐝❤️
"Give me your tired, your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teeming shore Send them, the homeless, tempest tossed to me I lift my lamp beside the gold door." --On the base of Lady Liberty. I have that memorized bc when I was in choir in High school, we learned it where someone set it to music. :-)
Point Roberts, WA is a more extreme exclave than any of the ones on this list. It is an American town on a penninsula completely surrounded by Canada. There isn't even an elementary school in the town so prior to covid, school kids had to cross the border 4 times a day on their way to and from thier school on mainland WA. Since covid Point Roberts has been completely cut off from the rest of the US, since the border with Canada has been closed. The only way in or out is by boat.
I just looked at it on the map and now I’m wondering how long the commute must’ve been everyday. You have to go through Canada for a good while before you can get into Washington again from the looks of it.
Kids from Point Roberts have to go all the way to Blain every day just to attend school? Crossing the international border four times per day? What silliness. The U.S. should just sell Point Roberts to Canada and offer rehoming assistance to anyone who doesn't want to give up their U.S. citizenship.
We are allowed to drive through Canada to the main part of Washington State for "essential" goods or services. (e.g. anything we cannot buy here in Point Roberts)
If you think that's weird, there are 10 cities within the *city* of Los Angeles. That's the city, not the county. It originally had to do with water rights, or something like that.
I'm guessing it has more to do with areas getting subsumed by urban sprawl. When you have identical skyscrapers on both sides of a border and that border is basically an alley between them, precisely how is that border distinguished from any other alley? It's called Conurbation and it happens pretty much everywhere
There are also portions of Los Angeles outside the borders, which are very flexible themselves, of the city. The strip connecting the main city to the harbor of often only a few hundred yards wide at most and it runs for miles through neighboring cities. And it's lightly policed, leading to difficulties to those of us who live in the surrounding area. Think No Man's Land with gangs.
@@allantidgwell5624 It's actually that LA forcibly or otherwise annexed many adjacent cities in the early 20th Century. The remaining enclaves resisted and survived. They're usually pretty crappy neighborhoods.
Yes, water rights are one factor. If a city wanted to use LA aqueduct water they had to annex to the city of LA. The city can’t sell it to others outside city limits.
During the recent Covid there was an issue between the US exclaves that required people to cross the border between US and Canada, because Canada closed the border completely. In some cases, people couldn't even go to the grocery store, because to do so meant crossing the border.
Another unusual feature is the Eastern Shore of Virginia, which is accessible by land from Maryland's Eastern Shore or a series of bridges and tunnels from the Hampton Roads area.
I am truly surprised that you did not mention the Upper Peninsula of Michigan which is probably the largest such exclave in the US. Prior to the building of The Mackinac Bridge, which is about 5 miles long (making it the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere), there was no way to access the Upper Peninsula from any other part of Michigan without going through Wisconsin. It was separated by a part of the Great Lakes which never froze so there was not even any seasonal access.
Before the Mackinac bridge there were ferries! You'd drive on board, the ferry crosses the water, then your drive off on the other side. It's not like they're was no way other than driving the long way around like you said.
@@mattiasthorslund6467 The point was there was no direct connection between the upper and lower peninsulas. When Michigan first became a state there were ferries, there weren't even cars. Someone on horseback going from lower Michigan to the Upper Peninsula had a ride that took several days to get there via Chicago, Milwaukee, and Green Bay.
Point Roberts is one that just makes me laugh. It was an oops in the drawing of the map and so instead of being part of Canada, its this tiny area at the south tip of Tsawwassen BC that has to ship its highschool students through 2 border checkpoints just to get to class. I mean, Canada could just invade and take it, but the comedy factor is just too delightful.
@@pingidjit I used to use my commercial radiotelephone license as one had to be a citizen to have one. They have since gone the way of the dodo with deregulation years ago. So then I used my passport and later passport card, which I originally got just to have an ID. And now I use a Real ID senior citizen ID and just found out I qualify for an EU passport for obscure reasons. Life can be interesting.
When I lived in Nebraska many years ago Cedar Lake was a notorious speed trap. Iowa had a lower speed limit than Nebraska and most people driving through the area didn't even know they had crossed a state line.
Thank you! For years I’ve tried to tell people that part of New Jersey (Finn’s Point) was in Delaware, and they all thought I was certifiable. By the way, Finn’s Point is also home to a tiny, lovely, and most poignant military cemetery. When I lived in NJ I often visited it on Memorial Day. I was almost always the only one there.
As an Alaska patreon I appreciate the Alaska-sized shout-out. Never thought about it but I think you are right, ‘world’s biggest exclave’. You should bring the fam up some June. Yes June: Best. Month. Ever. :)
Let me guess why June is the best month for a visit to Alaska. It's almost summer, but he mosquitoes haven't had time to multiply yet. Am I right, or am I kind of right?
My favourites are Point Roberts in western Canada and the French islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon off the east coast of Canada. How about the craziness of Stanstead, Quebec and Derby Line, Vermont in which the US/Canada border literally runs down the middle of a street? These have all experienced challenges during COVID lockdown.
Point Roberts, Washington is another one you get to via Canada. A piece geography trivia I learned at school in 1978 and, goody, get to use now. Lol Say, you can do a zoom tour of a historic sites in a town called Nauvoo. I believe you mentioned you once had ancestors who lived there. You can tour without leaving Chicago. That would be fun.
IIRC, Students in Point Roberts have to cross the border 4 times a day, since they have to be bussed to a 'neighboring' town due to Point Roberts being too small to host a school system of its own.
Been to Point Roberts and yeah it's super tiny and lowkey depressing. It's just off Vancouver BC. But there are those mailing companies there that let you use free shipping to America and then charge you rent for that, so we'd drive over to Point Roberts to collect our American mail every month or so.
Point Roberts, Washington, was created when the United Kingdom and the United States settled the Pacific Northwest American-Canadian border dispute in the mid-19th century with the Oregon Treaty. Agreeing the 49th parallel to be the boundary between territories, the small area that incorporates Point Roberts is south of the 49th parallel. It is part of Whatcom County, Washington, United States. A lot of people still argue that the lower portion of Vancouver Island should also have been ceded to Washington. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Roberts,_Washington#/media/File:USA_Washington_location_map.svg
Vancouver Island and the city of Victoria could be considered a Canadian exclave, they extend far below the 49th parallel border and are more easily reached from the U.S. than mainland Canada. When The Pig War was resolved in 1871, it settled ownership of some of the large islands in Puget Sound and could have changed more.
This is a favorite segment. Love it. Next, you may want to do a segment on the Interstate Highway system, explaining how the highways got their numbers: “Major Interstate routes are designated by one- or two-digit numbers. Routes with odd numbers run north and south, while even numbered run east and west. For north-south routes, the lowest numbers begin in the west, while the lowest numbered east-west routes are in the south.”
An interesting story about a border dispute happened when the Rio Grande changed courses at around the turn of the 20th century. It took until the 1960s for Mexico and USA to come to an agreement. Most of the land is part of Chamizal park.
Laurence you beautiful bastard you did it! You're a bonafide content creator. I mean you have been for a while now but people are finally paying attention. [Something, something, tree falls in a forest...] I miss you on Facebook but was thrilled when your lovely face popped up in my RUclips suggestions. I hope you're well.
I grew up in TN and tried explaining that the MS has changed its path a few times to coworkers in NM. This confused them because out here we have the teeny tiny rio grande.
Here you go, Laurence: Point Roberts, Washington, is surrounded by water... and Canada. There is no overland route from Point Roberts to the rest of Washington state without crossing the US-Canada into Canada, driving 25 miles through Canadian territory, and then crossing the US-Canada border again.
To get to Point Robert in Washington, you have to drive through British Columbia. It's an interesting little place, I've been there and you have to go through customs and immigration when you leave and get there.
I was sure you would have mentioned Point Roberts in Washington state. You either have to go to it by boat or drive through Canada to get there. They have had a terrible time during the pandemic with the border being closed, because many of the kids went to school in Canada, and many people needed to drive through Canada to get to work. A temporary ferry service helped, but a lot of people had to leave for now.
Most of Ellis Island is in Jersey City, but a small portion is an exclave of New York City. To add to any confusion, the island is wholly owned by the federal government.
Theres a library in Canada thats half in Canada and half in the US. Also an airport of the same. And Richfield Slide Road goes into Canada then back into the US. All within 300m
Useless fact of the day: The road between Clones and Butler's crosses the Republic of Ireland/UK border four times in 6 miles. There's also the village of Pettigo, which is split between the two sovereign states.
I would have mentioned Roberts Point, WA, another pene-exclave only accessible from the rest of the US by boat or plane. And I was pleased that you mentioned Carter Lake, IA. I used to live in Council Bluffs, IA, directly east of the river. A word of advice if you ever visit it. DRIVE CAREFULLY! Their cops are infamous for cracking down on anything traffic-related!
Speaking of exclaves, there's a bar in Evansville, Indiana you have to go through either Kentucky or the Ohio River to get to (KC's Marina Pointe). But also to get to that part of Kentucky *by road* you have to drive through Indiana. :O
My favorite odd US fact is that Texarkana, Texas is closer to Cincinatti, Ohio than it is to El Paso, Texas. O.o Also, Alaska is the northern, western, AND eastern most state. And also because of Alaska, the US passes through more time zones than any other country.
When we went to my husband's family reunion we traveled from Brown County,Ohio (2 counties east of Cincinnati's Hamilton County) To Wisconsin. The bypasses took us across the Ohio River, to Kentucky , back across to Ohio, then to Indiana, then to Illinois, then finally Wisconsin. So though other attendees came from much further away, we had crossed state lines more.
@@Sharon-pb7so it's actually Middle Island. It's part of Point Pelee National Park, but it's further south than the actual point en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Island_(Lake_Erie)
Derby Line/Stanstead. Not an exclave but with a LIEberry that sits across the border line and a street that you _can_ drive on without clearing customs as long as you don't stop that defines the border.
Every State has boundaries that were drawn for a specific purpose or reason. Usually there was a financial incentive to draw the line where it was drawn.
P.S. When you are done with the exclaves you can go onto the 4 states that no longer exist. I cannot recall the name of the 4th, but they are Jones, Jefferson, Deseret and another one.
@@NadaEspamo Oh for shame, for shame, I was born in Boston and lived in Philadelphia like Ben, my mother shared his birthday, and my father went to a graduate school named for him. How did I forget?! Thank you.
I lived in Carter Lake, IA for five years. Carter Lake actually has a small island in it that we used to walk across to the frozen lake to get to. Probably not the smartest thing my friends and I ever did!
A friend's brother used to live in Point Roberts. He had a conviction for marijuana possession, so he wasn't allowed to drive through Canada and could only fly to and from the rest of Washington.
Hey man, totally thought you'd get my states exclave that is famous. Check out Point Roberts, Washington. Been in news over Covid restrictions and being isolated. Also kids have to be bussed through Canada back down to WA to school. It's quirky as can be. Look it up! 🙂
Granted in this case it is hard to blame the treaty writers/negotiators, since the maps they had did not accurately reflect the geography and there was some ambiguity to it. Plus given the state of surveying at the time, in areas a long distance from anything populated, it is surprising there was not more issues with the US/Canadian border.
I knew about the Kentucky bend, Northwest Angle, MN, and the Statue of Liberty but I didn't know about the others. The things you can still learn about your own country. I've heard about enclaves in other countries, like there is an enclave of Belgium in the Netherlands, some enclaves in the central Asian countries, and India and Bangledash had numerous ones until a couple of years ago.
I used to live on an exclave, we had to drive into a different town and circle back to drive into our town (not the play, that would be vehicular homicide) to get to school. We ended up telling the pizza delivery service that we're from the town that had us surrounded (not maliciously, we chose to move there) and not the actual town we lived in because their computer errored and refused to deliver us our Freedom given right to order greasy pizza.
Don't recall learning any of this in school in the 1970's. And no, I was not high, toasted or whatever. One of the few who made it through the 60's and 70's unscathed. Learn something every day. Thanks.
If CANZUK ever goes through, you will be involved. Among other things, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK will have a common passport, allowing free passage to citizens of the member countries.
Cool stuff. Didn't know about most of these. And I love looking at maps. Sometimes you can find areas that seem to have a "theme." For instance in south eastern Pa. you have towns with biblical places: Emmaus, Bethlehem, Bath, Egypt, Nazareth. New York state has lots of cities named after Greek names. Athens, Ithaca, Syracuse, Troy, etc.
Point Roberts, WA is another good semi-exclave in that you can only get to it by sea or by air unless you go via Canada. Whoever drew the border with Canada forgot to make a detour around Point Roberts so the 49th parallel just slices it off from Canada.
In Crystal, Minnesota (a western suburb of Minneapolis) There is a cemetary that is entirely a part of Crystal, but it is completely surrounded by it's western neighboring suburb, New Hope, MN. I used to live in New Hope and I have always wondered about that.
What an interesting concept, (3:54) that the Mississippi River's flow was reversed, mind-blowing even. I don't remember being taught that in school! And pretty funny comment "that with all it's shenanigans', it deserved it" Laughed out loud with that one, thanks Laurence!
Regarding the Northwest Angle: this winter several resorts plowed an ice road across the lake between the Northwest Angle and the rest of MN, since the Canadian border was/is closed due to COVID19. So, sometimes you can drive across the lake to get there. Not sure if this has been done in any other year on this lake, but it is definitely done in other places. For example, when Lake Superior freezes enough to drive from Bayfield WI to Madeline Island, it is official an extension of HWY 13. Just some fun facts. Very much enjoying the channel.
From a rather confused Brit, what's wrong with "bonkers"? It just means slightly peculiar to us, much less aggressive than "loony" , and of course we know not to use the word "mad" to a North American audience because that means something totally different to you.
I live in Omaha and my mom teaches at a high school in Council Bluffs in Iowa. The students from Carter Lake have to cross the river each day to get to the Iowa high school
I currently live in an “exclave” In Lancaster County, PA. I’m in a small 4-5 block area of East Hempfield Township surrounded by East Petersburg Borough. Different police departments. The Borough requires sidewalks, the township doesn’t. So, I literally live “Where The Sidewalk Ends”!
In fact, one cannot get to Eppley Airfield, in Nebraska, without going through the bounds of the city of Carter Lake IA. At the time I lived in the region, there was a large “Welcome to Iowa” sign along the main highway.
i am sorry Laurence, but America ain't got nothing on Britain in the contorted and convoluted maps department. In my opinion that is! i frequently think of language questions i would like to ask you. Then i inevitably forget and remain lost in the pond! So, i keep calm and carry on... swimming that is!:-) 😽 🙏 👍🖖
ahh the Northwest Angle. Due to covid border closures at the Canadian border they had to build a 30 mile ice road this winter to be able to access it without going through Canada
@@sandip.7968 I've seen the film "Gone With The Wind" and can't imagine Scarlett O'Hara saying "twitter"! Tell me how you pronounce it. To me it's twit-ter
You already mentioned my favorite exclave, Carter Lake, Iowa. Because of it, if you live in most parts of Omaha, you have to drive through a portion of Iowa, and then back into Nebraska, to get to the airport.
I live in warroad MN on lake of the woods. Last year resorts plowed a winter ice road across the lake to get customers up to the resorts in the winter. Due to covid the Canadian border was closed to nonessential crossings.
Favorite exclave: Marble Hill in NYC. Originally part of Manhattan and still legally is (with a Manhattan zip code) but is now geographically part of The Bronx, due to the Harlem river being diverted by a canal. Thanks for videos that make this fellow Brit-living-in-the-US chuckle.
There is a SHOW called "How the States Got Their Shapes" or something like that. Fascinating watch! I've only seen a couple episodes, but I love it and want to watch more. I just keep forgetting to look it up when I have time to watch. lol
The Westchester County Airport is an exclave of the city of White Plains, New York, completely surrounded by the towns of Harrison and North Castle. It lies nearly 10 miles east of the city of White Plains.
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Heavy rains caused the Connecticut River to change course, leaving a Vermont farmer on the New Hampshire side. When asked how he felt about this, he said "I think it's great! I'm sick of Vermont winters."
Ahh, Vermonteers.
Too funny 😂. I hope he had better winters in New Hampshire.
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@ Gary Myers I love it!!!
I believe it was Mark Twain who stated that living near the Mississippi River could prove to be greatly adventurous. One night you go to bed living in Missouri, only to wake up a resident of Tennessee.
Twain mentioned in one of his books of someone that wanted to have his land closer to the Mississippi so he was digging a channel overnight where the water would flow through and if that channel enlarged enough there would be no stopping a course change for the river. But if his land would be closer to the river the land on the other side would be farther from river transport and thus less valuable while the land of the guy digging the channel would have his land be worth more. This is why he was doing it at night so that he wouldn't be observed and possibly shot by the other land owner.
A fate worse than death
As a retired military cartographer, I hate rivers and the constant updates they require.
just act like the enemy moved the river
@@knightwolf3511 good call. Or, maybe the river is the true enemy... 😂👍
Better to have to update maps than to lose rivers!😛
@@pacmanc8103 valid. 😂👍
As far as the USA goes, it's sill that one state loses territory because a river changes course. It should be fixed at current coordinates and left at that no matter what the rivers do.
2:38 I don't know why but the the "Not the actual footage" note made me laugh
such DRY humor. Ok I'll stop.
Yeah, I got a giggle from that one too :)
Me too!
I think it's a red herring. I think he is a time traveler from the future, who went to the past, bought an old camera, went to the paster and shot the footage. Then moved into the future as we know it, and sold the camera to an antique shop. But he forgot the footage in the camera. So he went Back to the Future... to retrieve the footage. Finding he had to pay more for the camera than he sold it for. He went back a bit in the past and jumped himself, stealing the camera from himself. He the made it back to the past and added the footage to the video. He had to add "not the actual footage" to keep his future self from finding out he was jumped by his future self and seeking revenge.
Basically the plot of Primer. Because no one understands the plot of Primer. Anyone who claims they know the plot of Primer is a Jackass. Further more, I understand the plot to Primer.
@@wabash1581 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Laurence, you may enjoy "How the States got their shape". series. It explains a number how the shapes came about.
Ohio and Michigan darn near came to blows over the so called Toledo Strip. That is my favorite piece of Ohio trivia
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Michigan made out like bandits in this! The UP is 1,000,000 x’s better than Toledo.
Yes and America's Secret Slang!
Yes, this show is excellent
Anyone have a link to this show? It was on tv once and i thought it was the coolest show. Haven't been able to find it since.
You know nothing about Minnesotans! "When the lake is frozen over" is considered the easiest time to access many islands and otherwise isolated places! Sine many Minnesota lakes remain frozen November through March they are just considered seasonal highways for snow mobiles and other vehicles.
Minnesota. The land of 10000 lakes. Where the heck is the land?
Actually, there's 30 miles of open water in the summer, impassable pack ice in late fall and early spring, and drivable fast black ice in midwinter. During the hard-frozen season, though, it's still not all plain sailing because of the sheer distance involved, which is closer to something you'd expect to find at the NSF bases in Antarctica than an inland US lake and also considering the 25mph speed limit for ice roads in Minnesota (snowmobiles on a lake and off-road are allowed to do 50). With the border closure this year, Angle residents, for the first time, spent $130,000 on an ice road to keep things open but as mild as the winter was overall, that only got them from early January to early March. They recouped much of this with a vehicle toll -- $120 round trip to the mainland; $145 for a round trip including the offshore islands, $500 for an all-destination season pass.
@@danielbliss1988 that was very interesting. Thank you for the info!
I wondered why they wouldn't just walk. Or skate. Ski? Snowmobile? Sled? Lol. Thanks for mentioning that.😉👩🎤
@@peteengard9966 Minnesota is the geographic center of North America. About equal distance to either coast on the western edge of the Great Lakes and the Canadian border.
The most interesting exclave is point roberts, washington. It's another exclave stuck in Canada. Residents have to take a ferry to get to Washington state proper.
canadians love it though because they can visit point roberts for inexpensive gasoline and milk.
With Canadian border shutdown, they are really cut off
And pass through one of the weirdest border checkpoints if mind serves.
And I believe the nearest High School is in Blaine, WA, so the school bus has to drive through BC and cross the border twice every morning and again in the afternoon.
When I was young, we used to get our beer at Ben's in Point Roberts. Canadian beer, no taxes less than half price. Spent summers there as a kid too. We loved following the sheriff around. He looked staight out of Cool Hand Luke. Also 3 lively nightclubs. The Reef was my go to.
My favorite fact about the Northwest Angle is that during Prohibition, when the lake was frozen sufficiently, smugglers would use the lake to drive alcohol across the border. Occasionally their cars would get stuck, and to this day there are numerous rusted wrecks dotting the lake
I suggest you look up The Pig War. This was the last land dispute between Britian and the US over land control in the beautiful San Juan Islands in northwestern Washinton State. There are two National Monuments there to the Pig War. The first is English camp and the second is American Camp. Might be right up your alley, so to speak.
The US still has an ongoing border dispute with Canada.
Point Roberts (technically Washington State) is another interesting place...attached to mainland of Canada, it’s rumored to be the home of witness protection program participants due to its extreme difficulty in getting to/from by crossing the US/Canadian border. Students are actually bussed across the border to Blaine, WA high school (which has even made the news as drug trafficking has been attempted via this route). Love your channel :)
Isn't there a place in like Minnesota or what is on the border Minnesota right that you have to go like into Canada and then back into Minnesota to get there for the kids to go to school or something crazy
Yes! I was just about to comment the same thing.
I scrolled the comments looking for Point Roberts! Covid proved to have more of an impact on the residents of Point Roberts, WA than many places. You have to drive 25 miles through British Columbia to get there. Because of Canada's travel restrictions people were trapped and business just dried up. I believe some of the travel policies were changed, but at one time there were emergency ferries from Bellingham to try to help residents.
@@aliciabuck3822 as of February they have gotten exceptions to quarantine restrictions, but they apparently have lost 80% of business as of January 2021 (a number of people in Vancouver have vacation homes there)
Canadians / British Columbians go to Pt Roberts for cheaper gas and dairy products.
Awww Laurence, Lady Liberty isn’t really lost in the pond.... she’s just in disputed territory. But since she belongs to all of us, there’s no reason to argue about her placement🤗🐝❤️
Nah that land is no longer disputed... They resolved it between NJ and NY some time ago, though only parts of Ellis island got transferred
"Give me your tired, your poor
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore
Send them, the homeless, tempest tossed to me
I lift my lamp beside the gold door."
--On the base of Lady Liberty.
I have that memorized bc when I was in choir in High school, we learned it where someone set it to music. :-)
I dont see what the dispute is, she's in New Jersey sooo
@@Reticulating-Splines question is about who collects the taxes =) And taxes go to New York
@@Reticulating-Splines Hey, I’m in Tennessee. I’m not going to argue which state she is in🤗 To me... she just belongs to all of us🤗🐝❤️
"So on this occasion Della really did Wear a New Jersey" [groans] Dad joke of the year.👍
If your dad was Perry Como....
This comment needs more likes. lol
@@dadoctah ...or Mr. Rogers ;-)
As a Pennsylvanian, I, too, groan at the mention of New Jersey.
JK.
Mississippi lent Missouri her New Jersey to wear to the fair.
What will Delaware?
Idaho. Alaska.
Point Roberts, WA is a more extreme exclave than any of the ones on this list. It is an American town on a penninsula completely surrounded by Canada. There isn't even an elementary school in the town so prior to covid, school kids had to cross the border 4 times a day on their way to and from thier school on mainland WA. Since covid Point Roberts has been completely cut off from the rest of the US, since the border with Canada has been closed. The only way in or out is by boat.
I just looked at it on the map and now I’m wondering how long the commute must’ve been everyday. You have to go through Canada for a good while before you can get into Washington again from the looks of it.
Kids from Point Roberts have to go all the way to Blain every day just to attend school? Crossing the international border four times per day? What silliness. The U.S. should just sell Point Roberts to Canada and offer rehoming assistance to anyone who doesn't want to give up their U.S. citizenship.
@@jeanvignes Or just cede it.
@@allenwilliams1306 better yet, Canada should Trade the USA a couple of Islands near Maine for it
We are allowed to drive through Canada to the main part of Washington State for "essential" goods or services. (e.g. anything we cannot buy here in Point Roberts)
Re Alaska: There are also ferries from Washington to Alaska, and those ferry routes are considered Alaskan state highways.
If you think that's weird, there are 10 cities within the *city* of Los Angeles. That's the city, not the county. It originally had to do with water rights, or something like that.
I'm guessing it has more to do with areas getting subsumed by urban sprawl. When you have identical skyscrapers on both sides of a border and that border is basically an alley between them, precisely how is that border distinguished from any other alley?
It's called Conurbation and it happens pretty much everywhere
There are also portions of Los Angeles outside the borders, which are very flexible themselves, of the city. The strip connecting the main city to the harbor of often only a few hundred yards wide at most and it runs for miles through neighboring cities. And it's lightly policed, leading to difficulties to those of us who live in the surrounding area. Think No Man's Land with gangs.
@@allantidgwell5624 It's actually that LA forcibly or otherwise annexed many adjacent cities in the early 20th Century. The remaining enclaves resisted and survived. They're usually pretty crappy neighborhoods.
Detroit has two other cities completely surrounded: Hamtramck and Highland Park.
Yes, water rights are one factor. If a city wanted to use LA aqueduct water they had to annex to the city of LA. The city can’t sell it to others outside city limits.
I'm surprised you didn't mention anything about Point Roberts, WA.
It just wasn't good enough to make his abbreviated list...
During the recent Covid there was an issue between the US exclaves that required people to cross the border between US and Canada, because Canada closed the border completely. In some cases, people couldn't even go to the grocery store, because to do so meant crossing the border.
Another unusual feature is the Eastern Shore of Virginia, which is accessible by land from Maryland's Eastern Shore or a series of bridges and tunnels from the Hampton Roads area.
That's my favorite one. I had hoped he'd include it
I live on Delmarva so that was my first thought too.
It was one of the first ones I thought of, too.
I am truly surprised that you did not mention the Upper Peninsula of Michigan which is probably the largest such exclave in the US. Prior to the building of The Mackinac Bridge, which is about 5 miles long (making it the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere), there was no way to access the Upper Peninsula from any other part of Michigan without going through Wisconsin. It was separated by a part of the Great Lakes which never froze so there was not even any seasonal access.
Don't forget little Lost Peninsula, Michigan, which is also separated on land from the rest of the State by Ohio.
Before the Mackinac bridge there were ferries! You'd drive on board, the ferry crosses the water, then your drive off on the other side. It's not like they're was no way other than driving the long way around like you said.
@@mattiasthorslund6467 The point was there was no direct connection between the upper and lower peninsulas. When Michigan first became a state there were ferries, there weren't even cars. Someone on horseback going from lower Michigan to the Upper Peninsula had a ride that took several days to get there via Chicago, Milwaukee, and Green Bay.
Oooh Laurence. It’s just a map !
Was he talking about you? 🤣
Point Roberts is one that just makes me laugh. It was an oops in the drawing of the map and so instead of being part of Canada, its this tiny area at the south tip of Tsawwassen BC that has to ship its highschool students through 2 border checkpoints just to get to class. I mean, Canada could just invade and take it, but the comedy factor is just too delightful.
And that's why we have Passport Cards
@@geoffroi-le-Hook Used to be having a driver's license was enough. Or state/provincial Id card for the non drivers.
@@pingidjit Blame Homeland Security. Prior to 9-1-1, a driver's license and birth certificate were sufficient.
@@pingidjit I used to use my commercial radiotelephone license as one had to be a citizen to have one. They have since gone the way of the dodo with deregulation years ago. So then I used my passport and later passport card, which I originally got just to have an ID. And now I use a Real ID senior citizen ID and just found out I qualify for an EU passport for obscure reasons. Life can be interesting.
@@michaeltutty1540 Driver's license alone was enough, at least when driving there.
Ellis Island a small portion of the island is in NY That portion is completely surrounded by the NJ portion
The original portion of the island is NY, the rest of the island (the mand made portion) is NJ. iirc the divide even goes through some buildings.
Col Crunch Landfill
I always thought if you look on a map, Staten Island should be part of NJ
Yes, Supreme Court ruled that the original Ellis Island belongs to NY but all the land created by land filling NJ waters...belongs to NJ.
@@samanthab1923 Let NJ have it. NY doesn't want it. 🤣🤣🤣
When I lived in Nebraska many years ago Cedar Lake was a notorious speed trap. Iowa had a lower speed limit than Nebraska and most people driving through the area didn't even know they had crossed a state line.
I basically only go through there on the way to the airport (Eppley).
"bonkers" must be a brit's favorite word these days
Ya beat me to it.
Which, in and of itself, is bonkers.
It may just mean butt sex in their slang; who knows!?
Why must it be that? TIA
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I'm glad you covered up that hole/spot on your wall with that Route 66 sign. I kept thinking there was something on my screen. Lol
Thank you! For years I’ve tried to tell people that part of New Jersey (Finn’s Point) was in Delaware, and they all thought I was certifiable. By the way, Finn’s Point is also home to a tiny, lovely, and most poignant military cemetery. When I lived in NJ I often visited it on Memorial Day. I was almost always the only one there.
As an Alaska patreon I appreciate the Alaska-sized shout-out. Never thought about it but I think you are right, ‘world’s biggest exclave’. You should bring the fam up some June. Yes June: Best. Month. Ever. :)
Let me guess why June is the best month for a visit to Alaska. It's almost summer, but he mosquitoes haven't had time to multiply yet. Am I right, or am I kind of right?
My favourites are Point Roberts in western Canada and the French islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon off the east coast of Canada. How about the craziness of Stanstead, Quebec and Derby Line, Vermont in which the US/Canada border literally runs down the middle of a street? These have all experienced challenges during COVID lockdown.
Point Roberts, Washington is another one you get to via Canada. A piece geography trivia I learned at school in 1978 and, goody, get to use now. Lol
Say, you can do a zoom tour of a historic sites in a town called Nauvoo. I believe you mentioned you once had ancestors who lived there. You can tour without leaving Chicago. That would be fun.
IIRC, Students in Point Roberts have to cross the border 4 times a day, since they have to be bussed to a 'neighboring' town due to Point Roberts being too small to host a school system of its own.
I'm a Mormon, and I didn't know that. Huh.
How the Point Roberts memo got lost in the pond is another mystery as its existence is an outcome of the pig war.
Been to Point Roberts and yeah it's super tiny and lowkey depressing. It's just off Vancouver BC.
But there are those mailing companies there that let you use free shipping to America and then charge you rent for that, so we'd drive over to Point Roberts to collect our American mail every month or so.
Point Roberts, Washington, was created when the United Kingdom and the United States settled the Pacific Northwest American-Canadian border dispute in the mid-19th century with the Oregon Treaty. Agreeing the 49th parallel to be the boundary between territories, the small area that incorporates Point Roberts is south of the 49th parallel. It is part of Whatcom County, Washington, United States. A lot of people still argue that the lower portion of Vancouver Island should also have been ceded to Washington.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Roberts,_Washington#/media/File:USA_Washington_location_map.svg
Vancouver Island and the city of Victoria could be considered a Canadian exclave, they extend far below the 49th parallel border and are more easily reached from the U.S. than mainland Canada. When The Pig War was resolved in 1871, it settled ownership of some of the large islands in Puget Sound and could have changed more.
This is a favorite segment. Love it. Next, you may want to do a segment on the Interstate Highway system, explaining how the highways got their numbers: “Major Interstate routes are designated by one- or two-digit numbers. Routes with odd numbers run north and south, while even numbered run east and west. For north-south routes, the lowest numbers begin in the west, while the lowest numbered east-west routes are in the south.”
That's pretty much all there is to know about how highways got their numbers... so it'd be a pretty short/uninteresting video :)
An interesting story about a border dispute happened when the Rio Grande changed courses at around the turn of the 20th century. It took until the 1960s for Mexico and USA to come to an agreement. Most of the land is part of Chamizal park.
Laurence you beautiful bastard you did it! You're a bonafide content creator. I mean you have been for a while now but people are finally paying attention. [Something, something, tree falls in a forest...] I miss you on Facebook but was thrilled when your lovely face popped up in my RUclips suggestions. I hope you're well.
I grew up in TN and tried explaining that the MS has changed its path a few times to coworkers in NM. This confused them because out here we have the teeny tiny rio grande.
Here you go, Laurence: Point Roberts, Washington, is surrounded by water... and Canada. There is no overland route from Point Roberts to the rest of Washington state without crossing the US-Canada into Canada, driving 25 miles through Canadian territory, and then crossing the US-Canada border again.
To get to Point Robert in Washington, you have to drive through British Columbia. It's an interesting little place, I've been there and you have to go through customs and immigration when you leave and get there.
I was sure you would have mentioned Point Roberts in Washington state. You either have to go to it by boat or drive through Canada to get there. They have had a terrible time during the pandemic with the border being closed, because many of the kids went to school in Canada, and many people needed to drive through Canada to get to work. A temporary ferry service helped, but a lot of people had to leave for now.
Most of Ellis Island is in Jersey City, but a small portion is an exclave of New York City. To add to any confusion, the island is wholly owned by the federal government.
I believe that the original island was declared part of New York, but any land added by landfill is considered part of New Jersey.
@@stuartaaron613 Thanks for the info.
Theres a library in Canada thats half in Canada and half in the US. Also an airport of the same. And Richfield Slide Road goes into Canada then back into the US. All within 300m
Useless fact of the day: The road between Clones and Butler's crosses the Republic of Ireland/UK border four times in 6 miles. There's also the village of Pettigo, which is split between the two sovereign states.
When talking about exclaves, I tend to think of Point Roberts, Washington.
I would have mentioned Roberts Point, WA, another pene-exclave only accessible from the rest of the US by boat or plane. And I was pleased that you mentioned Carter Lake, IA. I used to live in Council Bluffs, IA, directly east of the river. A word of advice if you ever visit it. DRIVE CAREFULLY! Their cops are infamous for cracking down on anything traffic-related!
Your videos are getting better and better. And if Tara isn't too busy, get her on again and again. You both are good together.
In the NW corner of Washington state is another exclave where you have to drive through Canada to get to...
"How the States Got Their Shape" - an entire series dedicated to the weird history behind these borders. Highly recommend!
Speaking of exclaves, there's a bar in Evansville, Indiana you have to go through either Kentucky or the Ohio River to get to (KC's Marina Pointe). But also to get to that part of Kentucky *by road* you have to drive through Indiana. :O
I've finally found someone who loves Independence Day almost as much as I do
Lindsey Ellis has many of the most interesting and funniest videos and comments on RUclips. Check them out. You will be had you did.
It's a great movie! 👍
You forgot Point Roberts, WA. You have to drive through Canada to get there.
My favorite odd US fact is that Texarkana, Texas is closer to Cincinatti, Ohio than it is to El Paso, Texas. O.o
Also, Alaska is the northern, western, AND eastern most state. And also because of Alaska, the US passes through more time zones than any other country.
When we went to my husband's family reunion we traveled from Brown County,Ohio (2 counties east of Cincinnati's Hamilton County) To Wisconsin. The bypasses took us across the Ohio River, to Kentucky , back across to Ohio, then to Indiana, then to Illinois, then finally Wisconsin. So though other attendees came from much further away, we had crossed state lines more.
The most southern point in Canada is further south than the northern border of California, Nevada, and Utah
@@allantidgwell5624 That's Point Pelee and it's in Ontario, I've been there many times.
@@Sharon-pb7so it's actually Middle Island. It's part of Point Pelee National Park, but it's further south than the actual point
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Island_(Lake_Erie)
El Paso is also closer to Los Angeles than Houston.
you missed point roberts in washington
No matter the subject matter on your channel, I always find it entertaining🙂
There's also Point Roberts, WA.
You did need to apologize for the Deleware and New Jersey pun, thank you.
It was funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
There was a very old song(pre-1960's) that contained painful state puns.
"What did Delaware? Idaho, Alaska."
You should look up Point Roberts, Washington. Very out of the way exclave.
Derby Line/Stanstead. Not an exclave but with a LIEberry that sits across the border line and a street that you _can_ drive on without clearing customs as long as you don't stop that defines the border.
My favorite so far. I appreciate the research, creativity, and time you put into all you do.
Every State has boundaries that were drawn for a specific purpose or reason. Usually there was a financial incentive to draw the line where it was drawn.
P.S. When you are done with the exclaves you can go onto the 4 states that no longer exist. I cannot recall the name of the 4th, but they are Jones, Jefferson, Deseret and another one.
Franklin.
@@NadaEspamo Oh for shame, for shame, I was born in Boston and lived in Philadelphia like Ben, my mother shared his birthday, and my father went to a graduate school named for him. How did I forget?! Thank you.
I lived in Carter Lake, IA for five years. Carter Lake actually has a small island in it that we used to walk across to the frozen lake to get to. Probably not the smartest thing my friends and I ever did!
A friend's brother used to live in Point Roberts. He had a conviction for marijuana possession, so he wasn't allowed to drive through Canada and could only fly to and from the rest of Washington.
It's honestly great to watch these videos even as a US citizen because I am learning more about this country than I did in school.
Point Roberts Washington. How could not mention the exclave that requires you to drive through a country that still has the queen on their money.
Hey man, totally thought you'd get my states exclave that is famous. Check out Point Roberts, Washington. Been in news over Covid restrictions and being isolated. Also kids have to be bussed through Canada back down to WA to school. It's quirky as can be. Look it up! 🙂
Most of the northern border of the US was determined by treaty between the US and England. Yup, blame Brits (along with the US itself).
Granted in this case it is hard to blame the treaty writers/negotiators, since the maps they had did not accurately reflect the geography and there was some ambiguity to it. Plus given the state of surveying at the time, in areas a long distance from anything populated, it is surprising there was not more issues with the US/Canadian border.
I knew about the Kentucky bend, Northwest Angle, MN, and the Statue of Liberty but I didn't know about the others. The things you can still learn about your own country.
I've heard about enclaves in other countries, like there is an enclave of Belgium in the Netherlands, some enclaves in the central Asian countries, and India and Bangledash had numerous ones until a couple of years ago.
I used to live on an exclave, we had to drive into a different town and circle back to drive into our town (not the play, that would be vehicular homicide) to get to school. We ended up telling the pizza delivery service that we're from the town that had us surrounded (not maliciously, we chose to move there) and not the actual town we lived in because their computer errored and refused to deliver us our Freedom given right to order greasy pizza.
😂😂😂😂😂
When you finally ended up in Pennsylvania, my native and current home, I discovered you. I really enjoy your RUclips channel! Very entertaining 😊
I LOVE your page!!! 😃😃
Don't recall learning any of this in school in the 1970's. And no, I was not high, toasted or whatever. One of the few who made it through the 60's and 70's unscathed. Learn something every day. Thanks.
I'm an aussie and find these way too interesting for countries that have nothing to do with me
If CANZUK ever goes through, you will be involved. Among other things, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK will have a common passport, allowing free passage to citizens of the member countries.
Cool stuff. Didn't know about most of these. And I love looking at maps. Sometimes you can find areas that seem to have a "theme." For instance in south eastern Pa. you have towns with biblical places: Emmaus, Bethlehem, Bath, Egypt, Nazareth. New York state has lots of cities named after Greek names. Athens, Ithaca, Syracuse, Troy, etc.
We Minnesotans love our northwest angle.
Point Roberts, WA is another good semi-exclave in that you can only get to it by sea or by air unless you go via Canada. Whoever drew the border with Canada forgot to make a detour around Point Roberts so the 49th parallel just slices it off from Canada.
Having lived in the western us my whole life, I wasn’t even aware of these exclaves!!
Going to visit GB and the UK next year. Your videos really help!!!! I live a 1,5 hour drive from Orlando.
“Not the actual footage” 🤣
You’re making me think about things in my own country I never knew. Which pairs well with my morning coffee.
rivers move, measurements change, bargains struck ... it happens
In Crystal, Minnesota (a western suburb of Minneapolis) There is a cemetary that is entirely a part of Crystal, but it is completely surrounded by it's western neighboring suburb, New Hope, MN. I used to live in New Hope and I have always wondered about that.
Liberty is Lost in the Pond. Title of your next novel.
What an interesting concept, (3:54) that the Mississippi River's flow was reversed, mind-blowing even. I don't remember being taught that in school! And pretty funny comment "that with all it's shenanigans', it deserved it" Laughed out loud with that one, thanks Laurence!
I just think everyone was drunk and threw darts and went with it
I think they were just in such a rush to kill and displace the local indigenous that borders weren't as important 🤷
Fair point i
Regarding the Northwest Angle: this winter several resorts plowed an ice road across the lake between the Northwest Angle and the rest of MN, since the Canadian border was/is closed due to COVID19. So, sometimes you can drive across the lake to get there. Not sure if this has been done in any other year on this lake, but it is definitely done in other places. For example, when Lake Superior freezes enough to drive from Bayfield WI to Madeline Island, it is official an extension of HWY 13. Just some fun facts. Very much enjoying the channel.
Huh bonkers remains me of Prince harry calling our first amendment bonkers lmao 😂 also I'm early this is the earliest I ever been
Yep thought the same thing. Couldn't Lawrence have used a different word??? Now what are we to think? How many more things are bonkers about us?
Even worse, Frito Pendejo appeared to agree with him!
@@461Jacque EXACTLY like bruh the UK acts like there better which there not like why didn't he use a different word
@@caulkins69 I don't understand if British ppl don't like this country why move here lmao 😂
From a rather confused Brit, what's wrong with "bonkers"? It just means slightly peculiar to us, much less aggressive than "loony" , and of course we know not to use the word "mad" to a North American audience because that means something totally different to you.
I live in Omaha and my mom teaches at a high school in Council Bluffs in Iowa. The students from Carter Lake have to cross the river each day to get to the Iowa high school
I feel it's slightly unfair to blame us for rivers moving around of their own volition.
Laurence, I love learning about my country from you! Thank you!
Imagine that. Lady libdrty being lost in the pond 😂
I currently live in an “exclave” In Lancaster County, PA. I’m in a small 4-5 block area of East Hempfield Township surrounded by East Petersburg Borough. Different police departments. The Borough requires sidewalks, the township doesn’t. So, I literally live “Where The Sidewalk Ends”!
I don’t think we have a national poetry society.
Nah, we do, they just don't draw map.
In fact, one cannot get to Eppley Airfield, in Nebraska, without going through the bounds of the city of Carter Lake IA. At the time I lived in the region, there was a large “Welcome to Iowa” sign along the main highway.
i am sorry Laurence, but America ain't got nothing on Britain in the contorted and convoluted maps department. In my opinion that is!
i frequently think of language questions i would like to ask you. Then i inevitably forget and remain lost in the pond! So, i keep calm and carry on... swimming that is!:-) 😽 🙏 👍🖖
ahh the Northwest Angle. Due to covid border closures at the Canadian border they had to build a 30 mile ice road this winter to be able to access it without going through Canada
What will they do when a COVID border closures comes necessary in the summer? Swim and dive the 30 miles?
@@jeannetteaugstein3793 A boat???
@@senorbaconhawk11 I’d prefer a ferry, so take bike with you.
I’m loving your videos! You’re hilarious and very informative! Thank you!!
Once again, Laurence, you've taught me more about my own country. Love this!
Laurence, you're a walking, talking geography book! Oh, and I adore the way you pronounce 'Twitter' with your accent!
How do you pronounce "Twitter" ?
@@jillhobson6128 With a very marked southern accent, not at all like Laurence does, since he's from Great Britain and I'm from the deep South!
@@sandip.7968 I'm English so I don't know how you pronounce "Twitter".
@@jillhobson6128 if you ever saw the movie "Gone With the Wind" imagine how Scarlett O'Hara would say the word ... long, slow, drawn-out.
@@sandip.7968 I've seen the film "Gone With The Wind" and can't imagine Scarlett O'Hara saying "twitter"!
Tell me how you pronounce it. To me it's twit-ter
You already mentioned my favorite exclave, Carter Lake, Iowa. Because of it, if you live in most parts of Omaha, you have to drive through a portion of Iowa, and then back into Nebraska, to get to the airport.
I live in warroad MN on lake of the woods. Last year resorts plowed a winter ice road across the lake to get customers up to the resorts in the winter.
Due to covid the Canadian border was closed to nonessential crossings.
Favorite exclave: Marble Hill in NYC. Originally part of Manhattan and still legally is (with a Manhattan zip code) but is now geographically part of The Bronx, due to the Harlem river being diverted by a canal. Thanks for videos that make this fellow Brit-living-in-the-US chuckle.
There is a SHOW called "How the States Got Their Shapes" or something like that. Fascinating watch! I've only seen a couple episodes, but I love it and want to watch more. I just keep forgetting to look it up when I have time to watch. lol
Time stamp 3:50 you put a clip of the river road from Grafton to Alton along the Mississippi. That's cool of ya!
The Westchester County Airport is an exclave of the city of White Plains, New York, completely surrounded by the towns of Harrison and North Castle. It lies nearly 10 miles east of the city of White Plains.