wrote:
In the Pacific NW there is an odd "jog" in the border between the US
and Canada. The international border cuts right through some of he
finest cruising grounds in the world, with the Canadian "Gulf Islands"
to the north and west, and the US "San Juan Islands" actually part of
the same achipelago to the south and east.
snip...


that's a very interesting story Chuck.
On this end of the continent, I'll have to go back and refresh myself on
how Maine ended up punching so far north into what was once Acadia, and
then Nova Scotia. (now New Brunswick)

On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:11:12 +0000, Don White wrote:


that's a very interesting story Chuck. On this end of the continent, I'll
have to go back and refresh myself on how Maine ended up punching so far
north into what was once Acadia, and then Nova Scotia. (now New Brunswick)

That would be the Aroostook "War", and the resulting Webster-Ashburton
Treaty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroostook_War

thunder wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:11:12 +0000, Don White wrote:



that's a very interesting story Chuck. On this end of the continent, I'll
have to go back and refresh myself on how Maine ended up punching so far
north into what was once Acadia, and then Nova Scotia. (now New Brunswick)


That would be the Aroostook "War", and the resulting Webster-Ashburton
Treaty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroostook_War


Just to keep the thread sort of on topic

http://www.answers.com/topic/northwest-angle

Canada and the U.S. share some of the finest boating, fishing
and recreation areas to be found anywhere. Too bad they're so
rarely discussed around here.