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Re:How far can you go by train in 5h? by OJFord on Friday July 29, 2022 @02:13PM (#32280117)
What about that piece of the US that's isolated from the rest, quite close to Vancouver I think, Fort something attached to the South of BC, accessible only through it. Do you have to go through something like that twice, or can you go between it and the main body of the US more easily (without stops perhaps)?

Or (facepalm, more obviously) Alaska for that matter?

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Re:How far can you go by train in 5h? by Scoundreller on Friday July 29, 2022 @03:05PM (#32280622)
Point Roberts is probably what you’re thinking of.

Popular with Canadians to send parcels to and pickup gas.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Roberts,_Washington

A school bus runs from there to mainland USA and I suspect there’s an informal agreement to drive without stopping through Canada so they don’t have to bother too excessively with clearances.

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