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Posted by Miningman on Thursday, July 5, 2018 9:54 PM

No Visa required. You sign and register and sign out when you leave. The Americans and Canadians have their own exits that lead to your respective country. It used to be a lot less restrictive but since 911things have changed. You are under pretty tight surveillance.It was deliberately built on the border and has tried to live up to its original charter. . 

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Thursday, July 5, 2018 8:59 PM

SD70Dude

I posted this on the Classic forum as well, a symbol of our countries' intertwinement.  This is from a library in Quebec and Vermont, the black line is the international border:

 

Is a visa required for entry?

Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.

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Posted by Electroliner 1935 on Thursday, July 5, 2018 8:50 PM

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Stanstead,+QC,+Canada/@45.0057,-72.0989002,143m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cb668cd34b4c39d:0x5040cadae4d3930!8m2!3d45.0126146!4d-72.0957682

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Posted by Firelock76 on Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:42 PM

Wow, isn't the interior of that library gorgeous?  My, my, they just don't build 'em like that anymore.  A real "Gilded Age" classic, that is, "Gilded Age" on the American side, "Victorian" on the Canadian.

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Posted by switch7frg on Thursday, July 5, 2018 4:02 PM

SadHere in the Prescott area the fireworks show was shut off. Why-- because of dry conditions.So just blow up a paper bag and pop it, bound to get eyebrows raised. The (so called monsoon season) lasted about 6 hrs. one afternoon in June. We guess the weather heads will revamp the dartboard.

Y6bs evergreen in my mind

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Posted by Miningman on Thursday, July 5, 2018 3:04 PM

A bonded and qualified contractor handles the entire building. It goes out to tender every now and then but you have to ask yourself how many folks are qualified to handle maintenance of an Opera House? Winner can be from either country but now I wonder if French language laws come into effect. Likely an exception in this case, but they are rare.

Another interesting thing are the US enclaves,,,that is US territory that is completely contained within Canada. There are about ten of them scattered from Washington to Maine. The more famous are Hayden, Alaska, Point Roberts, Washington and the Northwest Angle in Minnesota. These are towns with hundreds of US residents. Border security and Customs are pretty lax, usually a madatory telephone linkup with a Border Agent hundreds of miles away. Of course if you were a stranger I imagine you would stick out like the proverbial sore thumb against all the local yokels. 

Another fascinating place is the International Peace Gardens at Turtle Mountain on the Manitoba-north Dakota border. One access road leads in and out from Canada, the other from the US but the park is totally non restrictive with wide open access for all to intermingle. Have been there twice, it is beautiful, serene and magical. Now thats the kind of open border I can support.

Many islands are half and half and the Thousand Island area is a real hodgepodge of border with thousands of people vacationing, boating  and enjoying their cottages...must be a nightmare for Border Patrol. 

Also...I see my Churchill thread has been taken down. What a dirty shame. 

Perhaps all threads about Amtrak should be removed because its government and people actually have opinions. Anyone who passes judgement on life in the Canadian North and the welfare of Native communities far far from here need to think before they shoot their mouths off. There are Rat Finks and there are Cat Finks.

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Posted by zugmann on Thursday, July 5, 2018 11:04 AM

So, do they need 2 groups of people to clean it?  One for each side of the line?  And who cleans the line itself? 

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, July 5, 2018 11:01 AM

Thank you, Miningman.

I have appreciated the postings you and your fellow countrymen make on these forums.

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Posted by Miningman on Thursday, July 5, 2018 10:58 AM

The Opera House and the Library are the same place. It is called the Haskell Free Library and Opera House. 

Located in Stanstead, Quebec, formerly named Rock Island, a far better name by the way, and Derby Line Vermont. The seats in the Opera House are in the USA the stage is in Quebec. 

Have written about this unique place before on the Classic thread. 

Things are not quite as easy peasy as they were pre 911 and over the subsequent years there are border agents, registrations and watchful eyes. 

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, July 5, 2018 7:59 AM

SD70Dude

I posted this on the Classic forum as well, a symbol of our countries' intertwinement.  This is from a library in Quebec and Vermont, the black line is the international border:

 

Dude, thank you for the picture taken inside the library.

Let us also remember the opera house in town (by the way, at the moment, I do not remember the name of the town).

In the same vein, I have the impression that when you take the ferry between Vancouver and Victoria you cross the United States along the way. I do not recall any stop for Customs when trsveling thus. Back when the CP ran an overnight ferry there, I believe it was possible to sleep across the United States.

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Posted by SD70Dude on Thursday, July 5, 2018 12:33 AM

I posted this on the Classic forum as well, a symbol of our countries' intertwinement.  This is from a library in Quebec and Vermont, the black line is the international border:

Greetings from Alberta

-an Articulate Malcontent

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Posted by NDG on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 11:22 PM

SD70Dude

Happy Independence Day from the Great White North!

Here's to our next 100 years together being just as friendly as the last BeerHappy B-Day

 

 

Likewise!

 

Thank You.

 

 

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Posted by SD70Dude on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 9:48 PM

Happy Independence Day from the Great White North!

Here's to our next 100 years together being just as friendly as the last BeerHappy B-Day

Greetings from Alberta

-an Articulate Malcontent

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Posted by Firelock76 on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 9:05 PM

Well thatks for that Sam, and "Semper Fi" to you!

By the way, did you know Sousa's "Semper Fidelis" was Kaiser Bill's favorite march?

Well, at least it was until his Prussian Guards ran into "you know who" at Belleau Wood! 

"Ach du lieber Gott!  Teufelhunden!  TEUFELHUNDEN!!!"

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Posted by samfp1943 on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:00 PM

[quote user="Firelock76"]

Here's a little greeting card from me to all of you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeMQcl798DI

And have a safe and sane Forth of July!  On the other hand, never mind, what fun would that be?Whistling

  Right Back to You, and Yours, Wayne [Firelock76]  Cool

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgABUZ4i9co

        Sousa's March:  Semper Fidelis March  Thumbs UpThumbs Up

         Happy Independence Day to all!  Whistling

 

 

 

 


 

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Happy Independence Day Everyone!
Posted by Firelock76 on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:56 AM

Here's a little greeting card from me to all of you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeMQcl798DI

And have a safe and sane Forth of July!  On the other hand, never mind, what fun would that be?Whistling

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