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Odd boundaries · US Census Bureau
The American town reached through Canada
Point Roberts, Washington · 49° 00′ N · 123° 04′ W
A border drawn along the 49th parallel left a US community attached by land only to Canada.
Field note
Administrative boundaries, coastlines and transport routes combine to produce a practical geographic exclave.
Why the line matters
The place shows how law, mapping and geography can produce territory that behaves differently from the land around it.
When to go
April–June and September–October are useful shoulder-season starting points.
Evidence and practical context
US Census boundary data. The dataset supports discovery and context; inspect the original record for its full description, boundaries and status.
Place intelligence v2
What the surrounding data reveals
unknown relative to mapped settlements · access signal: generally accessible · evidence confidence 85/100.
Nearest cross-dataset oddities
Similar elsewhere in the world
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What this page adds
Evidence ledger
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| Coordinate | Parsed from the published place record | High |
|---|---|---|
| Place identity | The American town reached through Canada | Medium–high |
| Interpretation | Administrative boundaries, coastlines and transport routes combine to produce a practical geographic exclave. | Medium |
| Local context | No GeoNames match | Computed |
| Access | Boundary and access rules can change; check current official guidance. | Requires live checking |
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Generated from source data checked August 2026. Computed relationships are reproducible approximations, not claims about legal access or current operating status.