Canada off U.S. soil!

Since I'm getting Instalanched, now's a good time to give a preview of a longer post.

Briefly, Canada and the U.S. have a boundaries dispute involving a small island off the Maine coast, Machias Seal Island. My preliminary investigation reveals that this is U.S. territory, yet Canada thinks otherwise.

This is described here, and a longer treatment is here. U.S. sea captain Barnar Norton takes groups out to see puffins there during the summer; I briefly spoke with him about this issue.

And, most importantly, you can contact Canada's PM here. Tell him: Canada off U.S. soil!

BloggingAcrossAmerica · Tue, 10/07/2003 - 05:17 · · Importance: 1

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FYI: that's not the only disputed island! New Hampshire repeatedly tries to claim an island in the Piscataqua River that houses a major shipyard, and has managed to convince most people that this is, in fact, the "Portsmouth naval shipyard." Unfortunately, federal courts up to and including the U.S. Supreme Court have consistently disagreed for about a century. Nevertheless, benighted Granite Staters keep coming back for more, and their claim is much more contrived than anything the Canadians are using in Washington Country (Machias, Eastport, Passamaquoddy).

Posted by: Keith at Oct 9, 2003 1:14 AM

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