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[Raymond]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

One of my favorite geography questions was: Other than the US, what country is due north of Detroit, MI? Of course, Canada. Now, what country is due south of Detroit?

No, not Minnesota, but Canada.

Minnesota is one of 3 states that has a portion of its state that is only accessible by land by going through Canada. Vermont (peninsula in Lake Champlain) and Washington state (Point Roberts, a peninsula in the Salish Sea) are the others.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Minnesota is one of 3 states that has a portion of its state that is only accessible by land by going through Canada. Vermont (peninsula in Lake Champlain) and Washington state (Point Roberts, a peninsula in the Salish Sea) are the others.

Thanks Cliff!

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Thanks Cliff!

I was feeling left out.

[JugglingReferee]

More trivia:

How many places on earth can you travel 1 mile south, 1 mile west, then 1 mile north, and then end up at the exact same spot in which you started?

and

How many places on earth can you travel 1 mile north, 1 mile east, then 1 mile south, and then end up at the exact same spot in which you started?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

More trivia:

How many places on earth can you travel 1 mile south, 1 mile west, then 1 mile north, and then end up at the exact same spot in which you started?

The same single place I can shake Santa's hand.

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

How many places on earth can you travel 1 mile north, 1 mile east, then 1 mile south, and then end up at the exact same spot in which you started?

The same single place where, when you start, you can never go south.

[Adam]

Okay, how about this one.
How many points can you travel 1 mile south, one mile north, one mile east, and end up where you started?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Okay, how about this one.
How many points can you travel 1 mile south, one mile north, one mile east, and end up where you started?

The West Pole?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Okay, how about this one.
How many points can you travel 1 mile south, one mile north, one mile east, and end up where you started?

Any point south of the north pole such that 1 mile is an integer multiple (including 1) of the circumference of the circle of latitude. If it is more than one, you'll pass the point before returning to it at the end of the mile.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

More trivia:

How many places on earth can you travel 1 mile south, 1 mile west, then 1 mile north, and then end up at the exact same spot in which you started?

The same place you could put my wife and tell her to go south and she'd be guaranteed to get the directions right.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

The same place you could put my wife and tell her to go south and she'd be guaranteed to get the directions right.

Incorrect.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Minnesota is one of 3 states that has a portion of its state that is only accessible by land by going through Canada.

Conversely, there's an Canadian island -- Campobello, New Brunswick -- that is only accessible via a bridge in Maine, or a ferry via another New Brunswick island. If you take the bridge, you have to drive another hour through eastern Maine to get to mainland New Brunswick. (Gap knows the road.) I've often wondered if Canada would take the Northwest Angle in a trade for Campobello.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Conversely, there's an Canadian island -- Campobello, New Brunswick, that is only accessible via a bridge in Maine, or a ferry via another New Brunswick island. If you take the bridge, you have to drive another hour through eastern Maine to get to mainland New Brunswick.

Further proof that the New England saying, "You can't get there from here.", is true.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Conversely, there's an Canadian island -- Campobello, New Brunswick -- that is only accessible via a bridge in Maine, or a ferry via another New Brunswick island. If you take the bridge, you have to drive another hour through eastern Maine to get to mainland New Brunswick. (Gap knows the road.) I've often wondered if Canada would take the Northwest Angle in a trade for Campobello.

Yep. Roosevelt, the one on the dime, supposedly picked up polio while swimming at his summer place there. The bridge was built from Lubec, ME, in 1965. You go back in time when going from Campobello to Lubec. Literally, because NB is in the Atlantic Time Zone. My HS team won the inaugural Eastern Maine Class C Soccer Championship at Lubec HS back in the day.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Minnesota is one of 3 states that has a portion of its state that is only accessible by land by going through Canada. Vermont (peninsula in Lake Champlain) and Washington state (Point Roberts, a peninsula in the Salish Sea) are the others.

That would be Alburg, Vermont. I have gone through there many times. I've even stopped there a few times. I think they officially added an 'h' to the town name to sound more archaic. Bridges from Swanton, VT; North Hero, VT; and Rouses Point, NY, are the other access points.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

That would be Alburg, Vermont. I have gone through there many times. I've even stopped there a few times. I think they officially added an 'h' to the town name to sound more archaic. Bridges from Swanton, VT; North Hero, VT; and Rouses Point, NY, are the other access points.

I new you would respond to this one. Saw it on "How the States Were Created". There was also a long segment about Derby Line, VT in that show.