THE VIDEO SHELF · us-canada border
The US-Canada Border Is 5,500 Miles of Pure Nonsense
CGP Grey walks through the odd history and quirks of the US-Canada border, including how it was surveyed and its irregularities such as exclaves.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as an entertaining overview in any thread about border oddities.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CGP Grey
- Topic
- us-canada border
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2020
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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There's an entertaining CGP Grey video about other oddities in the US-Canada border. [VIDEO] Considering how inconvenient it is in some geographies and how small the patches of land are, I'm always surprised the State Department doesn't negotiate a land exchange treaty with Canada to …
CoolGuySteve on Hacker News · 2019-01
In Canada's Toughest Border CrossingThere's a great CGP Grey video on the Canada-US border well worth watching if this interests you: [VIDEO]
gregmac on Hacker News · 2020-01
In A little-known US-Canada border disputeThere is a great youtube video on this and similar can-US border irregularities. Search for "Canada-US no touching zone". There is another exclave near vancouver. [VIDEO]
sandworm101 on Hacker News · 2020-09
In Northwestern Point of the Lake of the Woods
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