America's small town in Canada
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- Опубліковано 30 кві 2016
- There is a place in Minnesota that has the feel of small town America, but if you want to get to the Northwest Angle, travelers have to leave the U.S. and go through Canada to get there. Lee Cowan explains a geographical quirk along the northern border.
Seven girls and one boy? That boy has probably never seen the bathroom in his house...
Ikr lol 😂
Why you need that? There are bushes, and you can wash up in the lake. In winter you just make hole in the ice. Hope they know the sauna though.
cmndrkool321 😂😂😂😂
Why?
Wolfman
they should just give them dual citizenship lmao it’s only a handful of people
How this may help them with crossing a border?
Paavo Ulmanis They can send their kids to Canadian schools and use stores in Canada and go to Canadian hospitals etc.?
@@raeya39 only normal solution is border control free union with Canada (like European Schengen area).
@@parempoolsed Nah, we'll just annex Canada
Idiot..
When our parents talk about back in their days they had to trek crazy distance to go to school, lmao these kids are doing it now
these kids have the bus driver get off to report everyone on the bus at customs lmfao
I was on a vacation on a small Swedish island eons ago, and got a sweet tooth. There was a small store on the closest island but you had to row there in a small boat. We did, in a storm! Haha.
It is not uncommon for high schoolers to board buses before dawn.
@@evelina.amazonAtGmail lol what an adventure!
No shoes on in the snow eight miles to school up hill lmmfao
Everyone: bruh imagine having to drive through Canada to get to the other side of your nation
Alaska: am I a joke to you?
Bubbabluehorn
What about Hawaii, you literally have to use a plane or a boat to get to the mainland U.S
😂😂😂
Unlike alaska, they have to cross the border everyday to go to school.
BeastPigSweg r/whoooosh
@@bubbabluehorn that's the one you're going to woooosh? Not The first to comment? Woooosh correctly. Smh my head
Wow, you really do learn something new everyday.
tom110111 so you voted for trump
The wonder of the Internet
Dude just wanted a boy but it took him 8 tries
Imagine if the boy turned out gay...well then 🙃
There is a correlation with Alphas primarily having daughters & betas having boys. Maybe its natures way balancing out, but yeah i don't that's a bad thing at all. Cudos to him.
@@Daniel-ke1bn please show me data proving your ''correlation''
@@MrSilentsmoker713 😂 I had the exact same thought
Some ladies' womb is too acidic or some men's sperm is too weak for the zygote to evolve into the male gender form which happens in a later stage of the pregnancy!..
Northwest Angle: "Top of the Nation!"
Alaska: "Am I a joke to you?"
"Top of the Contiguous United States" doesnt have the same ring to it
Yeah, I say we let Minnesota anex all of Canada it's their clay
Also Maine lol
@@ethannicolls3939Maine is just canada with slightly more guns.
@@ethannicolls3939 Maine is further south
It wasn’t a mistake. The founding fathers were like “( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) let’s mess up this map and get a piece of Canada.”
lmfao
David Canizares I mean that would be big brain of them to do so 😭
LOL! 🤣
That wouldn’t actually surprise me if they were true.
Yeah one of the founding fathers was playing a trick and bumped the arm while the other was drawing the map and since they used quill pens he couldn't erase it and said "look what you made me do...oh well"
So basically just like Alaska but way smaller.
Yes but they don't elect stupid governors the way Alaska does.
They don't elect anybody, mainland Minnesota does they only have 60 residents and by the look of things half are kids.
Max Roman, Can you say Jesse Ventura.
Caden Rolland yes but instead Alaska was bought.
@Joshua Quinn Mainland Minnesota doesn't even elect anyone, it's just Minneapolis and St Paul that determine the outcome of any state-wide election.
There should really be a passport exception for this area.
Maxeotl Yeah, everything is so complicated for their basic necessities. What are these people going to do? Commit terrorist attacks?
Jorge Padua yes why do you even need a passport to go to Canada it's like the same exact County I mean there 's not munch difference I mean it's not freaking Mexico I really want to to go to Nigeria falls but we can't go until me and my mom get passports
Another Tex Niagara falls
It used to be that a license would get you across but not anymore, you need a passport or a passport card to cross over the border into Canada.
I've had a passport since I was a toddler, I don't know why people think it's that big of a deal
"I realize it's only 150 miles round trip, but"
Super interesting how much different their perspective on life is from most of us. 150 miles is a long way
There are many people who live in country areas right here in the contingent us who may say the same type of thing about 150 miles not being that much
This seem like a whole lot of trouble for basically nothing but a mistake
Exactly. Cool story, but really, what a waste of time and money.
Yes it is give it to Canada and let the people who live there pick which country they want to live in.
I agree. Here in Washington we have another accident of history called point Roberts that is disconnected and stuck to Canada. US taxpayers get to fund a fully functioning border and customs station for the benefit of a couple thousand tax evaders who work in Canada but don’t want to pay Canadian taxes
@@dhowe1001 Geography is so complicated, isn't it?
Imagine waking up that early for school everyday 💔
Just think in the winter when it gets -20 to -40 below😱🐧❄⛄📚🇺🇸
Ayylmao it’s not the same time tho because they gotta take a boat and go on an hour long bus ride
I do not live in an isolated area, but many high school students here get up and board buses before dawn.
@@annhofland7232 yea. That's the part I don't like.
@Ayylmao that's not how it works at all, and also the video says the bus has to go to "mainland" Minnesota via two border crossings, that's why they gotta get up early for school
I smell a new TLC reality show
unless there is a Mormon who lives in that town they won't do it
I'm actually mormon XD I'm everywhere!
noooope
Think Mormons are everywhere? Try living in Salt Lake City lol
Why wouldn't there be a reality show if they were Mormon? That doesn't make any sense.
I'd get sick of checking in the 2 governments just to get groceries. What a joke.
You would think they'd take rotations with their neighbors or something
You'd have to be organised enough to never forget anything on your trip too
Digital Gadget yeah set up like a community store of or something. Or buy your groceries in Canada 🇨🇦
Wonder how they buy their groceries now with COVID haha
Patriots would care.
I’d open a general store up there. And a ferry service across the lake.
Matt`s Mocs it ain’t much, but it’s honest work
MazterMonkey Oof aye, so would you be a ferry captain for that service. All you do is ride around in a boat in open waters.
Best destination for the ferry would be Warroad, MN, on the south side of the lake, population about a thousand. Not sure if that's enough of a market to cover the operating costs. But the general store is probably a good idea: just get a bunch of stuff at whatever Canadian version of Walmart is nearest, and sell it locally for double the price.
Alexey Vlasenko yes the store can too be located near the largest population center on in the northwest. For the ferry it would not need to cross Canada and can move at good speed the only down side is the first infrastructure needed. But the cost would pay in fuel savings and country crossing
Good luck with a ferry service in the winter up here 😂😂
That'd be a shit place to miss your school bus...
Shane Denney I bet the high schoolers miss a lot of days
On the contrary. I lived 1.5 hours away from my school for 3 years. I can count on one hand how many times I missed the bus. And I was never late. In contrast, those that used the city buses that went ever 30 minutes where constantly late because to them missing 30 minutes was not a big deal, if I missed mine I missed 4 hours of school.
I wonder what the emergency services situation is like there?
You mean miss the school boat?
I have a feeling these kids doesn't miss school alot or atleast because they are late. these kids are most likely more disciplined when it comes to getting ready and being punctual because they understand their situation. people who live five mins away from where they are going tend to be much later than people who live an hour away.
Why can’t they just give them dual citizenship
Idk.BABY
It would just make too much sense
@Stanley Dougé The part of the lake belongs to the US
Too easy...and Trump would say that the Mexicans could arrive illegally
And he would be right.
Stranger: so where do you live in America or Canada
Me: Yes
Hernando Malinche it was a joke lmao
HAHA YOU SHOULD HAVE A COMEDY SPECIAL
Hannibal's Brother lol thanks
@@zacharycraft2129
Americans:Are you autistic or just gay
Zachary craft: *yes*
Why does this have 142 likes? This isn’t funny.
them crossing the lake just to go to high-school reminds me of when parents tell you that it took three mountains, five rivers, and fighting one tiger just to reach school
That lady looks INCREDIBLE for a mother of 8......
Lol, doesn't matter how many kids they have. It has everything to do with how well they take care of themselves. Diet, exercise, etc..
She doesn't watch Fox News
Not watching fox diarrhea definitely prevents wrinkles and senility. But some of them could be adopted. My grandparents had nine.
Kevin K "That's not a family photo,,,, it's an environmental disaster and you framed it!"
@@ShutTheMuckUp That's not how that works. They go back to normal.
Wow, pain in the arse to need your passport just to get a pizza.
They should say Thanks Bush as one was not needed until January 1st 2009 when the final parts of U.S. Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 went in to effect.
Patchuchan And those thousands of illegals crossing our southern border unabated each day per the current President's directive should say "Thanks Obama".
+ Zoomer30..... I hope they tip the delivery boy well for his 2 hour round trip.
Zoomer30 lol, I'd do a 2month shop in one go
AquaticBoardwalkEngineer Yeah, I bet you can get back into the U.S. without a passport. Oh, wait, you can't? Hmm, those kids probably want to get back into the U.S. after their slumber party is over but what do I know?
On today’s game of why is this in my recommendations…
Deadass
Right
Ikr
On today's game of people who complain about their recommendations yet they still click the video
Jeff Hopper, it's not a complaint it's a joke about the UA-cam algorithm
Two kinds of weather there.winters coming and winter's here.
At 71 years of age, I just learned about this! I noticed the small square on US maps, but I never stopped to give it any thought until I watched this video today,. August 25, 2018!
This is the best comment I've read in a long time. The internet is an amazing place!
U have to go there if you have a chance.
get off the sight old man thereis some weird stuff you don't want to see
A little younger than you never knew about this either.
Nice.
I bet there are no traffic jams in the angle
Thanks for the heads up
Michael Lawson
Traffic Jam and Peanut Butter! Mmmm! Tasty.
moosefactory133 ill bet there are no black superpreditors carjacking folks
moosefactory133 i
Typical Minnesota fisherman, ready to secede and renounce citizenship for a walleye. LMAO
DMB fan dude for real
Lol you made a Sota sorta funny
My late wife had a lot of those fishermen as customers and let me tell you they are a different breed altogether and damn nicest people you would ever meet. I wouldn't want to live like that as all of that checking in and out etc... is too much like a penitentiary to me.
Fish is life lol
DMB fan It's really not just about a walleye, that's his source of income and how he survives.
Teacher "We need more school age kids" that couple, " we will be right back!"
id have 8 kids to if the closest store to buy condoms was a hour away
Lol
Thraxx Boy haha 😂 hahah a
☆☆☆☆☆OOP'S!!!!!!
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underrated comment..
They should just get a Ferry.
Or make some bridge
Too far for a bridge. Ice road would be nice in winter.
krisfehr13 There's been bridges that are much longer.
Those bridges serve a lot more people though
Or build a land bridge, which would effectively draw the border on the lake.
I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and didn't know this. Crazy
I live in Cape Town in South Africa and we know about this.
Maddie G Now. you do 😀
I'm from North Carolina and I knew about this .but no one cares..because it's stupid
Blame your corrupt liberal democrat run Teachers Union. They would rather teach all your children PC Culture then to teach them actually knowledge about your state etc.
@@thommysides4616 ???????????
8 kids. Amazing. Kudos to both. Having and raising 8 kids is indeed a great venture. It needs lot of character and patience and blend of everything.
Kept trying for a boy and got one!
In the 70's my best friend in California has 2 brothers,and 10 sisters..Simi Valley,Ca...13 children total..thank God dad was a ticket agent for Grey Hound bus service😱
Also a good payday on tax returns I swear that's why some people do it
@@mitchyoung93 he’s actually one of the oldest, the third or fourth oldest. So mean all the others were by choice
@@rexhill5096 back when a working man could support a family on one income.
It’s funny how I was born and raised in Minnesota and I have never heard of this. School has failed me😂
Not studying Your American History, and You failed Yourself.
Zach Zahn it’s just a tiny fact that barely matters. Will this help educate you on who to vote for, or what our rights are? I think not
NO, school taught you what you needed to know.
Zach Zahn everyone who is saying school didn’t fail him it’s a 50/50 fight because you all seemed to have skipped the part where he said he was born and raised in Minnesota
Same tho
Great opportunity for someone to set up a small grocery store!
Yeah, it's amazing that nobody thought of that! Someone could simply get a large truck, buy lots of groceries in mainland Minnesota, and sell them for a big markup back in the Northwest Corner.
R Hamlet they can be transported on a boat through US waters without having to cross a border.
Yeah, right. You'll have all of the 60 customers, mostly kids, to yourself. Hahaha!
***** I saw a UA-cam video on Port Roberts, Washington, and someone there runs a grocery store. The owner has to drive to mainland Washington to buy groceries and bring everything back to Port Roberts. Customs makes it difficult to import from Canada, but apparently they don't have a problem when the food is brought in from the USA. So, it seems that as long as the food is brought in from mainland USA, I imagine it shouldn't be a problem.
XD haha
This boy is thinking I need another brother to help with the shed building and yard work!!
List of things to do in the angle: #1 fishing, #2 make babies.
Drinking beer is #2 or 3...just depends ;)
Bad Cattitude They let you use a personal device to watch UA-cam while locked up in the mental ward now? Must be a very special privilege. Good for you, dear.
Kurt Chamberlain # 3 pull out
I would Like this but then there wouldn’t be a perfect 💯 likes!
@@tiffanykuo4256 LOL
I could never live here. I wouldn't respect that stupid border check-in. Id blow past the phone box without stopping.
Most people probably do. Youve already gone through border patrol once, neither country is going to care about that little shack, besides officially saying its their and people use it. Its not like border patrol works there, and if they did visit, all they would catch is locals or vacationers, which would drive both away
@Sasuke Uchiha it's the right thing to do, there's no moral judgment to make here. Morality is not based off rules. Parents who disobey the border are doing whats best for the children. Makes their lives easier.
@NinetyOne Foxtrot there arent enough phones to go around
Thats called illegal entry
It’s pretty much pointless. Absolutely no crime at all. Go directly south into the southern border and you’ll greet AK47s and bundles of drugs lol
This is what real journalism is.
Reel journalism
My grandparents have been going fishing here at least once a year for the last 30 years. I’ve gone twice with them and it’s a beautiful area. I know that my grandmas spirit rests here as this was her home away from home.
Broooo they’re doing too much just give them dual citizenship, it’s a waste of time. Also the father is a whole Canadian man with that accent.
You’d still have to check in at the border. It’s not like if you were an American, in Canada, trying to go back in you can just go “It’s ok, I’m American” and they just let you in...
There is no dual citizenship in the U.S. I believe
@@tonybumgarner5971 there is
@@tonybumgarner5971 theres an island both us and canada claim and you can have dual citzenship if you are born there
Learned something new that wasn't a completely useless fact. Thank you CBS.
How is this fact useful to you?
maybe kay likes fishing
Look up Point Roberts, Washington
Look up Point Roberts, Washington
+Mr. White because it wasn't your typical UA-cam clickbait nonsense like "10 Things you didn't know about XYZ" wherein the content has little to do with the thumbnail. Also, I do like fishing.
I'm dying one family takes up 1/3 of a whole school 😂
There's probably lots of cases like this in the Deep South in rural towns in Alabama or Louisiana.
C.A.N.D.A.
Who are they going to marry?
@Rabbi Mamzer ben Amalek you're as old as Santa Claus 🎅
@@chupacabra9357 is it bad that i understood this in a second?
CBS Sunday Morning: America's small town in Canada: The Northwest Angle
Point Roberts, Washington: Am I a joke to you?
They show it in the summer .... could you imagine what that grocery commute is like in Jan?
Wouldn't it be easier if the Northwest Angle residents got special permission to come to and from the country without having to stop. It's not as if an officer is actively checking vehicles or passengers. If they were smuggling anything it wouldn't change much, seems like a waste of their time really. Give them some diplomatic traveling permissions or something for that stretch. Surely their must be a loophole to cut some of bureaucracy of going to the grocery store.
EqualsThreeable I think they do in most cases, not sure why they don’t here. Maybe it was just for part of the news segment.
They go threw a more legitimate border between Minnesota and canada then need to check in within x amount of time at the angle
This video made me smile. Thank you :)
Why does the us not just buy the road or Canada and the us agree to make it neutral land
Because that's too intelligent
That would make too much sense.
Does, it is spelled DOES. Dose is like taking a DOSE of medicine.
Why not just make an easier road. But what do I know...?
“It’s only a 150 mile trip”
If you wanted to you could drive around Rhode Island which is exactly 150 mile trip or start at the west side of Michigan and drive all the way to the east side which is 150 mile
That's the most American thing I've ever seen.
That's not crazy. I used to drive 180 miles round trip every day for a job. In average traffic that's 3-4 hours total commute time.
@@promontorium Jeez dude,did you at least get paid well?
@@ghosttoast8610 No I actually went $16,000 into debt. I was driving for Lyft and Uber driving 10-12 hours a day, including the commute time. Costs were just too high to make money. Racked up some impressive numbers. Over 7,000 rides given, over a quarter million miles driven.
But I was a sucker. Everyone gets a cut of you, and there's no guarantees you get a cut at all. Bad days outnumbered the good in the long run.
That bus driver must hate his life..
He actually enjoys his job and in an article on a school transportation site he starts at 4 AM which is a split shift. However, he does work a few hours at a post office to pass the time before his 2nd shift starts.
BornToRunBarefoot he enjoys seeing the wildlife and likes being a morning person.
LOL
All Minnesotans, proably not.
I'd hate to be those kids. At that age I hated waking up at 5:30 and standing outside for 10 minutes during winter waiting for the bus. Forget spending like 14 hours a day commuting to and from school plus actual school
Hi, this is Sasquatch I'm at Jim's Corner.
LOL
Dork
Awe man, that seems so awesome!!!!! I would love to live there.
So why they don't take the boat to US?
If you can drive a boat through the icy water in the water perhaps. Even so you still have to do all the border check in stuff.
@@Jiji-the-cat5425 The water between the two is entirely in the U.S.
Not sure but that would be about a 15 mile open water boat ride, that’s a tough commute. I’d rather deal with the boarder phone thing.
I’ve been to lake of the woods and it’s huge and when the wind blows the waves get really big so probably better to play it safe instead of risking lives on the water
Good luck doing that during winter
I can actually smell the dirt road, the morning dew on all those greens and the clean air all the way from my tiny apartment in this overcrowded city I live in. To experience this place would be a priceless gift for me. :(
Carlo Familara jesus. Take a trip.
Winter might REALLY suck. Tho.
@@GUITARTIME2024 😂😂😂
I live on the peninsula of Florida some of the cleanest air in the nation lodged between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean
5-6 hours to get groceries? Still better than L.A. traffic.
Lol
Miami Sports Network sometimes you can walk down the street to get groceries in LA, you can’t walk anywhere here.
At least these guys aren't in bumper to bumper traffic. I'd take this in a heartbeat over LA or any other major city.
USAFJUNKIE it don’t have to be bumper to bumper if u walk in the city or take the subway
Miami Sports Network I’m sure they eat a lot of fish 🎣
I love this clip!!! Thank you for sharing it!!!!!
That’s the most confusing title I have every seen in my life.
Everything about this place seems fantastic, except for all that passport silliness.
As a northern Minnesotan, the border crossing would not be nearly as bad as the winter. That stack of firewood is no joke.
Passport silliness? A passport is your id to the world and your home. Nothing silly about respecting yours and other people's home dude.
TheWinterShadow resident agreements can be made between bordering nations that allow for dual citizenship. At the very least travel trusts can be established to mitigate the hassle of that ridiculous call box that isn’t even manned by customs and border patrol. A US passport is hardly an ID to the world lol. It’s like 6th or 7th on the list in terms of travel freedom.
@@rickyjackson1258 Sure they can, if possible but that's not the nature of this video. It's about the life of the people living there..based on "their" choice...it's about the unique and interesting situation they are living. Seems to me like they love their life and probably wouldn't change a thing. And I am willing to bet they are not calling their life "silly". So, they have to call the Canadian government for permission to cross their border. I think that's pretty cool to show respect to Canada and Canada is pretty cool for letting them. That's all it is respect. There are millions of people who don't call to ask for permission. That's a disgusting fact.
Yeah.. it's crazy. We have some geographical oddities like that in Central Europe, where it's just faster to travel through a neighboring country for a few kilometers. Luckily we have the Schengen agreement, so there's no border control or passport checks. Guess the US should just arrange a similar agreement with Canada, would make life much easier for these and other people along the border.
Someone should setup a ferry crossing business so they don't have to cross thru Canada all the time.
It's a long boat ride... they do have a ice road in the winter.
@Johnson Adam Thanks for spelling out for us buddy. You sure came thru with that good grammar.
@Johnson Adam Lmao damn you're gonna leave a comment just for one word? I could see if I had three or four but for using the shorthand of through? You really need to get out of the house more 😂
@Johnson Adam "Proberbly" Wow...some English you've got there, dude!
Johnson Adam Dude... It’s not “laziness,” it’s just practicality! While our English language is beautiful, it is also useful to have shortcuts for words which almost everyone can understand and I think those should be equally appreciated. There are times when correct grammar is needed and other times when efficiency takes priority. This is UA-cam, not an English class!
Why cant they shop for groceries in canada itself somewhere nearby??
S. Singh the closest Canadian town is Steinbach which is over 100 miles. Warroad, MN is the closest town at around 60 miles. Pretty remote around here- plus Canadian prices are crazy expensive 😂
Canadian Food is also expensive, double I've lived there.
Just make like a co-op, so one person or a family goes once a week and does almost the errands in town. Instead of an array of people doing that.
They said it's 60 people? Ish. Yeah, you could set it up.
I'm.wondering about logistics. Like day to day life and winter in particular.
I like the idea of little to no crime and not being assh*les to elbows with everyone ALL. THE. TIME. Rush, rush, rush. Yuck.
I wish Willoughby irl wasn't a crime infested cesspool and more like Twilight Zone. 1960.
Man, you just know those ppl have seen Bigfoot.
Big Foot generally resides in the Pacific Northwest, so they may be a little to far east to see one.
@@bunny_0288 Bigfoot doesn't exist. If he did we'd have footage by now. The world is nothing but cameras. Same for the Loch Ness monster.
Bigfoot has been sighted in New Zealand, it's more than a thousand miles across some of the deepest ocean in the world from anywhere. Did he bum a ride with the polynesians, or could it be some folks are predepossed to believe they see big hairy wild people running around?
@@DrLavitz Well, then, obviously Bigfoot and Loch Ness monster doesn't show up on camera, just like vampires. How else do you explain that there are no pictures of vampires?
@@DrLavitz I was making a joke! lol We really need a sarcasm font haha
Not available to watch in Canada lol.
Its because Canada doesn't want you to know there is a part of the USA across the boarder that isn't Alaska by the great lakes.
Liberal utopia
LOL!!
Recommended videos are always interesting
The fish dispute was settled when the US threatened to stop allowing Canadian trains through in retaliation. The main East-West Canadian railroad line cuts through a corner of the USA. You let us fish, we let your trains use the short cut! Tracks skirt the South edge of the lake, Baudette to Warroad. North of the lake there are just so many little lakes there is no easy East West path for a train.
Canadian Campobello island has a bridge to the US but only a ferry to Canada.
Joe Dellinger that’s not the CNR mainline across Canada
I remember they had to air lift in supplies to lift the Canadian blockade of The Angles, it didn't work too well at the time because all the supplies were airlifted on passenger pigeons.
Ok, I can understand the school thing and the need to do some things in the U.S. side exclusively. But why the eff can't they go grocery shopping in Canada?!
I think it's because they would be importing goods from Canada, in legal terms, and that would require a huge load of paperwork and taxes to be payed and it would simply be more expensive. I could be wrong, but it's the first thing that comes to my mind
Nahuel Martínez That's actually a very good idea that comes to mind. I didn't think of that.
Gwen Ap Mannanan lol thanks :)
I visited the NWA back in 2009 on a cycling tour, and there's really nothing closer. The NWA is bounded on three sides (North, East and South) by water and thousands of square miles of nothing. To the West, there's Canada, but it's all wilderness. Literally, the nearest shopping is South, but you can't go directly South (due to the aforementioned water); you have to go West, first, skirt the water, and then South to the U.S./Canada border. The Customs agents that you voluntarily contact by satellite phone at Jim's Corner had a bit of trouble with me, because they wanted a vehicle license plate number, which I didn't have (being on a pedal-powered touring tricycle).
Don Saito This is super helpful. Thank you so much for that!
Dating in that school is going to be horrible!
Thanks for the vid really interesting! :D
NorthWestAngle: “Quiet, Serene, Remote” as was described but I believe it fills with joy and uniqueness.
I miss the days when I didn't need a passport to travel from the US to Canada or Mexico.
Roadstar1602...
I do too. That all ended with Bush/Cheney.
I visited Niagara Falls in 1998. I don't even recall that I was asked for an ID.
You don't need a passport if your driving to Canada and live in the states along the border. Those states issue enhanced driver's licenses that you can use. They do cost more than a regular license, at least in Michigan. Had to visit a Secretary of State office with my birth certificate and social security card and was interviewed to verify my identity. This license acts as a form of appropriate ID for border crossings between Canada and Mexico by land. Of course you can still use a passport or the newer passport card.
Well I live in Ohio, which is a border state. The border being the middle of Lake Erie. I wonder if I can get that here.
Roadstar1602 Closest thing is a Passport Card will set you back about $75. For land and water between the U.S., Canada, Mexico and some islands you would stop at on a cruise, they do the job. Won’t work on a plane. I got one specifically to spend some time in Canada. NEXUS would probably be better for frequent travelers. I’m almost considering it.
I miss those days to
Wow 5 girls and only boy man hand me downs must have been interesting...
Lol
virgin neckbeard detected
is there a hospital or clinic there?
😱thanks for sharing; would never known otherwise.
Just love watching segments like this.
I have an overwhelming urge to go here just to drive through without stopping for the stupid call box.
The only thing stupid about the situation is you pretending to be a badass.
@@leighsutherland6222 You don't even know me.
I never stated otherwise.
Do it so we find out what happens to folks who don't stop at Jim's callbox.
This isn't the only town like that. There is a town in WA called Point Roberts that is surrounded by Canada that is only accessable by boat or by going through Canada, it doesn't have any land connections with the rest of the US.
Caleb Boerner, The US has quite a few such places. Alaska for one. Hawai'i. Puerto Rico. Virgin Islands Guam.
Ok how have I made it to 40 and never heard of this? This makes the town that is split down the center sound like a dream.
I love this story!! Thanks CBS !!
Two words: Amazon Prime.
Two words: no Internet
@@ShangZilla ever heard of unlimited data?
@@woah455 Unlimited mobile internet in middle of nowhere with no infrastructure. Cool story bro.
@@ShangZilla it could happen.
Two words: Shut Up
I knew a couple who owned a summer resort up there. They'd use boats to get to and from the rest of Minnesota. In the winter, Lake of the Woods becomes a popular snowmobile road for travelers looking to get to and from. Definitely a cool place!
Are living in canada
Damn. That couple seemed fairly young and they have a bunch of kids in their teens it seems. Healthy living to look so young.
Thank you for this great story. I learn something new every day.
Looks relaxing there
An hour and 15 mins for food shopping? The ice cream would have melted by the time you get home!
Isn't it cold there?
So it'll be fine.
lindsey0806 I grew up not as remote as this but 45 min from the nearest town with a real grocery store and half an hour from my school so when I rode the bus id get on at 6am and get off at 7:50 on a good day with out snow
Radiant P3nguin Not year round 😂 believe it or not things do thaw out for a few months
I now that because summer happens there, but if you're buying ben and jerrys during the winter it won't thaw as fast
Easy enough to fix with a cooler, buy a bag of ice at the store. I've lived in remote areas and there's a way around just about everything.
I love how they have Canadian accents
1 second into this video and there's already a gunshot, it's definitely America.
hank the sound of freedom
Yes, because many people in Canada don't own guns. Oh wait
Beautiful sound
Bruh
I live in the rat race of Los Angeles California. There is something strangely appealing about watching this video and imagining myself living a simpler lifestyle.
I left LA for Minnesota last year, we are just north of Minneapolis and it is a much better way of life. Living in LA is not healthy... haha
Max Wilson Stay away from North Minneapolis though lol
Leave everything and move out :)
HueTubeR do it. Most of america is rural.
Visit in January and see if you feel the same.
I live in Italy 40 mins to the border with Switzerland (which is not part of the EU, mind you) and, as strict as Swiss people are known to be, sometimes nobody is at the customs to check who and what's entering or leaving the state, and even if there is somebody he would just ask for your ID, nod at you and let you go most of the time. There are even some people from my place that go to Switzerland every morning to work (as the salaries are way better there, especially considering the value change) and then come back in Italy in the evening to live the rest of the day here. On Saturday there is a market in the city center in my place and it's plenty of Swiss people coming with the train from Switzerland (1 hour ride one way) just to chill here as if they're going to the mall. And even the most remote places across both of the borders have at least a grocery, a school, a pharmacy and a postal office for the few people living in the area so that nobody has to waste hours of their time every week for the basic needs.
That situation at "The Angle" is insane.
Unlike Europe, we haven't became that enlightened yet. You people should be proud to have the "Schengen Agreement" that allows that to be the norm. That's why Switzerland doesn't mind at all as long as you remember to leave when you're done!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area
Christopher Sobieniak and that's why I'm deeply europeist! We need Europe, otherwise we'd just be a bunch of irrilevant countries...
***** True. My sis did marry a German immigrant herself. Though I don't suppose that would get her EU citizenship if her husband wanted to move back to Germany. They are teaching their son German so he can talk to his grandparents when they come over.
That's all because you are part of the EU. We are not so we don't have the same regulations. Also you have to understand if we built a store, a school, and a pharmacy for ever rural place in America we would be in much more debt. America is large, it is considered normal in rural America to travel long distances for regular activities. You have to remember Switzerland is much smaller then the US.
No, switzerland is not part of the EU.
Regarding shops, if they are so many people they could just open their own cooperative shop, which is how many supermarket chains in europe were born anyway.
26 years ago I was working in Newport Vermont for 3 months, since I was the junior guy, I got forced to go. I was 19 years old. borders on both sides but right down the road in Derby there was a border and a bar right after the customs. So I would park my car on the road, walk up to customs and then go right across the street. I was old enough to drink in Canada and I was pretty bored after work. Thankfully they had a pool table to keep me busy. After a week they didn't even bother to check me anymore and just waved me through. Interesting experience for me at that age. I have never been back to Canada and my company doesn't even have service in the most northern states anymore. Can't believe how fast 26 years can go by.
We love our Minnesotan neighbors, from Iowa.
While those 60 or so intrepid US citizens are really cool, there's another place where you have to travel through Canada to get to the United States, but it's also a little more involved. It's Point Roberts in Washington state. Established in 1846, Point Roberts is a town of over 1300 residents, situated on a small peninsula south of the 49th parallel, which constitutes the US-Canadian border. They have a small primary school, but every student 4th grade or higher is bussed through Canada, around Boundary Bay (approximately 26 miles) to Blaine, Washington to attend school. They have their own zip code and post office. Currently, Glen Hanlon, retired hockey player and Kekuta Manneh, soccer player for the Vancouver Whitecaps are notable residents of Point Roberts - Manneh (a Gambian who was adopted by an American couple) in order to maintain US residency in order to become a citizen.
These two American oddity places are rather interesting.
I should have read through the comments and found this one before making my own comment about Point Roberts.
While school is a bit complex because of funding and what not, at the very least they can do their grocery shopping a lot closer by in Canada.
Looking at the Google map of this area, no, they really can't do their grocery shopping closer in Canada. There's....nothing....there.
And apparently; Point Roberts used to use British Columbia's area code (604) for many years, how PR's finally linked to a Wash St code.
Why didn't Canada obtain it then? It would make more sense them to have it instead of making americans go thru canada to get to part of the us.
What if you have a medical emergency and you don't have time to check-in at the border?
Pretty sure it’s the same procedure as an island off the coast of a state like Georgia. Helicopter pickup and then taken to the mainland for transportation to the nearest hospital.
Sharkboi correct. I have a cabin up there and I’ve seen a medical heli once. I think they would fly them to the “mainland” Minnesota probably warroad than they’d get on a plane and fly to a bigger city to be treated
OkayOstrich You’re not gonna get it, you’d just be deported
@@trooperguy715 Lol "Free" ah man, where did you ever learn things were free in life.
There likely isnt any issue with going to Canada or back to the US for medical care. While there are parts of the Northern border that are strict, 99% of it is based in goodwill. Neither country is going to deny medical services at a hospital (though an ambulance may not come), and youll never get in trouble for it.
Love you my home sweet home America. God bless you always. Love you always and forever.
Desolate, tiny and remote. This town is the perfect backdrop for a M. Night Shyamalan movie.
Call me crazy, but i'd love to live there!
Me too! I already have to drive an hour to get to a real store so why would that be different?
Why call you crazy
I have been already living there
I'm waiting on winter weather report...already have lots of snow and cold now.
Just like Point Roberts, Washington.
That''s right. I would like to see that piece of ground deeded to Canada.
Filling the background check questionnaire and the question is “Have you ever broken law?” Yes, The Paris Treaty of 1783.
same thing in point roberts, WA..you can only get there though BC
Nicely done. Enjoyed learning about this place!
That moment when you have to spend 4 more hours of your life going back to the grocery store because you forgot to get something when you were there the first time.
It would be smart to make a cop-op for that. I'd pay it.
The simplicity is amazing
Looks like a great place to have a nice relaxing vacation!