Point Roberts: America's Isolated Exclave (with music) (duplicated)

What if I told you there’s a U.S. town you can’t drive to without going through another

country? Welcome to Point Roberts Washington, a tiny American town completely

cut off from the rest of the United States. Back in 1846, when the U.S.

and Britain drew the border along the 49th parallel, no one noticed it sliced right through

this small peninsula south of Vancouver. That line left Point Roberts stranded below Canada — an

American “exclave” you can only reach by driving through British Columbia or arriving by boat

or plane. Fewer than 1,000 people live here, and everything from groceries to medical

care requires crossing the border twice. The town even has its own elementary school,