Re: Make It Make Sense

On 2025-06-18 10:23 PM, danny burstein wrote:

In <1750299359-1263@newsgrouper.org> Ed Stasiak <user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> writes:
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Heard on the radio and that the city of Windsor Canada (just to the south
of Detroit)

 wait a second.  Isn't Canada *north* of the "48 States"?  (Yeah,
Alaska and Hawaii are outliers).
 Next you'll tell us to get from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
via the Panama Canal you head _eastward_....
 

There are some anomalies associated with our joint border.
For example, many Americans think of the border as being essentially the 49th parallel but that is only true from roughly Winnipeg to the Pacific; east of there, the border is somewhat further south, with a line roughly down the middle of the Great Lakes being the border in most of Ontario. The southernmost point of Ontario (and Canada), Point Pelee, is at the same latitude as Northern California.
Certain border crossing points are also surprising. Windsor and Detroit are separated by a river that basically runs north-south so when you cross the border on either of the bridges or the tunnel, you are travelling east to west when going from Windsor to Detroit, not north-south as you would expect.
The Peace Bridge from Fort Erie, Ontario to Buffalo is essentially the same deal. The Niagara River runs north-south at that point so a trip from Fort Erie to Buffalo is west to east.
The Rainbow Bridge from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Buffalo is diagonal so it's essentially northwest to southeast.
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Rhino