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The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which then controlled Canada's foreign relations. It was resolved by arbitration in 1903.
Each country used a mildly differing method to define an equidistant water boundary. The two separate water areas in dispute amount to about 51.5 km 2 (19.9 sq mi). [3] Yukon–Alaska dispute, Beaufort Sea (Alaska and Yukon) Canada supports an extension into the sea of the land boundary between Yukon and Alaska. The U.S. does not but instead ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and Canada on Tuesday said they will create a task force this autumn to negotiate the maritime boundary in the Beaufort Sea and resolve the overlap along ...
There is an unresolved dispute involving a wedge-shaped slice on the International Boundary in the Beaufort Sea, between the Canadian territory of Yukon and the U.S. state of Alaska. Canada claims the maritime boundary to be along the 141st meridian west out to a distance of 200 nmi (370 km; 230 mi), following the Alaska–Yukon land border.
The cross-hatched wedge-shaped region in the east is claimed by both Canada and the United States Map including the border area. There is an ongoing dispute involving a wedge-shaped slice on the International Boundary in the Beaufort Sea, between the Canadian territory of Yukon and the American state of Alaska. [64]
May 2—Alaska towns along the Canadian border are bracing for a second summer of restrictions, but at least one business on the Alaska Highway is benefiting from continuing Canadian exceptions ...
Voters increasingly back more border enforcement, but backing Trump's proposed draconian immigration laws could sweep up many Americans, immigrant groups say. Voters want control of the border.
The Northwest Angle in Minnesota, bordering Manitoba, Ontario, and Lake of the Woods. There are several exclaves between the United States and Canada, including the entire state of Alaska (though the state can still be accessed by sea from the United States, except the small settlement of Hyder, which is only accessible by road from British Columbia).