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The international border between Canada and the United States is the longest in the world by total length. [a] The boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is 8,891 km (5,525 mi) long.
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 ...
The international border between Canada and the United States, with Yukon on one side and Alaska on the other, circa 1900-1923 [1]. The borders of Canada include: . To the south and west: An international boundary with the United States, forming the longest shared border in the world, 8,893 km (5,526 mi); [2] (Informally referred as the 49th parallel north which makes up the boundary at parts.
This is a route-map template for the Canada–United States border, a boundary in Canada and the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
This border vista is a 20-foot-wide (6.1 m) man-made cut-through of forestland maintained along areas of the border with dense forestation. There are many different sections of the vista, and the total length can vary depending on cycles of maintenance and upkeep, but an approximate length of 1,349 miles (2,171 km) has been reported by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The US crossing was also known as Knoxford Line and was housed in a temporary trailer. The General Services Administration deemed the US border station property to be excess on November 3, 1977, and it was subsequently sold. [51] The Canada border station has been renovated and today it serves as a private home.
Exclusive economic zone maritime boundaries in the Caribbean Sea and equatorial Atlantic Ocean EEZ maritime boundaries in the Pacific Ocean. The United States has land borders with Canada to the North, and Mexico to the South and a maritime boundary with Russia to the West, as well as maritime boundaries with several countries of the extensive exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The international border states are those states in the U.S. that border either the Bahamas, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, or Russia. With a total of eighteen of such states, thirteen (including Alaska) lie on the U.S.–Canada border , four lie on the U.S.–Mexico border , and one has maritime borders with Cuba and The Bahamas .