This US City Could Be Sold To Canada

What do YOU think should happen?

Can you imagine: Birth Certificate: Point Roberts, USA Death Certificate: Point Roberts, Canada Without ever leaving!

It’s not a question of whether or not Canadians like you, Covid is the reason why the border is closed.

One of the things that has prevented Point Roberts from becoming Canadian is that the fishing rights in the water around it are what is valuable. While the US does not appear to highly value the land, it is the fishing rights they value. A deal could be proposed to sell the land to Canada and keep the fishing rights, however Canada had taken the position, that unless they end up with the fishing rights, they are quite prepared to keep the status quo.

As a former resident of Washington and current resident of BC, they need to start a ferry between Blaine and point Roberts. This will really help students, provide tourists and easy access to goods and services

"Since I'm on camera, I never go across." I feel that.

eh! put those berries back, you didn't pay duties on that agricultural produce.

If it isn't mentioned somewhere in these comments, geographically speaking, there is a similar situation with Minnesota's Northwest Angle, an area at the northernmost tip of Minnesota that is also surrounded by water and Canada.

Visiting Point Roberts had always been on my bucket list after I started traveling for work back in the late 1980s. I was working near Delta, BC back in 2018 and always wanted to visit Point Roberts. I found it surreal when I crossed the border being a US citizen. Point Roberts was quaint and charming. I’m glad I had a chance to visit! Godspeed to all the residents of Point Roberts!

Im from Vancouver and totally forgot how the border closure must've affected our friends in Point Roberts. I would have thought the Government certainly made some exception. That really sucks.

"It doesn't seem like a very American thing to let this go." Yeah, that pretty much sums it up

watched this on my stream and we all loved it. Keep up the great work!!!

I'm from Washington and for about 11 years my family would vacation in the San Juans for a weekend to a week. I've never been to Point Roberts but every time I saw it on the map I just couldn't believe that we ever separated the land like that.

Why don't they just start a ferry service to mainland USA? So many isolated islands have them in other places.

Wow, Auntie Pam gave up 85 people in the witness protection program in one fell swoop. Yikes!

Living in South Delta for 30 years I used to go to Point Roberts a couple times a month for mail and petrol. In the 70's and early 80s PR was a rocking place on Sundays when bars were closed in B.C. The Breakers used to have great live music and the The Reef tavern was a funky hangout. Every Sunday evening hundreds of hammered Canadians would head north to home through the border, but I don't recall there being a severe drunk driving problem. Loved Clark's store on the east side.

I visited Point Roberts during a vacation trip to the great northwest. I was really surprised when buying gasoline in Point Roberts. Gasoline was sold by the liter, not gallon. As far as I know, it is the only city in America that sells gasoline by the liter.

Can't believe that the state of Washington just... Doesn't run ferries out to this town?

“ we have had 80, 85 people here in witness protection” I don’t think you’re supposed to talk about it😂😂

I lived in Delta as a teen, the city that borders Pt. Roberts. When my friend got his driver's licence, we'd drive down there at least once a month. Gas was a lot cheaper in the US at that time. That was always fun. We'd go for a half-hour drive from our neighbourhood down to the border. They'd ask us the purpose of our trip. "Getting gas" was the answer, and hundreds of other people did it too. We'd fill up, go to the grocery store and get some American chocolate, maybe drive down to the water and check out the scenery, then head home. I like the anomoly of having Pt. Roberts right there, but, I really think it should just be Canada. It seems like a silly oversight that it's the USA.