Canada-U.S. border defines space, emphasizes ties.

The Chronicle Herald.CA, Letters, July 8, 2008 - “THE CANADA-U.S. border stretches for 8,891 kilometres, or 5,525 miles, from the St. Croix River on the Atlantic Ocean to the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Pacific, and from Dixon Entrance on the Pacific to the Arctic Ocean. It forms the boundary of 10 states, seven provinces and one territory, and it traverses four of the Great Lakes. From Lake of the Woods in Ontario all the way to the Pacific, the Canada-U.S. border is the world’s longest continuous straight international boundary.” Read more.