The Canada-United States border passes through the villages of Stanstead in Quebec, Canada and Derby line in Vermont, USA. It has split many houses and streets. So people cook their food in one country and eat it in another!
Canusa Avenue is particularly interesting. Homes in South side of Canusa are in Vermont whereas those on the north side are in Quebec. The residents have to inform the Customs authorities before they cross the street!
The border also passes through the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line which was commissioned by local philanthropists Martha Haskell and her son Horace Stewart Haskell. They deliberately built it on the international border so that citizens of both countries could enjoy the library services.
The Haskell Free library has a line on the floor that marks the border between the US and Canada. So when you walk through the front door you are in the US but if you reach the circulation desk you are in Canada and if you sit on the couch you are back in the US! Similarly the stage of the Opera lies in Canada while the seas lie in the United Sates!
There are three official crossings between Stanstead and Derby Line and residents have to inform Border Patrol authorities every time they cross the border.
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