Today I
want to say a few words about a video I saw just yesterday. It’s about the border
between Canada and the US to be more specific, about the “straight” line in the
middle of it. As you might have guessed, that border is not as straight as it
seems to be, which does not make it the longest straightforward, deforested
line there is. If we go back in time and imagine when those borders were drawn,
it is actually very clear why it is more of a zigzag line, as the people back
than had no GPS but only a compass to use. To explain why I wrote “deforested”,
along the border between Canada and the US is a six meter wide path called the “no
touching zone”, kept free from trees.
I find this especially interesting as I never learned about anything like that in school even though it is fascinating to hear about the pros and cons of straight borders or the problems you come across planning and drawing borders in general. On one side straight ones are easy to draw on paper but on the other side to transfer them onto the land they are meant to be on, can be a real challenge. Not only can towns and cities suddenly be split but what if, like in the case of Canada and the US, an airport needs to expand? Mostly we just learn and talk about the land a border defines but we never talk about the borders and their properties themselves. After learning about the border between Canada and the US my curiosity regarding those boundaries has been aroused and it would be fascinating if there is more interesting information to be learned about the straight borders of the US.
Here is the video I was talking about, discussing the topic about he border between Canada and the US more thoroughly.
I find this especially interesting as I never learned about anything like that in school even though it is fascinating to hear about the pros and cons of straight borders or the problems you come across planning and drawing borders in general. On one side straight ones are easy to draw on paper but on the other side to transfer them onto the land they are meant to be on, can be a real challenge. Not only can towns and cities suddenly be split but what if, like in the case of Canada and the US, an airport needs to expand? Mostly we just learn and talk about the land a border defines but we never talk about the borders and their properties themselves. After learning about the border between Canada and the US my curiosity regarding those boundaries has been aroused and it would be fascinating if there is more interesting information to be learned about the straight borders of the US.
Here is the video I was talking about, discussing the topic about he border between Canada and the US more thoroughly.
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