Stay on the Sidewalk

… and no one gets detained by trigger-happy American border guards. The Haskell Free Library & Opera House straddles the Canadian-USA border. A black line runs through the building marking which side of the border you are on.

To access the library as a Canadian, you technically cross into American soil without having to report to customs so long as … and this is very important … you stay on the sidewalk and go immediately to the Haskell. In the opera house, one sits in the audience on the American side, watching the actors perform on the Canadian side. A wonderful quirky place and the Vermont tour guide with her feline feet was happy to take us back stage ( Canada) and the opera balcony (USA).

Borders are often the stuff of challenging questions, production of identification and secondary searches. Not so in Stanstead, Quebec … so long as you stay on the sidewalk.Read more