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| A view of the north end of Estcourt Station from the Canadian side. |
The international border between Canada and the USA was established by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty in 1842. Yet it wasn’t properly surveyed until much later. (I couldn’t find out exactly when.) The result? A few homes ended up on the wrong side of the border. And some were cut in half.
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| We stayed in the blue house. The border is across the street. |
Can you imagine it? Living on the American side, there is nothing besides the Great North Woods of Maine. And a gas station. Looking out from the front porch of this home on a residential street, across the street is Canada!
Estcourt Station's south side leads off into the vast woodlands of northern Maine. However, Estcourt Station is also positioned on the southern fringes of a lovely little French Canadian village. That village has the unique moniker, Pohénégamook.
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| Canadian National Railway train, coming through! |
Trains come through regularly. As a main trunk line, they run night and day. If you have lived in a large city, you know what I mean. We lived in Brooklyn for many years and became used to the regular rumble of elevated trains.
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| Lake Pohénégamook |
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| Sunset on Lac Pohénégamook, on the other side of the railroad tracks |
(To be continued.)
Beautiful sunset picture, Joanne. In the south, we have a town called Texarkana. One half of the town is in Arkansas and one half is in Texas. The post office is literally split in half. I did find it interesting in your post to be so close to the border of an entirely different country. It gave me the mental image of needing your passport to walk across the street.
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ReplyDeleteOn vit justement de l'autre coté,a Riviere-Bleue .we are living just on the other side in Riviere-Bleue ,me and my xyl that is borned in Pohenegamook.Welcome,Bienvenue .
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