How a coastal Maine town almost became part of Canada

[Spazito]

When U.S. President Donald Trump started talking about annexing Canada to make it the 51st state, people in Castine, Maine, took notice.

The town, after all, was twice occupied by Great Britain two centuries ago.

The British wanted to carve out a new colony that would be part of British North America — in effect doing the opposite of what Trump has been musing about.

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Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump here by 47 percentage points in the presidential election last fall, and the president's aggressive comments about Canada were deeply unpopular in Castine and nearby coastal communities.

"This isn't how you treat your allies," said Pete O'Brien, a resident of nearby Rockland who was showing relatives from California the earthworks of Fort George, built by British troops in 1779.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/castine-maine-canada-invasion-1.7567014

Very interesting read, imo.

[crud]

1. Reminds me of an old joke

A farmer on the border of Canada and the US had his land surveyed to determine if he was part of Canada or the US. The results were that his land was in the US. The farmer said. " Thank God, the winters are terrible up in Canada....ba dump dump

[Historic NY]

2. Like Fort Niagara in Ny and Fort George across from it.

There is still a military presence at Ft Niagara ie the coast Guard and Homeland Security.
https://www.oldfortniagara.org/]

And Fort George https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/on/fortgeorge]
both separated by the Niagara River.

Lots of intrigue there.