US-Canada border
Longest peaceful boundary
The US-Canada border is the boundary line separating the United States from Canada, stretching nearly 5,500 miles including the Alaska-Canada portion.
It's the longest international border between two countries in the world.
The border runs largely along the 49th parallel from the Pacific to the Great Lakes region, then follows waterways and surveyed lines eastward.
They crossed at the US-Canada border near Detroit.
- Great LakesFive connected inland seas
- Thousand IslandsRiver chain or dressing
- Niagara FallsFamous cataract on US-Canadian border
- Lake SuperiorLargest Great Lake
- War of 1812Early American-British military conflict
Rocky Mountains · St. Lawrence River · Pacific Northwest · Arctic Ocean · NAFTA · maple syrup · Appalachian Mountains · passport · customs · duty free
- North American Borders49th parallel, state lines, Mason-Dixon line, territorial waters
- North American RelationsNAFTA, USMCA, ambassador, embassy, free trade
US-Canada borderKorean DMZ
Armistice separation zone
US-Mexico border · Berlin Wall · Iron Curtain · closed border · border wall
US-Canada bordercontested border
Boundary with competing claims
conflict zone · war front · demilitarized zone · armistice line · cease-fire line
Canada, Canadian, Canadians, border, borders, bordered, bordering, borderland, borderlands