Weird Wednesday: Rewriting the Maps

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Weird Wednesday: Rewriting the Maps

In a show of absolutely no balls or backbone, Google maps have indicated that the the Gulf of Mexico will be renamed The Gulf of America. Now this change will only appear for US users. Next, Google will change the name of New Mexico to just New.

Want some more weird political geography?

Point Roberts in Washington state is isolated due to the 49th parallel border agreement

The Northwest Angle (pop. 54), part of the state of Minnesota can only be accessed from the US by boat or over ice roads in winter. Otherwise 4 border crossings are needed for a round trip.

The shortest international bridge in the world (32 feet) connects two islands in the St. Lawrence River.

The Can/US border runs through the library in Haskell, VT.

Going from your bedroom to the living room requires a border crossing in Estcourt, ME.

There are many more, but will save that for later.

-Leon

Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/