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Border fence erected along stretch of Canada-U.S. border now taken down - BC | Globalnews.ca

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The chain link fence was along the western side of Point Roberts on the Canadian side of the border.

The City of Delta said it put up the fence after a Tsawwassen senior died when he went for a walk and it was later realized that he had crossed into Point Roberts .

The Treaty of Ghent from the 1800s , states that no impediments can be within 10 feet or 3.05 metres of the Canada - U.S. border.

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