The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is a Victorian building that straddles the Canada–United States border, in Rock Island, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont, respectively. The Opera House opened o
Haskell Free Library and Opera House in 2012
The international boundary is marked as a black-tape line on the floor of what is now used as the children’s room of the Haskell Library. In this picture, Canada is on the right side of the line and the United States is on the left.
Canada is on the left side of the line and the United States is on the right. In this picture taken in 2018 the international boundary is marked outside by granite blocks and boulders.
Derby Line, Vermont
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Derby Line is an incorporated village in the town of Derby in Orleans County, Vermont, United States, slightly north of the 45th parallel, the nominal U.S.–Canada boundary. The population was 687 at t
Haskell Free Library and Opera House
…et salle d'opéra Haskell) is a Victorian building that straddles the Canada–United States border, in Rock Island (now part of Stanstead), Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont, respectively. The Opera House opened on June 7, 1904, having deliberately been built on the international border. It was declared a heritage…
Derby Line, VT, from the south
The US Canada border
View from station c. 1908
The twin villages c. 1906