America's small town in Canada 

Seven girls and one boy? That boy has probably never seen the bathroom in his house...

they should just give them dual citizenship lmao it’s only a handful of people

Everyone: bruh imagine having to drive through Canada to get to the other side of your nation Alaska: am I a joke to you?

Northwest Angle: "Top of the Nation!" Alaska: "Am I a joke to you?"

Dude just wanted a boy but it took him 8 tries

So basically just like Alaska but way smaller.

It wasn’t a mistake. The founding fathers were like “( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) let’s mess up this map and get a piece of Canada.”

When our parents talk about back in their days they had to trek crazy distance to go to school, lmao these kids are doing it now

That'd be a shit place to miss your school bus...

There should really be a passport exception for this area.

"I realize it's only 150 miles round trip, but" Super interesting how much different their perspective on life is from most of us. 150 miles is a long way

I'd get sick of checking in the 2 governments just to get groceries. What a joke.

Why can’t they just give them dual citizenship

I smell a new TLC reality show

Stranger: so where do you live in America or Canada Me: Yes

This seem like a whole lot of trouble for basically nothing but a mistake

Imagine waking up that early for school everyday 💔

Wow, pain in the arse to need your passport just to get a pizza.

them crossing the lake just to go to high-school reminds me of when parents tell you that it took three mountains, five rivers, and fighting one tiger just to reach school

I’d open a general store up there. And a ferry service across the lake.

id have 8 kids to if the closest store to buy condoms was a hour away

Wow, you really do learn something new everyday.

On today’s game of why is this in my recommendations…

Two kinds of weather there.winters coming and winter's here.

At 71 years of age, I just learned about this! I noticed the small square on US maps, but I never stopped to give it any thought until I watched this video today,. August 25, 2018!

I bet there are no traffic jams in the angle

Teacher "We need more school age kids" that couple, " we will be right back!"

8 kids. Amazing. Kudos to both. Having and raising 8 kids is indeed a great venture. It needs lot of character and patience and blend of everything.

That lady looks INCREDIBLE for a mother of 8......

It’s funny how I was born and raised in Minnesota and I have never heard of this. School has failed me😂

I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and didn't know this. Crazy

This boy is thinking I need another brother to help with the shed building and yard work!!

They should just get a Ferry.

Typical Minnesota fisherman, ready to secede and renounce citizenship for a walleye. LMAO

List of things to do in the angle: #1 fishing, #2 make babies.

Broooo they’re doing too much just give them dual citizenship, it’s a waste of time. Also the father is a whole Canadian man with that accent.

That bus driver must hate his life..

Great opportunity for someone to set up a small grocery store!

My grandparents have been going fishing here at least once a year for the last 30 years. I’ve gone twice with them and it’s a beautiful area. I know that my grandmas spirit rests here as this was her home away from home.

CBS Sunday Morning: America's small town in Canada: The Northwest Angle Point Roberts, Washington: Am I a joke to you?

Learned something new that wasn't a completely useless fact. Thank you CBS.

I could never live here. I wouldn't respect that stupid border check-in. Id blow past the phone box without stopping.

“It’s only a 150 mile trip”

1 second into this video and there's already a gunshot, it's definitely America.

This is what real journalism is.

5-6 hours to get groceries? Still better than L.A. traffic.

Why cant they shop for groceries in canada itself somewhere nearby??

Desolate, tiny and remote. This town is the perfect backdrop for a M. Night Shyamalan movie.

Someone should setup a ferry crossing business so they don't have to cross thru Canada all the time.

Ok, I can understand the school thing and the need to do some things in the U.S. side exclusively. But why the eff can't they go grocery shopping in Canada?!

Why does the us not just buy the road or Canada and the us agree to make it neutral land

They show it in the summer .... could you imagine what that grocery commute is like in Jan?

Wouldn't it be easier if the Northwest Angle residents got special permission to come to and from the country without having to stop. It's not as if an officer is actively checking vehicles or passengers. If they were smuggling anything it wouldn't change much, seems like a waste of their time really. Give them some diplomatic traveling permissions or something for that stretch. Surely their must be a loophole to cut some of bureaucracy of going to the grocery store.

Everything about this place seems fantastic, except for all that passport silliness.

Man, you just know those ppl have seen Bigfoot.

Ok how have I made it to 40 and never heard of this? This makes the town that is split down the center sound like a dream.

I can actually smell the dirt road, the morning dew on all those greens and the clean air all the way from my tiny apartment in this overcrowded city I live in. To experience this place would be a priceless gift for me. :(

Hi, this is Sasquatch I'm at Jim's Corner.

That’s the most confusing title I have every seen in my life.

Damn. That couple seemed fairly young and they have a bunch of kids in their teens it seems. Healthy living to look so young.

I'm dying one family takes up 1/3 of a whole school 😂

I have an overwhelming urge to go here just to drive through without stopping for the stupid call box.

I remember they had to air lift in supplies to lift the Canadian blockade of The Angles, it didn't work too well at the time because all the supplies were airlifted on passenger pigeons.

Filling the background check questionnaire and the question is “Have you ever broken law?” Yes, The Paris Treaty of 1783.

Not available to watch in Canada lol.

I miss the days when I didn't need a passport to travel from the US to Canada or Mexico.

So why they don't take the boat to US?

The fish dispute was settled when the US threatened to stop allowing Canadian trains through in retaliation. The main East-West Canadian railroad line cuts through a corner of the USA. You let us fish, we let your trains use the short cut! Tracks skirt the South edge of the lake, Baudette to Warroad. North of the lake there are just so many little lakes there is no easy East West path for a train. Canadian Campobello island has a bridge to the US but only a ferry to Canada.

Wow 5 girls and only boy man hand me downs must have been interesting...

I live in Italy 40 mins to the border with Switzerland (which is not part of the EU, mind you) and, as strict as Swiss people are known to be, sometimes nobody is at the customs to check who and what's entering or leaving the state, and even if there is somebody he would just ask for your ID, nod at you and let you go most of the time. There are even some people from my place that go to Switzerland every morning to work (as the salaries are way better there, especially considering the value change) and then come back in Italy in the evening to live the rest of the day here. On Saturday there is a market in the city center in my place and it's plenty of Swiss people coming with the train from Switzerland (1 hour ride one way) just to chill here as if they're going to the mall. And even the most remote places across both of the borders have at least a grocery, a school, a pharmacy and a postal office for the few people living in the area so that nobody has to waste hours of their time every week for the basic needs. That situation at "The Angle" is insane.

We love our Minnesotan neighbors, from Iowa.

NorthWestAngle: “Quiet, Serene, Remote” as was described but I believe it fills with joy and uniqueness.

Fucking bureaucracy! Hours a week wasted checking into the government.

I live in the rat race of Los Angeles California. There is something strangely appealing about watching this video and imagining myself living a simpler lifestyle.

I love how they have Canadian accents

26 years ago I was working in Newport Vermont for 3 months, since I was the junior guy, I got forced to go. I was 19 years old. borders on both sides but right down the road in Derby there was a border and a bar right after the customs. So I would park my car on the road, walk up to customs and then go right across the street. I was old enough to drink in Canada and I was pretty bored after work. Thankfully they had a pool table to keep me busy. After a week they didn't even bother to check me anymore and just waved me through. Interesting experience for me at that age. I have never been back to Canada and my company doesn't even have service in the most northern states anymore. Can't believe how fast 26 years can go by.

Dating in that school is going to be horrible!

This video made me smile. Thank you :)

Just love watching segments like this.

Awe man, that seems so awesome!!!!! I would love to live there.

What if you have a medical emergency and you don't have time to check-in at the border?

Two words: Amazon Prime.

If there was a piece of land like this in Mexico. I’m pretty sure there would be lots of border patrol 😂

I love this clip!!! Thank you for sharing it!!!!!

While those 60 or so intrepid US citizens are really cool, there's another place where you have to travel through Canada to get to the United States, but it's also a little more involved. It's Point Roberts in Washington state. Established in 1846, Point Roberts is a town of over 1300 residents, situated on a small peninsula south of the 49th parallel, which constitutes the US-Canadian border. They have a small primary school, but every student 4th grade or higher is bussed through Canada, around Boundary Bay (approximately 26 miles) to Blaine, Washington to attend school. They have their own zip code and post office. Currently, Glen Hanlon, retired hockey player and Kekuta Manneh, soccer player for the Vancouver Whitecaps are notable residents of Point Roberts - Manneh (a Gambian who was adopted by an American couple) in order to maintain US residency in order to become a citizen. These two American oddity places are rather interesting.

An hour and 15 mins for food shopping? The ice cream would have melted by the time you get home!

This is ridiculous! Having to check in with a passport before grocery shopping or having to report the name of every child on a schoolbus is insane!

I love this story!! Thanks CBS !!

This isn't the only town like that. There is a town in WA called Point Roberts that is surrounded by Canada that is only accessable by boat or by going through Canada, it doesn't have any land connections with the rest of the US.

Recommended videos are always interesting

Do you live in America? Well yes, but actually no

Thank you for this great story. I learn something new every day.

That moment when you have to spend 4 more hours of your life going back to the grocery store because you forgot to get something when you were there the first time.

If this poor kid doesnt move away, he has a very strong possibility of having to marry his sister.

😱thanks for sharing; would never known otherwise.

I’ve been there many times in my youth. Some of the most beautiful scenery imaginable. Good people too.

I knew a couple who owned a summer resort up there. They'd use boats to get to and from the rest of Minnesota. In the winter, Lake of the Woods becomes a popular snowmobile road for travelers looking to get to and from. Definitely a cool place!

Damn shoutsout to that guy for having a hotass wife in a town with no one in it

The simplicity is amazing

Now I know where I'll be setting up my international smuggling outpost