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45th Parallel - I-91 near Derby Line VT
Posted by:
PeterNoG
N 44° 59.948 W 072° 06.050
18T E 728502 N 4986943
This Great Line of Earth is Latitude 45° N, Midpoint Equator to North Pole. The sign is on I-91 southbound about 0.8 miles south of the Canadian border near Derby Line, Vermont.
Waymark Code: WMDB40
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 12/17/2011
Views: 48
The 45th Parallel would be the border between Quebec’s Eastern Townships and the United States but an error in a 1772 survey by John Collins created a zigzag line that put the surveyed line here almost a half a mile north of 45°. In 1842, after years of bickering, that zigzag surveyed line was agreed upon when the United States and Great Britain signed the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. (
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This sign is on a curve on the interstate, so if you want to take a picture here, be prepared and have your passenger snap the photo on-the-fly. Stopping in NOT recommended.