City of Point Roberts

 
Date Visited:   Sunday, September 2, 2001
City Visited #:   68
County:   Whatcom
Visited With:   Sister
City Name History:   The point and community are at the tip of a two-and-one-half mile-square peninsula cut off from the United States mainland by the forty-ninth parallel on the north and by Boundary Bay on the east.  The only entry is through Canadian and United States customs.  It was named by Vancouver for the previous commander of the H.M.S. Discovery, Capt. Henry Roberts.
Comments:   This is the only city in WA State that involves a 30 minute drive into Canada to reach it.