How New Border Security is Impacting Cross-Border Hiking Trails
Even if you were bushwhacking deep in the wilderness, it’s difficult to accidentally cross the Canada–U.S. border, because it’s been physically carved into the landscape. Known as “the slash”, this 6.1-metre-wide, 2171-kilometre-long clearcut visually marks the border between the countries in wilderness areas. While the slash itself would make an epic trail, in reality there…
