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US agents patrol the lake, which straddles the border. Boaters can cross the border but cannot land or contact anyone without having reported to the
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378:Canada border crossing at Osoyoos, BC, c.2003
354:Canadian border station at Osoyoos, BC, 1997.
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330:Canadian border station at Osoyoos, BC, 1922
428:. The Creston Review Ltd. pp. 200–202.
342:Oroville-Osoyoos border survey marker, 2015
366:US border station at Oroville, WA, c.1990s
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