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border proceeded from east to west, it would make more sense to present the description of its route in the same fashion. This was the approach taken in the Treaty of Paris and I would surmise though I am not certain, in most of the other documents which defined the border. This being the case, the description of the physical border from east to west would better enable the reader to relate that process to related historical events.
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The article would be made more useful if it began with at least a general description of the geographical location of the border. The detailed description of the border is given later and is subdivided by provinces or regions beginning on the west coast. However, as the delineation of the Canada-U.S.
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The closure was extended 15 times, but gradually loosened in the summer of 2021, with all pandemic-related restrictions finally lifted on .
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Don't "lie on" and "lie along" mean the same thing? How about "follows the 49th parallel of north latitude subject to small deviations"?
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To me at least, "on the line" is a much tighter constraint than "along the line". But how about "approximates"? —̦
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Now that the Covid closure is over, I think that section can be shorter, with several sentences collapsed to
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Curiously the markers along the 49° line are numbered from the west! —
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