Tour of HASKELL FREE LIBRARY in Canada and U.S. - WildTravelsTV.com
Vermont's Haskell Free Library and Opera House is located right on the border between Canada and the U.S. - Quebec and Vermont.
It's the only public building that straddles the U.S. - Canadian line. which makes it the only place you can check out a book, catch a show, and defect to a foreign country without ever leaving the building. The locals seem to peacefully coexist, as WILD TRAVELS host Will Clinger found out on a 2016 visit for the second season of the show. You can visit our website for more on the other stories covered in Season 2.
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Derby Line - US and Canada Border | Haskell Free Library | Vermont
Derby Line is an incorporated village in the town of Derby in Orleans County, Vermont, United States.
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is a neoclassical building that straddles the international border in Rock Island, Quebec and Derby Line, Vermont.
Haskell Free Library and a walk along Ruelle Cordeau in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
Raw footage: walk through part of the Haskell Free Library and along Ruelle Cordeau to Rue Dufferin (Route 143 Québec) between the two customs posts. My car was parked on Rue Church next to the fire hydrant.
Did the border kill the small town of Derby Line, Vermont?
This year’s Porcupine Freedom Festival included an epic video of the NH tax collector trying and failing to crack down on unlicensed vendors, but that wasn’t the only interaction that Porcfest attendees had with police.
Several liberty activists made a “run for the border” and drove a couple hours from Lancaster, NH to Derby Line, VT which features the border crossing through the middle of the Haskell library. We wanted to see it for ourselves as well as attempting to cross on foot with various forms of identification.
Here’s a 24-minute short documentary covering what we saw and what we learned. In short, one can cross to Canada with only a driver’s license and despite what the US federal government claims, you don’t need a passport to cross back into the US, but they might hassle you. Also, Derby Line, VT and Stanstead, Quebec have been hurt economically by the border-tightening that happened around 2007. Derby Line’s commercial property is nearly completely empty, and several homes are on the market for sale. Stanstead is in somewhat better shape.
Who would want to live where most of the cars on the streets are Border Patrol vehicles? That’s life in the ghost town of Derby Line, a microcosm of what will happen to the United States if the borders continue to tighten – freedom and the economy will suffer.
Canada-USA Border at Standstead, Quebec/Derby Line, Vermont (Haskell Free Library)
Visited the Haskell Free Library and Opera House at the Quebec/Vermont (Canada/USA) border. You are free to cross back and forth as long as you remain on the side walk.
Is the U.S.-Canada border secure?
CNN's Alex Marquardt is in Derby Line, Vermont, where there is some concern over security at some parts of the U.S.-Canada border.
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The Haskell Free Library and Opera House: a Cultural Gem on the Canada-U.S. Border
Produced by the students of Montreal's Conservatoire Lassalle for the Haskell Free Library and Opera House of Stanstead, Quebec and Derby Line, Vermont. Funded in part by the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN).
Drive to Canusa Street and eventally to the Haskell Free Library on the Canada/US border
Drive southbound on rue Principale in Standstead to rue Canusa Street along part of the border, and eventually arriving at the Haskell Free Library which divided by the border. Note: where I paused speaking, that is near the US customs and immigration border checkpoint. I did park next to a fire hydrant beside the library.
Haskell free Library Stansted Quebec Canada Derby line Vermont USA
A library that's half in USA and the other half in Canada. U can stand in two countries in one
The US-Canada Border Splits This Road Down The Middle
Rue Canusa (or Canusa Avenue) is a street that's split in two by a border: the northern part is in Stanstead, Canada, and the southern part is in Derby Line, USA — and border crossings here aren't as easy as they used to be.
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The Library That Stands On Two Countries
Derby Line Library
The derby line library, half in Vermont and half in Quebec. I am on tour at the moment, I had seen a video on youtube of this, and I decided to bring Mom to the library.
2015 06 23 Border Patrols in Derby Line, VT
Raw Activist Footage
Tuesday 23 June 2014
Traveling through VT to Derby Line, to try crossing into Stanstead, Quebec for lunch. US Homeland Security shows strong presence in beaten down northern town. The expedition walks towards the Haskell Free Library.
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THE HASKELL FREE LIBRARY & OPERA HOUSE: DUAL CITIZEN
This video features a unique historical building that straddles the border between Derby Line, Vermont, USA, and Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. The film shows the building's ornate drop curtain of 1904 painted by Irwin LaMoss, century-old graffiti in the dressing rooms, and the library's reading room intersected by the Line marking the border between the countries. Interviews with Matthew Farfan, Vice-president, and Nancy Rummery, Librarian. The drop curtain is Object No. 44 in the English-speaking Quebec in 100 Objects, a project of the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Association (QAHN) in Quebec, Canada. Visit 100objects.qahn.org to see the story of this object, and photos and stories of 99 other fascinating objects that together form a portrait of the English-speaking minority in Quebec.
2015 06 23 Haskell Free Library, US Side
Raw Activist Footage
Tuesday 23 June 2014
The border between the US and Canada near the Haskell Free Library. Video cameras are visible on both sides of the boundary. Library happens to be closed for the eve of Canada Day.
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The library in two countries
This video is about the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, which is unique as it lies on the Canada - United States border.
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2015 06 23 Crossing the Imaginary, Derby Line VT
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Tuesday 23 June 2014
A gate blocking off a road between Derby Line, VT and Stanstead, Quebec, featuring warnings against crossing either area. The technical line is marked on the US portion of the road, before the physical gate. Garret traverses it briefly to little consequence.
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New Director at Haskell Opera House in both USA and Canada
Interview with Hal Newman, the new Director of the Haskell Opera House, in Derby Line, Vermont, and Stanstead, Quebec.
Canada's Crazy Library
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Imagine a library that has free Sushi making classes?
How about shoe making? Puppet shows, Sherlock Holmes Rooms, 3D Printers, and what's even crazier...
A service to read your kids a bed time story over the phone. It's a Bed Time Story Hotline in like...16 different languages!
This is how Canada (Toronto Public Library) built a massive system of libraries that is as relevant today as ever.
As more and more libraries die...the world can learn a thing or two from Canada's Libraries.
2015 06 23 More Homeland Security in Derby Line, VT
Raw Activist Footage
Tuesday 23 June 2014
Traveling through VT to Derby Line, to try crossing into Stanstead, Quebec for lunch. US Border Patrol/Homeland Security shows a strong presence in the largely abandoned town.
Filmed using a Sony HDR-CX220
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