Canusa Street

A particular 0.38 mi (0.61 km) long stretch of Canusa Street runs along the 45th parallel north, which defines the Canada–United States border.

[3] The yellow line running down the middle of the road in the section along the 45th parallel is treated as the international border, separating United States on the south from Canada on the north.

[4][5] Citizens of Stanstead take pride in its unique location, and participate in an annual gathering, celebrating the "friendliest border in the world".

[6] Around 1 mi (1.6 km) east of the eastern end of the road lies the Haskell Free Library and Opera House.

Visitors coming from the Canadian side are allowed to cross the border on foot via the sidewalk from Church Street in order to enter, but must return to Canada the same way upon exiting the library.

In addition, immigration policies that put focus on the strengthening of the United States' southern border invertedly draws criminal activity to United States' northern border with Canada, which makes historically less-patrolled areas such as Canusa Street and the Haskell Free Library and Opera House incentivizing locations for illegal activity, including illegal crossings and smugglings.

Pedestrian traffic continued to decrease throughout the next decade, reaching a low of only two entries into the United States in 2021 due to Canadian COVID-19 border restrictions.

Canusa Street, known as rue Canusa in French , runs through the middle of Beebe Plain, forming the northern border for Vermont, and dividing the Vermont and Québec sides of the village. In this photograph, the houses on the left are in the United States and those on the right are in Canada.