Point Roberts
| Point Roberts | |||
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| Nickname : The Point, Point Bob, Roberts Point | |||
Location in Washington
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | June 15, 1846 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Washington | ||
| County : | Whatcom County | ||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 59 ′ N , 123 ° 3 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,308 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 103.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 12.65 km 2 (about 5 mi 2 ) of which 12.65 km 2 (about 5 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 10 m | ||
| Postal code : | 98281 | ||
| Area code : | +1 360 | ||
| FIPS : | 53-55015 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1512573 | ||
| Website : | www.pointrobertschamber.com | ||
 Section from the topographic map of the United States Geological Survey |
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Point Roberts is an unincorporated community in Whatcom County of the US state of Washington . Although the settlement is free of parishes, it has a post office with the ZIP code 98281; in 2000, the area associated with this ZIP code had 1308 inhabitants.
geography
Point Roberts is one of four exclaves (see also Northwest Angle ) of the contiguous states that are only accessible from the rest of the United States by land through Canada or by ship. This has to do with the fact that Point Roberts is in the southernmost part of the Tsawwassen Peninsula , south of the 49th parallel . With the exception of Vancouver Island , this latitude forms the border between Canada and the United States from the Pacific Ocean to the Lake of the Woods in Minnesota and Manitoba . There are two localities within Point Roberts, Maple Beach on the east coast and South Beach in the south of the peninsula, but most of Point Roberts is scattered about.
Point Roberts is located approximately 22 miles south of central Vancouver , British Columbia . It is bordered by the Delta in British Columbia , Boundary Bay is east of Point Roberts, and to the south and west is the Strait of Georgia . The peninsula has a length of about 3500 m from north to south and measures about 5000 m from west to east. The area is 12.65 km². Point Roberts' highest point is 235 feet (72 m) above sea level and is located southwest of the Maple Beach settlement.
Border location
Point Roberts became an exclave by the Oregon Compromise ( Oregon Treaty ) of 1846. The peninsula belongs geographically, but not politically, to the Delta in British Columbia.
traffic
The only legal access by land is via 56th Street, which is a main north-south route through the Canadian community of Tsawwassen . South of the border it leads as Tyee Drive to the large marina west of South Beach. There is a landing strip for small aircraft to the west of the marina.
Schoolchildren from fourth grade onwards must take a bus across Canada to Blaine (about 40 minutes drive) because Point Roberts only has one Primary School , which means that students cross the international border four times a day.
climate
Point Roberts is located within a lowland formed by Vancouver Island, the coastal mountains north of Vancouver and the northern cascade range with Mount Baker . These circumstances create the conditions for a microclimate that is one of the mildest in the Pacific Northwest . With an average annual rainfall of around 1050 mm, Point Roberts has more sunny days than the surrounding area.
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Climate data from Point Roberts
Source: The Weather Channel
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ Point Roberts Quadrangle . In: United States Geological Survey (Ed.): 7.5 minute series 7.5 (topographic) . Reston, Virginia 1994 (English).
Web links
- Entry in the Washington encyclopedia HistoryLink (English)
- All Points Bulletin community newspaper (English)
- Product of National Geographic to Point Roberts (English)
- History of Point Roberts (English)