Cuz' all of our signs are bilingual.
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Factoid of the day - about 2/3 of Canada's population lives below the 49th parallel.
Mind you, the title of the post is correct; Vancouver is north of the 49th.
That's beyond superb!
Scott,
I used to be one as Montreal is at about the 45th parallel. Since I'm now in Boston, technically I still am below the 49th, although I'm sure that you didn't have this in mind.
Strangely enough, I just posted something about big chunks of the US being north of parts of Canada (ok, my current location near Toronto):
http://ricardipus.blogspot.com/2006/10/happy-thanksgiving-eh.html
That sign *did* make me giggle though, so thanks(!).