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Point Roberts is an unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington, United States, on the southernmost tip of the Tsawwassen Peninsula just south of the community of Tsawwassen in the Delta District Municipality of British Columbia, Canada. The population is 1,308 (US 2000 census). Point Roberts is one of several exclaves of the United States. It has a land area of 12.65 km² (4.884 sq mi).
Exclave of the United States; Almost Canada. Cheap gas for Canadians, and sometimes home to American hockey players playing for the Vancouver Canucks (and avoiding Canadian taxes). It is part of the US because it is south of the 49th parallel.
Point Roberts chamber of commerce: www.pointrobertschamber.com/
ZIP code 98281.
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