U.S. Will Be Told To Keep Tankers Out Of Canadian Waters

That's a narrow stretch within the bay near New Brunswick's Campobello Island, which former U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt used as a retreat. Passamaquoddy Bay also hosts the tourist town of St. Andrews and rich fishing grounds. "Head Harbour Passage is one of the most dangerous passages in Canada – certainly the most dangerous in Eastern Canada," said Thompson. At issue is whether Canada can legally bar commercial ships from using a Canadian waterway to reach a U.S. port. Ships have the right to "innocent passage" through internal waterways, but Thompson says the hazard of a natural gas spill makes the tankers' passage far from innocent in this case. http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/04/13/lng-passamaquoddy060413.html?print

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