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Derby Line
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English
thumb|The Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line, Vermont and Stanstead, Quebec - the rocks in the foreground mark the border
Etymology
"Line" refers to the international border between Vermont and Quebec in Canada. Due to a surveying error the border was fixed slightly above the agreed 45th parallel.
Proper noun
Derby line
en village town:pref/Derby co/Orleans County s/Vermont c/USA.
References
TopoZone: Derby Line, Vermont