Osoyoos Lake is Canada's warmest lake and is found in the country’s only true desert. The area is home to the hottest, driest climate and is a place we have visited many times. The city of Osoyoos is a place where we have camped, swam, and sometimes just passed through to get to the Canada-USA border.
February 2013 was one of those times Angelique were passing through the city, heading down to Omak in Washington State, USA to meet friends for dinner and an overnight stay. As we drove by Osoyoos Lake I found myself thinking aloud “I wonder if it’s possible to swim across the border?” “How cool would that be to swim from USA to Canada?” I even asked the US border guards if it was possible and even if they knew who I would have to contact to maybe get permission. I was given the contact details of the Area Port Director in Seattle, I wrote to them but got no reply. This, I later found out, was the first of many dead ends.
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