An American tour group saying the uninhabited Machias Seal Island is “on the Maine Coast” has upset one Canadian senator.

The island remains in international-law limbo because the original British definition of Nova Scotia (which then included New ...

A Canadian senator is urging Ottawa to reaffirm its claim over Machias Seal Island, an uninhabited speck of land that remains ...

A Canadian senator from New Brunswick says an American tour company's description of a small island at the centre of a ...

Straddling the United States and Canada, the small and wondrous Machias Seal Island entices visitors with the clamorous calls of thousands of seabirds gathered together in harmony. A visit to the ...

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Portland, Maine – The Canadian government said Thursday it’s investigating a series of encounters in which U.S. border patrols have approached Canadian fishing vessels in a disputed island area off ...