Various rivers along the Oregon Trail, although rafting your wagon down the Columbia was dangerous as well. Also lots of people suffered from malnutrition because they shot 800 pounds of meat while hunting but were only able to carry 200 pounds back to their wagon.
not to mention all the people who died of Typhoid or broken legs.
As far as card games go, it doesn’t get more regional than 45’s. I grew up in MA and never heard of it until I moved to the Merrimack Valley area in my 20s. I’m still not convinced that the rules aren’t made up as you go along, since it seems everyone plays a slightly different version.
Um… Hawaii. 
Besides the obvious, Quebec is:
- the largest province.
- the only province with a civil code.
- the last province to have abolished the upper house of its legislature.
- the only province whose name is the same (or nearly the same) as that of its capital.
- the first jurisdiction above the municipal level in the world to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
- the only province whose provincial motto is not in Latin.
Athena, this one “grinds” me too.
People in NC “shag” also.
Is Quebec the only place in North America to have horizontal traffic lights? And do they still have different shapes for red, amber, and green?
As far as I can tell, the entire southern boundary of Ontario is over water which is not part of the ocean. Is it the only state or province like this?
Surprised no one else caught this. Every state in represented in DC.
Washington Ave is in Southwest DC. Runs between Independence Avenue and E Street SE, just south of the Capitol.
Not quibbling with the recognition of Arizona as the state able to make this claim, but as a point of interest… the easternmost, westernmost, and last shots of the War were all engagements of the CSS Shenandoah.
No, I have seen these in Thunder Bay, Ontario also. And there even used to be a few in Minnesota (but I think they’re all gone now).
The northernmost too, yes? Up there in the Bering Sea…
The Ohio River forms the southern boundary of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
The Red River makes up the southern boundary of Oklahoma, except for the panhandle part, which is way north in the state.
Depending on how you want to define “southern boundary,” Texas (the Rio Grande) might qualify too. Assuming the R.G. actually contains water. Which I guess is open to some debate.
Oh, and how about South Carolina? Does the river that divides it from GA extend the entire length of the boundary? And as with TX, are we counting the SW to NE coastline along the ocean (gulf, in Texas’s case)?
I think Ontario’s the only province, though.But now I’m wondering. Where does the St. Lawrence stop being the boundary between NY and Canada? I think it’s east of the point where Quebec begins, making the St Lawrence the southern boundary of ON all the way east of Lake Ontario–but I could be wrong…
In Colorado, we generally refer to the Eastern third of the state, from the Kansas border to the foothills, as the Eastern Plains. The Rocky Mountains run down the middle and so does the Continental Divide (where all precipitation falling East of it eventually winds up in the Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico, all precipitation falling to the West ends up in the Pacific). From the Divide to the Utah border is the Western Slope.
The communities dotted along I-25 at the Eastern edge of the foothills are called the Front Range, and, at least in Metro Denver, directions are frequently given as, “toward the mountains (West)” or, “away from the mountains (East).”
Colorado has many “Highest ___ in the lower 48” claims:
Highest paved road (to the top of Mt Evans at 14,101 ft.)
Highest continuous paved road—Trail Ridge Road across the Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park—highest point over 12,000 ft.
Winter Park—Highest city limits in US (12,060 ft.)
Alma—Highest town with permanent residents in US (10,355 ft.)
Leadville—Highest incorporated city and airport runway in US (10,152 ft.)
Colorado has the most mountain peaks over 14,000 ft. (fourteeners) in the US with 53 (± 1). It has the highest average elevation above sea level of any state in the US.
No oceans, just rivers and lakes. 
The US border extends straight east overland from St Regis. However, the southern boundary of Ontario continues along the middle of the St Lawrence. This means that there is a wedge of Quebec between the easternmost tip of Ontario and the US.
Alaska:
We do show people where we are from using our hand (middle ring and pinky bent at the knuckle, pointer is the Aleutians and thumb is Southeast)
Biggest, most coastline, smallest population, two largest national forests, highest mountain, pipeline, private plane ownership, 2nd and 3rd largest islands unless you count Puerto Rico, capital not connected to the state by road, bought from the Russians, , most glaciers, longest day, biggest earthquake, 50 miles from Russia (still haven’t seen it, even on a clear day)
Add to that all the things people prefaced with contiguous
Alaska has more people than North Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.
I believe all 49 others have more people than Wyoming. It’s the least populated.
Reminds me of reading one time that Caliornia has more people than Canada does.
Where’s Caliornia?
Sorry, Your right, I’ll change that to population density