I use the same joke about “No Exit 3” in Providence, Rhode Island. You can go down there to satisfy your Sartre joke fix.
Don’t worry, they are working on changing them all to milepost numbering. It’s apparently a federal requirement now (with no particular timeframe or deadline, but rather done when the exit signs are due for routine replacement).
I often forget and re-remember just how big Canada is.
Alberta is the 4th most populous province, yet that is “only” about 5 million people (4.2m as of 2021, 5m is estimated for 2026). Alberta has ~661,000 km/sq of land. The most similar country to that in area is Myanmar at 676,000 km/sq, but Myanmar has 50 million people.
Interestingly, while Canada is the 2nd largest country in terms of area (trailing Russia by a substantial margin - Siberia would be the largest on its own), its ranking falls to 4th if only including the land. The large Hudson Bay is the reason for this.