Thread by @bkives

Ok, so I used Google Maps and Backroad Mapbooks to check into this claim by B.C.‘s premier, @jjhorgan.

He is mistaken.

https://twitter.com/richardzussman/status/1354536151990722561

There are 74 roads in and out of Manitoba from other parts of Canada.

Saskatchewan: 72
Ontario: 2

There are 45 roads into B.C. from other parts of Canada.

Alberta: 38
Yukon: 6
N.W.T.: 1

Most of the roads in question are gravel roads. We call them mile roads on the prairies, as they are generally laid out in grids, one mile apart.

Most of the connections between B.C. and Alberta are on the prairies, believe it or not.

The Peace River area is the only part of the B.C.-Alberta border that’s flat enough to allow multiple connections.

Most of B.C.‘s borders are too mountainous to allow for many roads.

Likewise, the Manitoba-Ontario border is mostly Canadian Shield, which is too rough and soggy for roads.

The only two roads between Manitoba and Ontario are paved: the Trans-Canada Highway and a small road through Whiteshell Provincial Park to Ingolf, Ont.

The Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, however, is mostly flat and easy to traverse. There are paved roads, maintained gravel roads and dirt roads among the 72 connections.

Bottom line: It’s way easier to sneak into Manitoba from the west than it is to get into B.C., within Canada.

I don’t blame B.C.‘s premier for being unfamiliar with prairie geography.

He does, however, join an oddball club that includes Rob Lowe, Dieter Brock, Tomas Hertl, Justin Braun and Ilya Bryzgalov.

Only Winnipeggers will find this even remotely funny.

Vancouver, at least, got dissed by David Duchovny.