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On Campobello Island, NB, the prolonged closure of the Canada-US land border has made life even more difficult than normal.

“We’re basically trapped here.”

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The community of about 800 people is linked to Canada only by a seasonal ferry that stops running at the end of September.

For most of the year, the island's only year-round road access is through Maine.

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For people on Campobello, where fishing and tourism are the biggest drivers of employment, the Canada-U.S. border closure has led to economic pain and renewed calls to finally get a permanent transportation link to the rest of Canada.

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Islanders say the pandemic has exposed the downsides of being reliant on another country for basic things like grocery deliveries, mail, gas and medical services.

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They say the lack of a year-round ferry is choking off the island from the rest of the country, causing Campobello’s population to dwindle.

Over the past 30 years, the number of people living there has decreased by about 25 per cent.

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They hope the pandemic might be what it takes to finally get a permanent transportation link to the rest of Canada.

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