“A bad place to try new technology.”
That’s an UNDERSTATEMENT, considering where Thunder Bay is. You just can’t ‘dip into the states’ to get around that, and it says there is no backup. They’re toast until they can get something temporary set up.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they ask the US Army Corps of Engineers to help them.
Provided that one is coming from Winnipeg or points west, and headed to Toronto, Ottawa, or points east, it actually isn’t all that bad at first glance—one crosses the border twice, and according to mapquest, it will only add five hours to go via Minneapolis/Chicago/Sarnia instead.
Of course, that will mean a ton of extra traffic at a few key border crossings. Great fun.