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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, Ireland is separated from the rest of the continent by ocean. Canada is just a slightly bigger island, slightly further away...

[–] el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is French territory just off the coast of Newfoundland too (see Saint Pierre and Miquelon), also Denmark is right next door because of Greenland. So while still pretty far fetched, there is some precedent for European territory in North America.

[–] dankm@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Canada shares a land border with Greenland on Hans Island.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ireland is separated from the rest of the continent by ocean.

The Celtic Sea is not an ocean.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

By that logic then Vancouver Island isn't an island because the Juan de Fuca is a strait not an ocean

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They didn't say Ireland wasn't an island because of it... But, for the record, Canada isn't an island anyway so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wasn't awake when I wrote that but I still think they meant to imply it doesn't make it an island. Poor reader here I guess.