U.S. blocking Canadian access to road southern Alberta county has long relied on

Along the Canada-U.S. border runs a remote stretch of road that some County of Warner residents in southern Alberta have used freely for decades.

There's just one problem. It's on the American side of the border.

Canadians have long relied on Border Road, even though it's in Montana, because it intersects with so many Alberta roads. For decades, the county had an agreement with nearby Toole County, Mont., where their American counterparts would supply the gravel and Warner maintained the road, reflecting the deep interconnection between the two counties.

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Residents have long been able to use the road without the need to pass through an official border crossing, even during times when the U.S. previously sought to strengthen its