The Little Island That Couldn’t

Campobello Island, the favorite summer haunt of the Roosevelts, has found itself caught on the front line of the trade war between the U.S. and Canada

By Sage Lattman

From Vancouver on the West Coast to St. John’s on the East, Canadians are canceling vacations across the border and boycotting American-made products. But this is a little tricky to pull off for the 950 residents of Canada’s Campobello Island, whose only physical link to the mainland is a bridge originating in Lubec, Maine.

“I can’t boycott a country that is my only access,” says Dianna Parker, a Campobello town councillor and manager of a local restaurant. “What choice do I have?”