--- Carleton MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Southbound on Autoroute 55 in Quebec, Vermont-bound, > no wombat signs at all. > Once across the border into the USA, the wombat > signs began. > > > > Northbound on I-87, as soon as we passed the border > at > St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, all the signs were metric > only; in fact, there were > two large warning signs, in English and in French: > "OUR ROAD SIGNS ARE > METRIC" and giving a quick conversion. After that, > no wombat at all.
The major difference being that those two border crossings are land crossings, while the crossings that were mentioned as having some non-metric signage (on the Canadian side) have been bridge crossings. Like you, I also remember seeing the signs in Montreal pointing out the highway that heads toward the US border. Those signs do indicate the wording in English, rather than solely in French primarily because most American tourists would have difficulty finding their way home if the signs toward the US were only listed in French. Distances were still listed in km.
