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The Roosville Border Crossing connects the town of Eureka, Montana, with Grasmere, British Columbia, on the Canada–US border. U.S. Route 93 on the American side joins British Columbia Highway 93 on the Canadian side. Both the US and Canada border stations share the same name. The crossing is the easternmost in British Columbia.
Wyoming is to the south, Idaho is to the west and southwest, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan are to the north, making it the only state to border three Canadian provinces. With an area of 147,040 square miles (380,800 km 2), [1] Montana is slightly larger than Japan.
The Border Ranges are the southernmost subdivision of the Canadian Rockies surrounding the borders of the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, as well as the border of the U.S. state of Montana.
The US and Canadian Ports of Entry were abandoned in 1962 when a new highway built about a half mile to the west, bypassing the town. The former US border station was demolished in 2015, and the border community is a virtual ghost town. [33] The building that once served as the Canadian border station remains.
The international border between Canada and the United States is the longest in the world by total length. [a] The boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is 8,891 km (5,525 mi) long.
This border vista is a 20-foot-wide (6.1 m) man-made cut-through of forestland maintained along areas of the border with dense forestation. There are many different sections of the vista, and the total length can vary depending on cycles of maintenance and upkeep, but an approximate length of 1,349 miles (2,171 km) has been reported by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
I-15 on the American side joins Alberta Highway 4 on the Canadian side. Similarly, BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) connect. A primary conduit for cross border trade estimated at CA$6 billion, it is the busiest crossing for both the province of Alberta and state of Montana, and among the busiest west of the Great Lakes. [2]
The international border between Canada and the United States, with Yukon on one side and Alaska on the other, circa 1900-1923 [1]. The borders of Canada include: . To the south and west: An international boundary with the United States, forming the longest shared border in the world, 8,893 km (5,526 mi); [2] (Informally referred as the 49th parallel north which makes up the boundary at parts.