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North Portal was a centre of illegal export during Prohibition in the United States. [ 2 ] Canada replaced its wood bungalow-style border station in 1955 with a two-story brick and glass structure, then again in 1987 with a single-story sprawling brick structure with an attached three-lane canopy.
North Portal (2016 population: 115) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Coalfields No. 4 and Census Division No. 1. It is adjacent to the Canada–United States border opposite Portal, North Dakota .
North Portal: Saskatchewan: Portal: North Dakota: CP Northgate: CN: Northgate: BNSF: CN abandoned north of the border in 2001. Since 2016, approximately one mile of track is active in Canada to serve a multimodal export terminal operated by Ceres Global Ag.
Former Canadian border station, Northgate. In 1962, the building of Highway 8 realigned the road to 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of the previous crossing. [4] After being idle for years, the Canadian National Railway upgraded its tracks at this crossing to support rail traffic from the Bakken oil field.
Highway 39 begins at the Portal–North Portal Border Crossing, which has Saskatchewan's only duty-free shop. [12] From there, the highway heads north-west towards the Souris River valley. On the south side of the valley, and adjacent to the highway, is the Short Creek Cairn.
The customs office, established in 1913, was housed in the Public Building about 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of the border. The office operated under the administrative oversight of the Port of North Portal. A facility was not constructed at the border until 1937. The status was upgraded to Port of Estevan in 1950. [1]
A North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) corporal was in charge during the first year and the Port of North Portal provided administrative oversight. In 1912, the office moved into a government building. In 1935, a combined residence/office was erected, which was replaced in 1958. [1] The crossing was renamed Torquay around the 1960s. [citation needed]
Highway 6 begins at the Canada–United States border. The border crossings are Raymond, Montana on Montana Highway 16 in the United States and at Regway, Saskatchewan on Hwy 6. [5] Two early name choices for Meyer were Meyersville or Fort Comfort the name of the neighboring North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) post to the north.