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Canada port of entry name Canada road/highway [community] Province/ territory U.S. port of entry name Code U.S. road/highway [community] State Notes Structure or notable feature Coordinates Windsor-Gordie Howe International Bridge: Highway 401: Ontario: Detroit-Gordie Howe International Bridge: I-75: Michigan: Under construction. Planned to ...
The Port of Entry was established in 1960 when the International Bridge was completed. Prior to 1960, the cities were connected via point-to-point ferry service as well as a railroad bridge. Both the US and Canada border stations are open 24 hours per day.
A.C. Paterson was the inaugural border officer 1893–1911. Administrative oversight transferred from the Port of Winnipeg to the Port of Calgary in 1896 and to the Port of Regina in 1902. The status was upgraded to the Port of North Portal in 1904. An animal quarantine station was established to handle considerable animal movements. [1]
The US Customs Service operated an office in rented space inside a small duplex storefront near Ellenburg, New York and people entering the US were expected to travel there to report for inspection. Canada built a two-story Cape Cod-style border station around 1950. This border station was replaced by a single-story structure in 2011.
Canada first established a Customs operations for this crossing in 1844, when it opened an office four miles north in the town of Potton. In 1933, the office was moved to its present location at the border. [3] The US border station was constructed shortly thereafter. Canada rebuilt its station in 1966.
The Champlain–St. Bernard de Lacolle Border Crossing connects Champlain, New York, and St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, on the United States–Canada border.It is the terminus of Interstate 87 in the US and Quebec Autoroute 15 in Canada. [1]
The international span, which crosses a small rift between Wellesley Island in the US and Hill Island in Canada, is only 90 feet (27 m) in length. A second, parallel span was built in 1959 to accommodate congestion at the ports of entry. [1] The US and Canada border stations are located at the opposite ends of this span.
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] Canada built its double-canopy border station in 1972. A rebuild plan issued in 2017 has yet to be finalized. [2]