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The International Peace Garden (French: Jardin international de la paix) is a 3.65-square-mile (9.5 km 2) park located adjacent to the International Peace Garden Border Crossing along the Canada–United States border between the province of Manitoba and the state of North Dakota. It was established on July 14, 1932, as a symbol of the peaceful ...
Turtle Mountain, or the Turtle Mountains, is an area in central North America, in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of North Dakota and southwestern portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba, approximately 62 miles (100 km) south of the city of Brandon on Manitoba Highway 10 / U.S. Route 281.
In 1899, oversight transferred to the Port of Brandon. Inconveniently located and vulnerable to smuggling, the office moved to the border in 1930, adopting the name of Lena, the nearest post office. [1] The building was replaced in 1961. [citation needed] In 2020, the former border hours of 8am–9pm reduced, becoming 8am–4pm. [2]
Canada operated a station about a mile north of the border 1904–1905 and closer to the border 1914–1923, 1926, 1931–1941 and from the mid-1940s. [26] In the 1970s, both the US and Canada constructed new border facilities to better accommodate regular recreational traffic.
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.
U.S. border station at the Peace Garden border crossing as seen in 1961. The crossing is connected by U.S. Route 281 and North Dakota Highway 3 in Rolette County, North Dakota on the American side and Manitoba Highway 10 in the Municipality of Boissevain – Morton on the Canadian side. The entrance and exit to the Peace Garden is directly on ...
The Fortuna–Oungre Border Crossing connects the towns of Fortuna, North Dakota and Oungre, Saskatchewan on the Canada–US border. It is located along the CanAm Highway: U.S. Route 85 on the American side and Saskatchewan Highway 35 on the Canadian side. It is the westernmost border crossing in the state of North Dakota.
The Pembina–Emerson Border Crossing is a United States-Canada port of entry (POE) that connects the U.S. city of Pembina, North Dakota and the Canadian community of Emerson, Manitoba. On the American side, the crossing is connected by Interstate 29 (I-29) and U.S. Route 81 in Pembina County , while the Canadian side is connected by Manitoba ...