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List of Canada–United States border crossings

List of Canada–United States border crossings is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of Canada–United States border crossings rather than just read about it. In short: This is a list of border crossings along the Canada–United States border, ordered from west to east (north to south for Alaska crossings). Several crossings are along major highways.

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Reference excerpt

This is a list of border crossings along the Canada–United States border, ordered from west to east (north to south for Alaska crossings). Several crossings are along major highways. Some crossings in remote areas are unstaffed; among those, some require travelers to report to border officials at another location, and some may not have any reporting requirement at all. On the U.S. side, the Department of State assigns a three-letter Port of Entry code to each crossing. This code is included on the passport entry stamp or parole stamp one receives when crossing into the U.S. One code may correspond to multiple crossings.

Land ports of entry Port of entry hours of service for road crossings, except where noted, are open year-round during the day.

Unstaffed road crossings This is a list of roads that cross the U.S.–Canada border that do not have border inspection services, but where travelers are legally allowed to cross the border in one or both directions. In prior years, there were dozens of such roads where one could legally cross the border and then proceed to an open Customs office to report for inspection, but most have since been barricaded. Current requirements for reporting to CBSA or CBP for inspection are noted. Many former uncontrolled roads that served as points of entry along the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Swanton Sector were barricaded/closed in the mid-1970s in securing the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. These included Clinton, Franklin and St. Lawrence counties in upstate New York, and in Franklin, Orleans and Essex counties in Vermont.

Rail crossings

Ferry crossings

This list is of point-to-point international ferry services, including those for road vehicles, passengers, and rail. Other marine ports of entry are not included.

Closed land ports of entry

This list includes only those crossings known to have had customs or immigration services at the border, but are now inactive. They are listed in order from west to east. Roads that are unattended, but otherwise still functioning, are listed in the Unstaffed road crossings section.

See also Canada Border Services Agency U.S. Customs and Border Protection American entry into Canada by land Border town List of Mexico–United States border crossings List of international bridges in North America

Footnotes

References Legg, Herbert (1962). Customs Services in Western Canada, 1867–1925. The Creston Review Ltd.

External links Canada Border Services Agency - Highway-Land Border Offices U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Locate a Port of Entry

Illustrations

Worked examples

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of List of Canada–United States border crossings

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In the classroom: List of Canada–United States border crossings is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Canada–United States border crossings, Lists of international border crossings, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Frequently asked questions

What is List of Canada–United States border crossings in simple terms?

This is a list of border crossings along the Canada–United States border, ordered from west to east (north to south for Alaska crossings). Several crossings are along major highways.

Why does List of Canada–United States border crossings matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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