International Peace Garden Border Crossing

International Peace Garden Border Crossing
The Canada Border Inspection Station at the International Peace Garden Border Crossing
Location
Country United States; Canada
Location

US Port: 10947 US Route 281, Dunseith, North Dakota 58329

Canadian Port: Manitoba Highway 10, Boissevain, Manitoba R0K 0E0
Coordinates 48°59′57″N 100°03′09″W / 48.999288°N 100.052377°W / 48.999288; -100.052377
Details
Opened 1930
US Phone (701) 263-4460
Canadian Phone (204) 534-6820
Hours Open 24 hours
Website
http://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/dunseith

The International Peace Garden Border Crossing is a crossing on the Canada–United States border connecting the towns of Boissevain, Manitoba and Dunseith, North Dakota. The border crossing is adjacent to the International Peace Garden, which was dedicated in 1932, just two years after this crossing was established as a port of entry.[1]

US border station at the Peace Garden border crossing as seen in 1961

The crossing is connected by U.S. Route 281 on the American side and Manitoba Highway 10 on the Canadian side. The US calls its border station Dunseith and Canada calls its border station Boissevain. The entrance/exit to the Peace Garden is directly on the border. This allows visitors from either country to enter the park via US 281 or MB 10 without passing through customs, and they may move throughout the park (crossing the border at will) without restriction. However, the customs stations for Canada and the U.S. are located on the road just north and south (respectively) of the access drives for the garden, requiring all visitors – including those returning to the country from which they arrived – to go through the immigration procedures of their destination country upon leaving the garden.[2]

International Peace Garden Airport, a public use airport for general aviation aircraft with no more than 15 passengers, is located to the east of the garden on the U.S. side of the border.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The History". International Peace Garden. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. ↑ International Peace Garden official website
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