Piegan–Carway Border Crossing

Piegan–Carway Border Crossing
Canada Border Inspection Station at Carway, Alberta, as seen in 1959
Location
Country	United States; Canada
Location	US Port: 5023 Highway 89 North, Babb, Montana 59411 Canadian Port: Highway #2 South, Cardston, Alberta T0K 0K0
Coordinates	48°59′53″N 113°22′44″W / 48.998082°N 113.378973°W / 48.998082; -113.378973
Details
Opened	1925
US Phone	(406) 732-5572
Canadian Phone	(403) 653-3009
Hours	7:00am -11:00pm
Website http://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/piegan-mt

The Piegan–Carway Border Crossing connects the town of Babb, Montana with Cardston, Alberta. It is reached by U.S. Route 89 on the American side and Alberta Highway 2 on the Canadian side. The small village of Carway, Alberta has all but vanished, with the Carway School closing in 1954.^[1]

The highway connects Calgary with Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, and the crossing is the third-busiest in Montana. Twenty homes for US border officials are near the station.^[2] The US replaced its old log cabin-style border station, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, with the current facility in 2003. Canada Border Services Agency continues to operate out of the brick border station that was built in 1954.

US Border Inspection Station at Piegan, Montana

Historic Piegan MT Border Station as seen in 1933

See also

• List of Canada–United States border crossings

References