Roosville Border Crossing

Roosville Border Crossing
Canada Border Inspection Station at Roosville, British Columbia
Location
Country United States; Canada
Location

US Port: 7915 Hwy 93 North, Eureka, MT 59917-9331

Canadian Port: Highway 93 South, Grasmere, British Columbia V0B 1R0
Coordinates 48°59′59″N 115°03′21″W / 48.999637°N 115.055909°W / 48.999637; -115.055909
Details
Opened 1898
US Phone (406) 889-3865
Canadian Phone 1-800-959-5525
Hours Open 24 hours
Website
http://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/roosville

The Roosville Border Crossing connects the town of Eureka, Montana, with Grasmere, British Columbia, on the Canada–US border. It can be reached by U.S. Route 93 on the American side and British Columbia Highway 93 on the Canadian side. The crossing is the second-busiest in Montana and the westernmost.[1] It is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

History

US Border Inspection Station at Roosville, Montana, as seen in 2001

A crossing has existed at this location since the mid-1800s, but border inspections were not conducted in this area until 1898. Fred Roo, Sr. settled on the Canadian side of the border in the late 1800s, and he bought out the "Philips Trading Post" from Michael Philips, and subsequently opened his own store and post office, which he named "Roosville".[2] Both the US and Canada border stations shares this name. The crossing is the second-busiest in Montana and the westernmost.[1] Canada's wooden border station built in the 1930s was replaced with the current facility in 1990. The US border station (shown at the left) was built in 1933, and replaced by its current facility in 2004. The port of Roosville, Montana, once included a remote station at Trailcreek, Montana, about 30 miles to the east. The Trailcreek-Flathead border crossing was permanently closed in 1996.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Chapter 5: The 49th Parallel". United Divide: A Linear Portrait of the USA/Canada Border. The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Winter 2015.
  2. ↑ Kinnear, John (2011-05-24). "Who Put the Roo in Roosville?". Newspaper. Crowsnest Pass Herald. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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