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The Alburgh–Noyan Border Crossing connects the villages of
Prior to the construction of the joint border station, both the US and Canada had their own border stations at this location. These stations were responsible for collecting duty and performing inspections on vehicles crossing the border at several nearby north–south roads. Signs directed traffic to report for inspection.
Noyan, Quebec
Noyan is a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, located in Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,297.
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with Alburgh, Vermont
Alburgh (formerly Alburg) is a town in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States, founded in 1781 by Ira Allen. The population was 2,106 at the 2020 United States Census. Alburgh is on the Alburgh Tongue, a peninsula extending from Canada into L ...
on the Canada–US border. It is reached by Vermont Route 225
Vermont Route 225 (VT 225) is a short state highway in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States. It runs from US 2 (VT), U.S. Route 2 (US 2) north of Alburgh, Vermont, Alburgh and runs due north to the Canada–United States border, Canadaâ ...
on the American side and by Quebec Route 225 on the Canadian side.
The Noyan/Alburgh port of entry is single building that houses both the US and Canada border inspection agencies, the first of five such facilities. While the two nations' agents work separately, they share the kitchen but have they have own cell. In the kitchen, they used to share the same refrigerator but now they have their respective refrigerator. In the middle of the building, there is 2 large door with two marks for the official border line marks. Canadian officers are often called for French translation to help their US coworkers. It is the only crossing east of the Great Lakes
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that features a joint border inspection station. It was built in 1987, one of just two created prior to the 1995 ''Canada-United States Accord on Our Shared Border.''
Note that CBP currently (and historically) spells the border station "Alburg", while the municipality changed its spelling to "Alburgh" in 2006.
History
Prior to the construction of the joint border station, both the US and Canada had their own border stations at this location. These stations were responsible for collecting duty and performing inspections on vehicles crossing the border at several nearby north–south roads. Signs directed traffic to report for inspection.
See also
*List of Canada–United States border crossings
This article includes lists of border crossings, ordered from west to east (north to south for Alaska crossings), along the Canada–United States border, International Boundary between Canada and the United States. Each port of entry (POE) in the ...
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