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The North Troy–Highwater Border Crossing connects the town of
Highwater, Quebec Highwater is a village in the Potton township of the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada, in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality of the Estrie region, north of the Canada–United States border from North Troy, Vermont. The Portland-Mon ...
with North Troy, Vermont on the Canada–US border. It is located at the meeting point of
Vermont Route 243 Vermont Route 243 (VT 243) is a state highway located within the village of North Troy in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The route runs from the Canada–United States border at Potton, where the road continues into Quebec, pa ...
and Quebec Route 243. Both stations are open 24 hours per day for non-commercial traffic; the Canadian station is open to commercial traffic on weekdays during business hours. The former US station facilities, dating to the 1930s, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


Setting

This border crossing, one mile east of the Portland-Montreal Pipe Line, is in a rural setting on the east–west border between Vermont and Quebec, roughly midway between the village center of North Troy, and the crossroads village of Highwater. Route 243 runs in a roughly northwest–southeast direction between the two communities, roughly paralleling the course of the Missisquoi River. Both border stations are located a short distance from the actual border.


Canadian station

Canada first established a Customs operations for this crossing in 1844, when it opened an office four miles north in the town of Potton. In 1933, the office was moved to its present location at the border.Bailey, Merton (1982). ''Border Crossings of Potton Township''. The US border station was constructed shortly thereafter. Canada rebuilt its station in 1966.


United States station

The United States station was built in 2009, replacing a facility built in 1937. The 1937 station's main building, which still stands about south of the current facility, is one of ten surviving 1930s station buildings in Vermont, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014 for its architecture and historic significance. It was the first formal border station built on this site, as part of a program by the United States government to improve border security due to increases in the use the automobile for travel, illegal immigration, and smuggling occasioned by Prohibition.


See also

* List of Canada–United States border crossings *
National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans County, Ve ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:North Troy-Highwater Border Crossing Canada–United States border crossings Geography of Estrie Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont National Register of Historic Places in Orleans County, Vermont 1844 establishments in Canada 1844 establishments in Vermont