|
St. John–Lena Border Crossing
The St. John–Lena Border Crossing connects the towns of St. John, North Dakota and Killarney, Manitoba on the Canada–United States border. North Dakota Highway 30 on the American side joins Manitoba Highway 18 on the Canadian side. Canadian side The initial inspection station was established at Killarney about north of the present crossing. W.J. Cooper was the inaugural customs officer 1889–1895. Under the administrative oversight of the Port of Winnipeg, the office handled goods received by road. In 1899, oversight transferred to the Port of Brandon. Inconveniently located and vulnerable to smuggling, the office moved to the border in 1930, adopting the name of Lena, the nearest post office. The building was replaced in 1961. In 2020, the former border hours of 8am–9pm reduced, becoming 8am–4pm. US side The US border station was built in 1937, and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2014. See also * List of Canada–United States border ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Dakota Highway 30
North Dakota Highway 30 (ND 30) is a state highway in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The highway is currently broken up into three separate segments across the eastern half of North Dakota. Route description Southern section ND 30 begins at ND 13 in Lehr and runs north for 25.4 miles before turning left to remain north at ND 46's western terminus near Streeter. ND 30 remains heading due north until it breaks at I-94 near Medina. The road beyond the interchange leads to a county highway connecting I-94 to Medina. Central section The longest section of ND 30 starts at US 52 and ND 200 near Sykeston, and runs north for 13 miles until coming to a three way intersection with ND 15. ND 30 turns west for a 4.5 mile long concurrency before turning right to head back north again. For the next 30 miles, ND 30 connects Hamberg and Maddock with ND 19, and continues further north for 17.2 miles, breaking again at US 2 near York. Harlow is another community that ND 30 conn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manitoba Highway 18
Provincial Trunk Highway 18 (PTH 18) is a provincial highway in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. Located in the Westman Region, it is a north-south route, with the southern terminus at the St. John–Lena Border Crossing at the Canada–United States border and the northern terminus at Manitoba Highway 2, PTH 2, southeast of Wawanesa, Manitoba, Wawanesa. The highway passes through the communities of Killarney, Manitoba, Killarney and Ninette, Manitoba, Ninette. It is designated as an RTAC route, meaning it is capable of handling RTAC vehicles such as a truck, a truck and pony trailer, a truck and full trailer, a truck tractor and semi-trailer, an A-train, a B-train, or a C-train. Route description PTH 18 begins in the Rural Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain at the North Dakota Border, with the road continuing into Rolette County, North Dakota, Rolette County towards St. John, North Dakota, St. John and Rolla, North Dakota, Roll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killarney, Manitoba
Killarney is an Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated community in Westman Region, southwestern Manitoba, Canada, at the corner of List of Manitoba provincial highways, Manitoba Provincial Trunk Highways Manitoba Highway 3, 3 and Manitoba Highway 18, 18. The community was formerly an incorporated town before amalgamating with the surrounding Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain to form the Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain. Killarney is known for the lake situated within the community. Killarney is located in a rural area, dependent primarily on agriculture and agribusiness. It is approximately from the Canada–United States border, Canada-US border, south of Brandon, Manitoba, Brandon, and southwest of the provincial capital, Winnipeg. History Prior to permanent settlement, the area of current-day Killarney-Turtle Mountain was well known by fur traders, explorers, and Indigenous peoples who lived and trapped along the northern edge of the Turtle Mountain (pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada–United States Border
The international border between Canada and the United States is the longest in the world by total length. The boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is long. The land border has two sections: Canada's border with the Northern Tier (United States), northern tier of the contiguous United States to its south, and with the U.S. state of Alaska to its west. The bi-national International Boundary Commission deals with matters relating to marking and maintaining the boundary, and the International Joint Commission deals with issues concerning boundary waters. The agencies responsible for facilitating legal passage through the international boundary are the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). History 18th century The Treaty of Paris (1783), Treaty of Paris of 1783 ended the American Revolutionary War between Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and the United States. In the second article o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena, Manitoba
Lena is an unincorporated community located in the Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain in south central Manitoba, Canada. It is located approximately 89 kilometers (55 miles) southeast of Brandon, Manitoba, at the junction of Manitoba Highway 18 and Provincial Road 341. References See also * St. John–Lena Border Crossing The St. John–Lena Border Crossing connects the towns of St. John, North Dakota and Killarney, Manitoba on the Canada–United States border. North Dakota Highway 30 on the American side joins Manitoba Highway 18 on the Canadian side. Canadian ... Unincorporated communities in Westman Region Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain {{Manitoba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Historic districts in the United States, districts, and objects deemed worthy of Historic preservation, preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". The enactment of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing property, contributing resources within historic district (United States), historic districts. For the most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the United States Department of the Interior. Its goals are to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
