The Hannah–Snowflake Border Crossing connects the towns of
Hannah, North Dakota and
Snowflake, Manitoba
Snowflake is a small community in the Municipality of Pembina in Manitoba, Canada near the Canada–United States border. It is the birthplace of ice hockey player Justin Falk, and was the first ecclesiastical posting for the sixth Anglican Dio ...
on the
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' ...
. It is connected by 91st Avenue NE in
Cavalier County, North Dakota on the American side and
Provincial Road 242 in the
Municipality of Louise, Manitoba on the Canadian side.
Both Hannah and Snowflake once were thriving small farm communities, and both rapidly declined in population when their respective railroads were abandoned. The
BNSF
BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that provide ...
rail line now terminates in
Langdon, North Dakota
Langdon is a city in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Cavalier County. The population was 1,909 at the 2020 census. Langdon was designated as the county seat in 1884, was founded in 1885, and was incorporat ...
and Hannah's population has declined from 253 in 1960 to 15 in 2010. The population of Snowflake is now 2. Consequently, the volume of traffic that uses this border crossing has also declined. The average volume of traffic per calendar month is around 100 cars and fewer than ten trucks.
The Canada border station of Snowflake was slated to be replaced in 2017.
See also
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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. Each port of entry (POE) in the tables below links to an article about that crossing.
On th ...
References
Canada–United States border crossings
1889 establishments in Manitoba
1889 establishments in North Dakota
Buildings and structures in Cavalier County, North Dakota
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