The Hansboro–Cartwright Border Crossing connects the towns of
Hansboro, North Dakota and
Cartwright, Manitoba
Cartwright is an unincorporated urban community in the Cartwright – Roblin Municipality within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015. It was originally incorporated as a village on December 31, 194 ...
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
North Dakota Highway 4
North Dakota Highway 4 (ND 4) is a north–south state highway in northern North Dakota, connecting U.S. Route 281 (US 281) and ND 5 near Rocklake to Manitoba Highway 5 at the Canada–US border.
Route description
ND ...
in
Towner County on the American side and
Manitoba Highway 5
Provincial Trunk Highway 5 (PTH 5) is a provincial primary highway located in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The highway starts at the Hansboro–Cartwright Border Crossing on the Canada–United States border and ends at the Saskatchewan ...
in
Cartwright – Roblin Municipality
Cartwright–Roblin Municipality is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
History
The municipality was created on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Roblin (2011 population 932) and the Village of Cartwr ...
on the Canadian side.
The Hansboro border station, which was built in 1963, was replaced in 2011. The Canadian Customs port of Cartwright was established in 1914 in the town of Cartwright,
[Legg, Herbert (1962). ''Customs services in western Canada, 1867-1925; a History'', The Creston Review Ltd., Creston, BC, page 46] and was relocated to the US border in the 1930s. The current border station was built in 1982.
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
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Canada–United States border crossings
1914 establishments in Manitoba
1914 establishments in North Dakota
Buildings and structures in Towner County, North Dakota
Transport in Westman Region, Manitoba