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North Troy–Highwater Border Crossing

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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
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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. The US border station was constructed shortly thereafter. Canada rebuilt its station in
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The United States station was built in 2009, replacing a facility built in 1937. The 1937 station's main building, which still stands about 150 feet (46 m) south of the current facility, is one of ten surviving 1930s station buildings in Vermont, and was listed on the
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Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont
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Open 24 hours (for non-commercial traffic into Canada)
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Canada Border Inspection Station at Highwater, Quebec
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United States
Canada
VT 243
R-243
Vermont Route 243
North Troy, Vermont
Highwater, Quebec
Coordinates
45°00′26″N 72°24′58″W / 45.007292°N 72.415996°W / 45.007292; -72.415996
Official Canadian web site
Official United States web site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS
U.S. Border Inspection Stations MPS
14000610
Highwater, Quebec
North Troy, Vermont
Canada–US border
Vermont Route 243
Quebec Route 243
National Register of Historic Places
Portland-Montreal Pipe Line
Missisquoi River

National Register of Historic Places
Prohibition
List of Canada–United States border crossings
National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans County, Vermont
"Chapter 2: The 45th Parallel"

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