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Piegan–Carway Border Crossing

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crossing was established in 1926 with the completion of the Cardston Highway. Canada Customs officer Herbert Legg created the name by combining the words Cardston and Highway. Prior to the erection of the building, a tent was used for four months. William Roberts was the inaugural customs officer
243:(NWMP) collected duties and patrolled the border. St. Mary's closed in 1901. At that time, the Cardston customs postal collecting station upgraded to a customs office, operating from 1901 until 1943. In 1904, the St. Mary's NWMP moved to Twin Lakes (present day 525: 580: 247:, about 6 kilometres (4 mi) westward). Based about one mile north of border, the NWMP collected duties until a regular customs office opened, which operated from 1912 until 1932. 306:. This crossing is the third-busiest in Montana. Twenty homes for US border officials are near the station. In 1933, the US built a log cabin-style border station, which is on the 432: 565: 322: 459:
The name of Carway has been selected for the new custom station on the Canadian side of the line and Peigan for the American customs station across the border.
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Carway…will be open 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. year round. The hours will now correspond with those at the U.S. Customs border office in Port of Piegan….
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The earliest customs service in the region began around 5 kilometres (3 mi) eastward at St. Mary's Crossing on the
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The new customs and immigration building at the entry port of Carway south of Cardston was dedicated….
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In 1994, the border station hours were extended to match the 7am–11pm on the US side.
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from 1926 until 1938. The Port of Lethbridge provided administrative oversight.
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In 2020, the hours of 7am–11pm were reduced, becoming 8am–6pm.
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In 2020, the US similarly reduced border station hours.
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Canada Border Inspection Station at Carway, AB, 1959
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Border crossing between Canada and the United States
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United States
Canada
US 89
Highway 2
Babb, Montana
Cardston
Coordinates
48°59′53″N 113°22′44″W / 48.998082°N 113.378973°W / 48.998082; -113.378973
US
Canadian
Babb, Montana
Cardston, Alberta
Canada–United States border
U.S. Route 89
Alberta Highway 2
Saint Mary River
North-West Mounted Police
Police Outpost Provincial Park
Carway


Browning
Calgary
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
National Register of Historic Places
List of Canada–United States border crossings
Legg 1962
Legg 1962
Legg 1962

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