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A.C. Paterson was the inaugural border officer 1893–1911. Administrative oversight transferred from the Port of Winnipeg to the Port of Calgary in 1896 and to the Port of Regina in 1902. The status was upgraded to the Port of North Portal in 1904. An animal quarantine station was established to handle considerable animal movements. [1]
Portal is a city in Burke County, North Dakota, United States.The population was 125 at the 2020 census. [3] Portal was founded in 1893. Portal sits along the Canada–United States border and is a major port of entry border crossing for road (connecting US Route 52 and Saskatchewan Highway 39) and rail traffic.
Former Canadian border station, Northgate. In 1962, the building of Highway 8 realigned the road to 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of the previous crossing. [4] After being idle for years, the Canadian National Railway upgraded its tracks at this crossing to support rail traffic from the Bakken oil field.
ND 8: North Dakota: This border crossing was established in 1913 to serve both highway and rail traffic. The US and Canadian Ports of Entry were abandoned in 1962 when a new highway built about a half mile to the west, bypassing the town. The former US border station was demolished in 2015, and the border community is a virtual ghost town. [33]
The office operated under the administrative oversight of the Port of North Portal. A facility was not constructed at the border until 1937. The status was upgraded to Port of Estevan in 1950. [1] Canada built its double-canopy border station in 1972. A rebuild plan issued in 2017 has yet to be finalized. [2]
A North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) corporal was in charge during the first year and the Port of North Portal provided administrative oversight. In 1912, the office moved into a government building. In 1935, a combined residence/office was erected, which was replaced in 1958. [1] The crossing was renamed Torquay around the 1960s. [citation needed]
Portal–North Portal Border Crossing: Burke 7.416: 11.935: ND 5 west – Crosby: West end of ND 5 concurrency: 20.361: 32.768: ND 8 north – Northgate: West end of ND 8 concurrency: Bowbells: 27.138: 43.674: ND 8 south – Bowbells, Stanley: East end of ND 8 concurrency: Ward 36.847: 59.299: ND 5 east – Mohall: East end of ND 5 concurrency ...
It is the westernmost border crossing in the state of North Dakota. It is a lightly-used crossing with the reduction in local population due to agricultural automation and the 1984 closure of the Fortuna Air Force Station. [1] The US replaced its 1950s-era yellow brick border station in 2004 with a sprawling grey inspection complex. The Canada ...