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The Champlain–St. Bernard de Lacolle Border Crossing connects Champlain, New York, and St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, on the United States–Canada border. It is the terminus of Interstate 87 in the US and Quebec Autoroute 15 in Canada. [ 1 ]
Rouses Point was the main point of entry for bootleggers who traveled along the so-called Rum Trail which was Route 9 between St. Jean in Canada and Plattsburgh, New York. At the time Prohibition was repealed, the Rouses Point-Overton Corner border inspection station had been in operation for a year.
The Canadian port of entry was permanently closed on April 1, 2011. For three years, this was a one-way crossing, with travelers able to enter the U.S. but not Canada at this location. Finally, the U.S. port of entry closed August 21, 2014. Both the US and Canada border stations have since been demolished.
The Border Patrol agents in the Swanton sector — which includes more than 200 miles of land border between Maine and the St. Lawrence River in New York — apprehended more than 19,000 illegal ...
Nov. 30—Sen. Charles E. Schumer and a Western New York Representative are pushing for Canada to close a loophole in their immigration laws that's leading to long lines at northern border crossings.
Champlain is a town in Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 5,754 at the 2010 census. [2] The town is located on the western shore of Lake Champlain, near the northern end of Lake Champlain and is on the U.S./Canadian border. The town occupies the northeastern corner of Clinton County and the state of New York.
The Rouses Point-Lacolle 223 Border Crossing is a port of entry with Quebec at the Canada–United States border. The village is on the western shore of Lake Champlain, by the U.S. Route 2 and U.S. Route 11 intersection. U.S. 2 leads east across the Rouses Point Bridge into Vermont.
When the Bayonne Bridge center span was raised 64 feet for a clearance of 215 feet in 2017 — a $1.7 billion project to make way for larger container ships — part of the construction included ...