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Eastport–Kingsgate Border Crossing

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From the junction with the Canadian Pacific Railway at Yahk, the rail head of the Spokane International Railroad (SI) reached the border in November 1905. Two months earlier, a Canadian customs office opened across the border at Eastport. In July 1906, an office opened at Kingsgate, under the administrative oversight of the Port of Nelson. In 1909, the Port of Cranbrook assumed oversight. In 1948, the status was upgraded to Port of Kingsgate. In 1961, 24-hour service began.

The depression-era wooden border station was replaced with a brick border station in 1953. This was replaced with the current concrete and steel structure in 2012.

This crossing is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

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