Danville-Carson Border Crossing

The Danville-Carson Border Crossing connects the town of Danville, Washington with Grand Forks, British Columbia on the Canada–US border. It can be reached by Washington State Route 21 on the American side and British Columbia Highway 41 on the Canadian side. This border station, built in 1988, was among the first joint US-Canada border stations, with each agency occupying a portion of a single building.

Danville-Carson Border Crossing
US-Canada Joint Border Inspection Station at the Danville-Carson Border Crossing
Location
CountryUnited States; Canada
Location
Coordinates49.000084°N 118.503492°W / 49.000084; -118.503492
Details
Opened1895
Website
http://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/oroville-wa

History
Original US Border Inspection Station at Danville, WA as seen in 1937

The US has maintained a Customs office in this area since the late 19th Century, initially as a small office several miles from the border. Canada established its customs operations in 1902. Initially, the focus of border inspections was on rail traffic on the east side of the Kettle River. In the late 1930s, border stations were established on the western shores of river where the primary roadway crossed the border.

On the Canadian side is Carson, a locality of Grand Forks. Established in the early 1890s, the townsite was initially called Carson City. The Grande Prairie Hotel was popular with visitors from Marcus, Washington. Unable to compete with Grand Forks as the commercial hub, and diminished by the fires of 1919 and 1929, Carson gradually transformed into a mainly residential area.[1][2]

On the US side, the town of Danville was initially named Nelson owing to a store operated directly on the Canada–US border by the Nelson brothers. When the Great Northern Railway ran tracks across the border at this location in 1901, it convinced the town to change its name to Danville to avoid confusion with Nelson, British Columbia.[3] US Customs officials eventually forced the Nelson brothers to close the store due to its effectiveness in evading the payment of duty.

The US built a brick inspection station at the border in the 1930s. Canada did not establish a Customs office at Carson until 1950. These facilities were demolished once the joint US-Canada border inspection station was completed in 1988.

See also

References
  1. "Nelson Star, 2 Sep 2013". www.nelsonstar.com.
  2. "Grand Forks Gazette, 22 Jul 2016". www.nelsonstar.com.
  3. Madilane Perry (2008). "A Brief History of Ferry County" (PDF). Ferry County Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
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