Country United States; Canada Canadian Phone (250) 442-5551 Opened 1895 | US Phone (509) 779-4862 Hours Open 8:00AM - Midnight | |
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Location US Port: 3184 Hwy 21W, Danville, WA 99121
Canadian Port: 4900 Highway 41, Grand Forks, BC V0H 1H5 | ||
The Danville-Carson Border Crossing connects the town of Danville, Washington with Grand Forks, British Columbia on the Canada–US border. 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.
History
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. The border town was initially named Nelson due 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. 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.