Walhalla–Winkler Border Crossing

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|name=Walhalla–Winkler Border Crossing

|image=Winkler Manitoba border station.jpg

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|image_caption=Canada Border Inspection Station at Winkler, MB

|country=United States; Canada

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US Port: 10955 North Dakota Highway 32, Walhalla, North Dakota 58282
Canadian Port: Manitoba Highway 32, Winkler, Manitoba R6W 1A0

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|coordinates={{coord|display=inline,title|49|-97.908652|region:US_type:landmark|format=dms}}

|opened=1907

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| blankdetails1 = (701) 549-3233

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| blankdetails2 = (204) 325-8503

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| blankdetails3 = Open 8:00AM–6:00PM

| website=[https://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/walhalla US] [https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/do-rb/offices-bureaux/595-eng.html Canadian]

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The Walhalla–Winkler Border Crossing connects the town of Walhalla, North Dakota and the city of Winkler, Manitoba on the Canada–United States border. North Dakota Highway 32 on the American side joins Manitoba Highway 32 on the Canadian side.

Railway and highway

In September 1907, the Great Northern Railway (GN) rail head from Walhalla reached the border.{{cite news| url=https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2934033?solr%5Bquery%5D=%28walhalla%29| page=1| title=Manitoba Has New G.N. Line| newspaper=Brandon Daily Sun| date=27 September 1907| via=University of Manitoba Libraries| access-date=30 July 2023}} That December, GN began passenger services from Morden southward across the border.{{cite news| url=https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A1663793?solr%5Bquery%5D=%28walhalla%29| page=2| title=G.N. Service: A Daily Run Will Be Made from Morden to Grand Forka| newspaper=Winnipeg Tribune| date=13 December 1907| via=University of Manitoba Libraries| access-date=30 July 2023}} In 1937, the line was abandoned.{{sfn|Legg|1962|p=155}}

The Walhalla–Haskett highway was built in 1945 and paved in 1958.{{sfn|Legg|1962|p=155}}

Canadian side

In terms of the region, the earliest customs service began at Morden in 1885, where the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) collected duties, issued permits, and patrolled the border to deter smuggling. A customs office was established at Morden in 1897.{{sfn|Legg|1962|pp=176–177}}

A decade later, an additional customs facility was established farther south, primarily to handle cross-border rail traffic. J.A. Klassen was the inaugural customs officer 1907–1912. The office was initially called Krahn, but was renamed a year later to Haskett, where a room in the train station housed the activities. The Port of Gretna provided administrative oversight.{{sfn|Legg|1962|p=155}} The settlement dated from the 1870s, but grew after an American entrepreneur called Haskett bought the respective land from Bernhard Krahn. The closing of the railway began the demise of the town.{{cite web| url=https://www.rmofstanley.ca/p/haskett#:~:text=Haskett%20was%20started%20in%201907,planned%20for%20the%20Canadian%20side.|title=Haskett| website=Rural Municipality of Stanley| access-date=30 July 2023}}

In 1945, the customs office relocated to the border, where a new building was erected.{{sfn|Legg|1962|p=155}} In 1967, lobbying by locals changed the customs name to Winkler. In 1969, a new building was officially opened to serve the highway.{{cite book| url=http://www.mb1870.org/localhistory/020%20-%20A%20History%20Of%20Winkler.pdf#page=90| page=90 (82)| title=A History of Winkler| first=Frank| last=Brown| website=mb1870.org}} A rebuild plan issued in 2017 has yet to be finalized.{{cite web| url=https://buyandsell.gc.ca/cds/public/2017/09/15/7ac329f904d13c59a0b61af6ae10f0d0/20170915_-_cbsa_lbcp_rfq_-_track_changes_-_final.pdf#page=76| page=76 (74)| title=Land Border Crossing Project: 47419-187064/A| date=14 July 2017| website=Public Services and Procurement Canada}}

In 2020, the former border hours of 8am–10pm reduced, becoming 8am–6pm.{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/border-crossing-hours-reduced-1.5532714| title=Border hours to be reduced at some low-traffic crossings| work=CBC News| date=15 April 2020}}

US side

The early border patrol history is unclear, but assumedly the US mirrored the establishment of a permanent post in the early 1900s. The US border station, which was built in 1962,{{cite web | url=https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cbp_30_day_review.pdf#page=17| page=17| title=30-Day Review of Spending by U.S. Customs and Border Protection under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for Construction of Land Ports of Entry| date=23 October 2009| website=United States Department of Homeland Security}} was replaced by a new facility in 2012.{{cite press release| url=https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/new-recovery-act-funded-land-ports-entry-open-neche-and-walhalla-nd?_ga=2.260456589.1260481588.1650075302-149679552.1649799655| title=CBP: New Recovery Act-Funded Land Ports of Entry Open at Neche and Walhalla, ND| date=26 January 2012| publisher=U.S. Customs and Border Protection}}

Footnotes

References

{{cite book|last=Legg |first=Herbert |title=Customs Services in Western Canada, 1867–1925 |publisher=The Creston Review Ltd |year=1962}}

Category:Canada–United States border crossings

Category:1908 establishments in Manitoba

Category:1908 establishments in North Dakota

Category:Buildings and structures in Pembina County, North Dakota

Category:Transportation in Pembina County, North Dakota

Category:Winkler, Manitoba