Skagway - Fraser Border Crossing

Skagway - Fraser Border Crossing
The US Border Inspection Station at Skagway, Alaska
Location
Country	United States; Canada
Location	US Port: Milepost 6.8, Klondike Hwy., Skagway, AK 99840 Canadian Port: Klondike Highway, Fraser, BC
Coordinates	59°37′47″N 135°09′51″W / 59.629618°N 135.164194°W
Details
Opened	1979
US Phone	[phone]
Canadian Phone	[phone]
Hours	Open 24 hours
Website http://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/skagway

The Skagway - Fraser Border Crossing is on the Klondike Highway, which connects the communities of Skagway, Alaska and Carcross, Yukon, near White Pass in the Boundary Ranges. Although people have been crossing the border at or near this location in large numbers since the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, the Klondike Highway wasn't completed until 1977. It initially was a seasonal crossing, closing in the winter, but it has been open year round since 1986.

Due to frequent harsh weather, the actual inspection stations are not located at the border itself.

The US Border Inspection Station is located 7.9 mi / 12.7 km south of the Canadian border, making it the farthest offset from the border of any US land border station. More people cross the US-Canada Border here than at any other land border crossing in Alaska.^[1]

The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) station of Fraser is similarly locate 7.6 mi / 12.2 km north of the U.S. border, though it is not the farthest offset of any Canadian border station. The Beaver Creek station is 28.6 km / 17.8 mi from the U.S. border crossing along the Alaska Highway. For some unknown reason, the station is listed as being located in the Yukon Territory; it is actually located in British Columbia.^[2]

See also

• List of Canada–United States border crossings
• Klondike Highway

References

1. "Border Crossing/Entry Data: Query Detailed Statistics". Retrieved 2014-09-20.
2. "FRASER". Retrieved 2015-01-31.