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This article includes lists of border crossings, ordered from west to east (north to south for Alaska crossings), along the Canada–United States border. Each port of entry (POE) in the tables below links to an article about that crossing. On the U.S. side, each crossing has a three-letter Port of Entry code.
The Canada–United States border is the longest international border in the world. [a] The boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is 8,891 km (5,525 mi) long. The land border has two sections: Canada's border with the contiguous United States to its south, and with the U.S. state of Alaska to its
The 49th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 49 ° north of Earth 's equator. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean . The city of Paris is about 15 km (9 mi) south of the 49th parallel and is the largest city between the 48th and 49th parallels. Its main airport, Charles de Gaulle Airport ...
Machias Seal Island —about 8.1 ha (20 acres)—and North Rock ( Maine and New Brunswick ), located in what is known as the "Grey Zone" (about 717 km 2 (277 sq mi) in size), [2] is occupied by a Canadian lighthouse but claimed by the United States and visited by U.S. tour boats. The area is patrolled by the Canadian and US Coast Guard, but ...
Laurentian Divide. Hudson Bay Basin. Gulf of Mexico Basin. Del Bonita Border Crossing. Milk River.
The international border states are those states in the U.S. that border either the Bahamas, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, or Russia. With a total of eighteen of such states, thirteen (including Alaska) lie on the U.S.–Canada border, four lie on the U.S.–Mexico border, and one has maritime borders with Cuba and The Bahamas .
5,599,077 km 2 (2,161,816 sq mi) Canada has a vast geography that occupies much of the continent of North America, sharing a land border with the contiguous United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic ...
The international border between Canada and the United States, with Yukon on one side and Alaska on the other, circa 1900-1923. The borders of Canada include: . To the south and west: An international boundary with the United States, forming the longest shared border in the world, 8,893 km (5,526 mi); (Informally referred as the 49th parallel north which makes up the boundary at parts.