Alburgh–Noyan Border Crossing

Alburgh-Noyan Border Crossing
Alburgh-Noyan Joint Border Inspection Station
Locaiton
CountryUnited States; Canada
Location
Coordinates45°00′41″N 73°17′48″W / 45.01151°N 73.296618°W / 45.01151; -73.296618
Details
Opened1900
Website
https://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/highgate-springs-vermont-0212

The Alburgh–Noyan Border Crossing connects the villages of Noyan, Quebec with Alburgh, Vermont on the Canada–US border. It is reached by Vermont Route 225 on the American side and by Quebec Route 225 on the Canadian side. It is the westernmost border crossing in Vermont.

The Noyan/Alburgh port of entry is a single building that houses both the US and Canada border inspection agencies, the first of five such facilities. While the two nations' agents work separately, they share the kitchen but have their have own cell. In the kitchen, they used to share the same refrigerator but now each has their own. In the middle of the building, there are two large doors with two marks for the official border line markings. Canadian officers are often called for French translation to help their US coworkers. It is the only crossing east of the Great Lakes that features a joint border inspection station. It was built in 1987, one of just two created prior to the 1995 Canada-United States Accord on Our Shared Border.

Note that while CBP currently (and historically) spells the border station "Alburg", the municipality changed its spelling to "Alburgh" in 2006.