page_title: Nighthawk-Chopaka Border Crossing
hierarchical_section_title: Nighthawk-Chopaka Border Crossing
caption_attribution_description: English: US Border Inspection Station at Nighthawk, WA as seen in 1997
context_page_description: The Nighthawk-Chopaka Border Crossing connects the town of Loomis, Washington with the Cawston, British Columbia on the US-Canada border. The towns of Chopaka and Nighthawk effectively died off when the search for local gold proved fruitless and the Burlington Northern Railroad ceased operations in the middle of the 20th century. Canada has had a Customs office at this crossing since 1907; another crossing at Chopaka Road on the west side of the Similkameen River was equally popular until the US barricaded the road in 1964.
  The crossing is the least-used in Washington, with only a few cars a day. The area west of the station is the most remote part of the contiguous US on the border, through the Cascade Mountains. The next border crossing to the west is the Sumas-Huntingdon Border Crossing, which is 125 miles from Nighthawk-Chopaka. However, many hikers on the Pacific Coast Trail cross between North Cascades National Park and Manning Park without reporting at the nearest official Port of Entry as they are supposed to.
context_section_description: The Nighthawk-Chopaka Border Crossing connects the town of Loomis, Washington with the Cawston, British Columbia on the US-Canada border. The towns of Chopaka and Nighthawk effectively died off when the search for local gold proved fruitless and the Burlington Northern Railroad ceased operations in the middle of the 20th century.  Canada has had a Customs office at this crossing since 1907; another crossing at Chopaka Road on the west side of the Similkameen River was equally popular until the US barricaded the road in 1964.
  The crossing is the least-used in Washington, with only a few cars a day. The area west of the station is the most remote part of the contiguous US on the border, through the Cascade Mountains. The next border crossing to the west is the Sumas-Huntingdon Border Crossing, which is 125 miles from Nighthawk-Chopaka.  However, many hikers on the Pacific Coast Trail cross between North Cascades National Park and Manning Park without reporting at the nearest official Port of Entry as they are supposed to.
caption: US Border Inspection Station at Nighthawk, Washington, as seen in 1997
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