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{{Short description|Border crossing between Canada and the United States}}
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|name=Dalton Cache–Pleasant Camp Border Crossing
|image=Haines_AK_Border_Station.jpg
|image_size=300px
|image_caption=The United States border station at Dalton Cache
|country=[[United States]], [[Canada]]
|location={{plainlist|
*{{jct|state=AK|AK|7|road|{{jct|province=YT|YT|3|road|[[Haines Highway]]}}}}
*'''''US Port:''''' Mile 42, [[Haines Highway]], [[Haines, Alaska|Dalton Cache]], [[Alaska]] 99827
*'''''Canadian Port:''''' [[Pleasant Camp, British Columbia|Pleasant Camp]], [[British Columbia]] 
}}
|coordinates={{coord|display=inline,title|59.450518|-136.361983|region:US_type:landmark|format=dms}}
|opened=1946
| blankdetailstitle1 = US Phone
| blankdetails1 = (907) 767-5511
| blankdetailstitle2 = Can Phone
| blankdetails2 = (907) 766-2541
| blankdetailstitle3 = Hours
| blankdetails3 = 7:00AM - 11:00PM
| website=[https://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/dalton-cache-alaska-3106 Dalton Cache Port (United States)] <br> [http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/do-rb/offices-bureaux/518-eng.html Pleasant Camp Port (Canada)]
}}
The '''Dalton Cache–Pleasant Camp Border Crossing''' connects the towns of [[Haines, Alaska]] and [[Haines Junction, Yukon]] on the [[Canada–United States border]]. [[Alaska Route 7]] on the American side joins [[Yukon Highway 3]] on the Canadian side as part of the [[Haines Highway]].

==Route==
In 1890, Jack Dalton of Skagway improved an historic trail to the interior of Alaska and on to the [[contiguous United States]] established by the Chilikat tribe of the [[Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast]]. The route, formerly known as the Dalton Trail, had been used for centuries by the indigenous people of the region and was heavily used during the [[Klondike Gold Rush]]. Dalton Cache was an inn and trading post at the border. In 2009, [[Haines Highway]] was declared a [[National Scenic Byway]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Myers |first1=Lester |title=Haines Border Station: Environmental Impact Statement |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=STw3AQAAMAAJ |website=Google Books |year=1977 |publisher=General Services Administration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.sheldonmuseum.org/vignette/haines-highway/|title=Haines Highway | website=www.sheldonmuseum.org}}</ref>
[[File:Original_Dalton_Cache_building.jpg|thumb|left|Original Dalton Cache Building]]

==Canadian side==
In response to the goldrush, the [[North-West Mounted Police]] (NWMP) established an inspection station in 1898 just across the border from Dalton Cache at [[Pleasant Camp (Haines, Alaska) |Pleasant Camp]]. The functions included collecting customs duties. It is unclear if the officers in charge were wholly NWMP members. In 1901, the office was placed under the administrative oversight of Whitehorse Customs but closed in 1906.<ref name=Legg>{{cite book|last=Legg |first=Herbert |page=64 |title=Customs Services in Western Canada, 1867–1925 |publisher=The Creston Review Ltd |year=1962}}</ref> The building remained part of the NWMP compound.{{cn|date=April 2022}} Canada established a permanent border station at Pleasant Camp in 1946.<ref name="Legg" />

==US side==
Prior to 1986, US Border Inspections were conducted at Haines, which was recognized as inefficient since many people lived and worked between the town and the border {{convert|42|mi}} to the north. Construction of the US Border Inspection Station at Dalton Cache involved rehabilitating the historic structures at the border.{{cn|date=April 2022}}

==See also==
* [[List of Canada–United States border crossings]]

==References==
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in British Columbia]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Haines Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Canada–United States border crossings]]
[[Category:1946 establishments in Alaska]]
[[Category:1946 establishments in British Columbia]]


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