Lubec–Campobello Border Crossing, Lubec

Name: Lubec–Campobello Border Crossing
Address: Lubec, United States

#4 among attractions in Lubec

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The Lubec–Campobello Border Crossing connects the towns of Lubec, Maine and Welshpool, New Brunswick on the Canada–US border. This crossing is located at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge. Although a ferry connected Lubec with Campobello Island for many years, permanent border inspection facilities were not deployed until the bridge was completed in 1962. The US operated out of a mobile home for the first two years. ()

Opened: 1962 (62 years ago)Coordinates: 44°51'34"N, 66°58'48"W

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Lubec–Campobello Border Crossing – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: West Quoddy Head Light, McCurdy Smokehouse, Boynton Street Historic District, Central Congregational Church.

3.4 miSE
Iconic maritime landmark and historic home
West Quoddy Head Light, Quoddy Head State Park
87 min walk • West Quoddy Head, in Quoddy Head State Park, Lubec, Maine, is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States. In 1808 a lighthouse was constructed at the site to guide ships through the Quoddy Narrows.
~1060 ftNW
Specialty museum, Maritime museum, Museum
McCurdy Smokehouse, Lubec
6 min walk • The McCurdy Smokehouse is a former industrial fish processing facility on the waterfront of Lubec, Maine. Operated between about 1906 and 1991, it is believed to be the last intact early 20th-century herring processing facility in the state. It is now owned by a local preservation group, hosts a museum and other facilities.
3.2 miN
Park
Boynton Street Historic District, Eastport
82 min walk • The Boynton Street Historic District encompasses three historic Federal-period houses between 13 and 26 Boynton Street in Eastport, Maine.
3.1 miN
Church
Central Congregational Church, Eastport
80 min walk • The Central Congregational Church is a historic church at 26 Middle Street in Eastport, Maine, USA. The meeting house was built in 1829, and is a remarkably sophisticated example of Federal style architecture for what was then a frontier community. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
3.1 miN
44°54'15"N • 66°59'3"W
Tides Institute & Museum of Art, Eastport
80 min walk • Art museum, Museum, Art gallery
3.2 miN
City hall
Eastport City Hall, Eastport
82 min walk • The Eastport City Hall, originally built as the Boynton High School, is an historic municipal building at 78 High Street in Eastport, Maine. Built in 1847 to a design by Gridley James Fox Bryant, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
~50 ftW
Bridge
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge, Lubec
1 min walk • The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Bridge is an international bridge which connects the community of Lubec, Maine in the United States with Campobello Island in the Canadian province of New Brunswick across the Lubec Narrows.
3.3 miN
Park
Eastport Historic District, Eastport
84 min walk • The Eastport Historic District encompasses the late 19th-century commercial center of the city of Eastport, Maine. Set on a five-block stretch of Water Street, this area was almost completely redeveloped after a major fire in 1886, and many of its buildings are the work of a single architect, Henry Black.
3.3 miNW
Natural attraction, Protected area
Shackford Head State Park, Moose Island
85 min walk • Shackford Head State Park is a public recreation area on Moose Island in the city of Eastport, Washington County, Maine. The 87-acre state park occupies a peninsula that separates Cobscook Bay and Broad Cove.
3.3 miN
Museum, Military museum, History museum
Fort Sullivan, Eastport
86 min walk • Fort Sullivan was a 19th-century military fortification in Eastport, Maine. It lay opposite New Brunswick, Canada, and served as an important coastal defense for the easternmost United States of America during the 19th century.
3 miN
44°54'7"N • 66°59'13"W
Crow Tracks Gallery, Eastport
76 min walk • Museum

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Which popular attractions are close to Lubec–Campobello Border Crossing?

Nearby attractions include Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge, Lubec (1 min walk), McCurdy Smokehouse, Lubec (6 min walk), Jeremiah Fowler House, Lubec (10 min walk).