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The Aroostook Valley Country Club is a golf course
which straddles the Canada–US border, between the U.S. state of Maine and the
Canadian province of New Brunswick. The club, located near Perth-Andover, New
Brunswick and Fort Fairfield, Maine, has its course (except part of the tee
area for the ninth hole, and possibly part of a sand trap on the first hole)
and clubhouse on the Canadian side of the border and its parking lot and pro
shop on the American side.
Although the course is located entirely on one side of
the border, three holes are close enough to the border that crooked shots
enter the United States. The club was founded in 1929; its position on the
border allowed American golfers to bypass Prohibition without passing through
customs.
Since the only entry to the course is on the American
side of the border, American golfers can use the entire club without
reporting to a Port of Entry. Canadian golfers historically used a small
local road, Brown Road, to cross the border and access the country club. In
2008, however, the U.S. border officials closed the unpatrolled border
crossing on Brown Road, citing increased concerns over terrorism and a drug
sale on the course in 2006. The closure required Canadian golfers to make a
21 mile detour through Fort Fairfield to access the course.
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