Aroostook Valley Country Club

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 Southern Victoria, 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.

[2] The club was founded in 1929; its position on the border allowed American golfers to bypass Prohibition without passing through customs.

[5] With tougher access requirements since the height of the pandemic, American membership has fallen by close to 70%.

Golfers from the USA wanting to use the club are required to officially enter at a border crossing (the closest is at Carlingford, opposite the US Customs Fort Fairfield Post) and then access the course the same way as for people coming from Canada.

Aroostook Valley Country Club entrance showing US and Canadian flags and border marker
As shown in 1998, this sign directed Canadian golfers to proceed up the hill and return directly to Canada. Currently, the US Border Patrol does not allow Canadian golfers to travel to the course via Brown Road.
Entrance to the Aroostook Valley Country Club
Aroostook Valley Country Club showing US and Canadian flags
Border sign on Russell Road at entrance from Brown Road