The border is near the summit of White Pass on the Klondike Highway, where the elevation is 3,292 feet (1,003 m).

For a few months in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, while discussions continued on the Alaska boundary dispute, a North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) detachment and a customs office (collecting duty on goods destined for the Yukon) operated at Skagway.

[2] This section of the line closed in 1982, unable to compete with the highway but reopened to Fraser in 1988.

[citation needed] The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) facility, which operates at Fraser, 12.2 kilometres (7.6 mi) northeast of the border (59°42′54″N 135°02′47″W / 59.71496°N 135.04642°W / 59.71496; -135.04642), primarily handles highway traffic, but also processes train passengers.

To address a US Customs refusal to allow Canadian vessels to discharge freight and passengers at Skagway, the two governments held discussions.