Aroostook Valley Country Club, Golf course in Four Falls, New Brunswick, Canada
Aroostook Valley Country Club is an 18-hole golf course set across rolling terrain in a rural setting near the Canada-US border. The facility includes a pro shop, equipment rental services, and instruction available to members and visitors.
Founded in 1929, the club sits astride the Canada–US border: its course and clubhouse are in New Brunswick, while the parking lot and pro shop are in Maine. American golfers could use the club without reporting to a Port of Entry, and its position let them bypass Prohibition without passing through customs. In 2008 the US closed the unpatrolled Brown Road crossing, forcing Canadian golfers on a 33-kilometre detour through Fort Fairfield.
Membership was once roughly half Canadian and half American, and the club's calendar followed both countries' holidays. Canadian golfers reached the course by Brown Road, where Canada kept a seasonal border checkpoint. Since the pandemic, tighter access rules have cut American membership by close to 70%.
Access depends on which side you come from. Canadians reach the club via Brown Road and the pandemic-era route across private land, shuttling by golf cart beside Russell Road; since 2025 a donated strip of land allows carts along a new trail. Golfers from the USA must first clear an official border crossing, the closest at Carlingford opposite the Fort Fairfield post, then follow the same route and repeat it on return.
Several holes on the course bring players directly to the border area where golf balls can actually end up across international lines. This geographic quirk transforms the game into a literal border-crossing experience.
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