Pigeon River–Grand Portage border crossing

E253697

border crossing international border crossing

The Pigeon River–Grand Portage border crossing is an international checkpoint between Minnesota, USA, and Ontario, Canada, serving as a key gateway for road traffic along the North Shore of Lake Superior.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pigeon River–Grand Portage border crossing canonical	3
Pigeon River border crossing	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2296321 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pigeon River–Grand Portage border crossing
Context triple: [Pigeon River, hasBorderCrossingNearby, Pigeon River–Grand Portage border crossing]

A. Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing
The Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing is an international crossing point between Houlton, Maine, and Woodstock, New Brunswick, serving as a key link on the Canada–United States border.
B. Limestone–Grand-Sault Border Crossing
The Limestone–Grand-Sault Border Crossing is an international crossing point between the United States and Canada connecting Limestone, Maine, with Grand Falls, New Brunswick.
C. Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing
The Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing is an international crossing over the Saint John River connecting Fort Kent, Maine, in the United States with Clair, New Brunswick, in Canada.
D. Madawaska–Edmundston Border Crossing
The Madawaska–Edmundston Border Crossing is an international crossing over the Saint John River connecting Madawaska, Maine, in the United States with Edmundston, New Brunswick, in Canada.
E. Prairie Portage
Prairie Portage is a remote canoe-entry point and border crossing between Ontario’s Quetico Provincial Park and Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pigeon River–Grand Portage border crossing
Target entity description: The Pigeon River–Grand Portage border crossing is an international checkpoint between Minnesota, USA, and Ontario, Canada, serving as a key gateway for road traffic along the North Shore of Lake Superior.

A. Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing
The Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing is an international crossing point between Houlton, Maine, and Woodstock, New Brunswick, serving as a key link on the Canada–United States border.
B. Limestone–Grand-Sault Border Crossing
The Limestone–Grand-Sault Border Crossing is an international crossing point between the United States and Canada connecting Limestone, Maine, with Grand Falls, New Brunswick.
C. Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing
The Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing is an international crossing over the Saint John River connecting Fort Kent, Maine, in the United States with Clair, New Brunswick, in Canada.
D. Madawaska–Edmundston Border Crossing
The Madawaska–Edmundston Border Crossing is an international crossing over the Saint John River connecting Madawaska, Maine, in the United States with Edmundston, New Brunswick, in Canada.
E. Prairie Portage
Prairie Portage is a remote canoe-entry point and border crossing between Ontario’s Quetico Provincial Park and Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	border crossing ⓘ international border crossing ⓘ
borderSideFacility	Canadian port of entry ⓘ U.S. port of entry ⓘ
connects	Minnesota, United States ⓘ linked to: Minnesota Ontario, Canada ⓘ linked to: Ontario
countryBorder	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
hasFunction	customs inspection ⓘ immigration control ⓘ security screening ⓘ
isGatewayTo	North Shore of Lake Superior ⓘ linked to: Lake Superior North Shore
isKeyGatewayFor	cross-border travel between Minnesota and Ontario ⓘ tourism along the North Shore of Lake Superior ⓘ
locatedIn	Minnesota ⓘ Ontario ⓘ
locatedNear	Grand Portage, Minnesota ⓘ North Shore of Lake Superior ⓘ
locatedOn	Pigeon River ⓘ
locatedOnBorderBetween	Minnesota and Ontario ⓘ
operatedBy	Canada Border Services Agency ⓘ United States Customs and Border Protection ⓘ linked to: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
partOf	Canada–United States border ⓘ
regionServed	Cook County, Minnesota ⓘ Thunder Bay District, Ontario ⓘ linked to: Thunder Bay District
roadTypeServed	highway traffic ⓘ
transportMode	road ⓘ
usedFor	commercial vehicles ⓘ passenger vehicles ⓘ road traffic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pigeon River → hasBorderCrossingNearby → Pigeon River–Grand Portage border crossing ⓘ

Pigeon River Provincial Park → nearestInternationalBorderCrossing → Pigeon River–Grand Portage border crossing ⓘ

Ontario Highway 61 → terminusSouth → Pigeon River border crossing ⓘ

linked to: Pigeon River–Grand Portage border crossing

Ontario–Minnesota border → hasBorderCrossing → Pigeon River–Grand Portage border crossing ⓘ

Minnesota State Highway 61 → northernTerminus → Pigeon River border crossing ⓘ