Last updated: 1/10/2010
Second StreetBlaine, WA 98231
P.O. Box 4564Blaine, WA 98231
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The Peace Arch, the only international gateway ever erected in the interest of peace among nations, was constructed on the boundary between Blaine, Washington and Douglas, British Columbia. The Peace Arch was dedicated in 1921 by Washington businessman and philanthropist, Samuel Hill, to celebrate the existing century of peace between two great nation, the United States and Canada.
The International Peace Arch stands astride the international boundary between Surrey, British Columbia and Blaine, Washington. "The Peace Arch Rises", one foot anchored in American soil and the other in Canadian. Standing tall as a physical symbol of an imaginary line that stretches over 3000 miles.
From USA: The Peace Arch is located on Interstate 5, in
the city of Blaine, twenty-one miles north of Bellingham,
Washington at the US/Canadian border, in Whatcom County.
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