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 Peace Arch Boundary Monument - Canada/US Border Posted by:  The A-Team
N 49° 00.126 W 122° 45.374
10U E 517828 N 5427717
Kiwanis International erected a monument with two plaques directly on the border between Canada and the US in Peace Arch Park, near Surrey, British Columbia and Blaine, Washington.
Waymark Code: WM16D6W
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 07/05/2022
Views: 6
This monument is directly in line with the nearby official boundary markers, so it straddles the border.
The monument was erected in 1936 with a plaque containing the following text:
This unfortified boundary line
between the
Dominion of Canada
and the
United States of America
should quicken the remembrance
of the more than a century old
friendship between these countries
A lesson of peace to all nations
Erected April 25, 1936
Kiwanis International
Another plaque was added below the first one in 1965 with the following text:
In commemoration of
one hundred and fifty years of peace, 1814 - 1964 between
Canada and the United States of America.
The signing of the Columbia River Treaty on September 16th, 1964,
at this International Peace Arch Park by the President of the
United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the Prime Minister of Canada,
the Right Honorable Lester B. Pearson P.C.
Erected and dedicated to continued peace and good will of the peoples of
Canada and the United States by Kiwanis International on November 28, 1965.
Type: Monument
Condition: Good
Placed by: Kiwanis International
Address: Not listed
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