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The park is located at the Peace Arch Border Crossing (also known as the Blaine–Douglas Border Crossing), where Highway 99 in British Columbia and Interstate 5 in Washington State meet. It is one of the busiest border crossings between Canada and the United States, and the busiest such crossing west of Detroit .
The arch at night. The Peace Arch has the flags of United States and Canada mounted on its crown, and two inscriptions on both sides of its frieze.The inscription on the U.S. side of the Peace Arch reads "Children of a common mother" (referring to the two nations' common origin from the British Empire), and the words on the Canadian side read "Brethren dwelling together in unity" (Psalm 133:1).
Between the two border stations sits the Peace Arch Park, where visitors are free to cross the border within the confines of the park. The Peace Arch was erected in 1921 when a hotel and residences occupied much of the later park area. [2] In 2010, the only time the Olympic torch left Canada was in crossing the border into the US side of the ...
A sign marks the border between the U.S. and Canada at Peace Arch Park on Feb. 1, 2025 in Blaine, Washington. Credit - David Ryder/Getty Images On Jan. 2, 1988, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and ...
On Nov. 27, a motion-activated camera caught multiple people jumping a fence near the Boundary Village apartments in Blaine, roughly a quarter-mile east from Peace Arch Historical State Park.
An obelisk marking the westernmost point of the border along the 49th parallel north is found one mile west at Monument Park. Douglas: Highway 99 (Fraser Delta Thruway) Blaine–Peace Arch: BLA: I-5: Year-round (24-hour service). No commercial vehicles.
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The International Peace Arch, dedicated September 6, 1921, by Samuel Hill, is located within Peace Arch State Park in Blaine and is occasionally used as a focal point for peaceful demonstrations and debate, such as the annual setting of crosses for each American killed so far in the Iraq War. But most of the people who visit or pass by the park ...