Peace Arch
The Peace Arch is a monument situated near the westernmost point of the Canada–United States border in the contiguous United States, between the communities of Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia.- Type: Monument
- Description: monument at the Canada-USA border
- Also known as: “Peace Arch International Monument”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Peace Arch Border Crossing and Pacific Highway Border Crossing.
Peace Arch Border Crossing
Government office
The Peace Arch Border Crossing is the common name for the Blaine–Douglas crossing which connects the cities of Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia on the Canada–United States border. Peace Arch Border Crossing is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Peace Arch.
Pacific Highway Border Crossing
Government office
Photo: Wbaron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pacific Highway Border Crossing connects the city of Blaine, Washington and the city of Surrey, British Columbia on the Canada–US border. Washington State Route 543 on the American side joins British Columbia Highway 15 on the Canadian side. Pacific Highway Border Crossing is situated 1 mile east of Peace Arch.
Blaine High School
School
Blaine High School, established in 1906, is located in Blaine, Washington, United States, which is situated in the northwest corner of the state, adjacent to the Canada–US border, thus making it the most northwestern high school in the Contiguous United States. Blaine High School is situated 1 mile southeast of Peace Arch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douglas and Blaine.
Douglas
Suburb
Douglas is a locality in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Just southeast and outside of the boundary of White Rock, it is on the Canadian side of the Peace Arch Border Crossing between British Columbia and Whatcom County, Washington, in the United States.
Blaine
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blaine is a city in the Northwest Washington region of Washington. "The Peace Arch City" is the major land border crossing between Western Washington and the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada.
White Rock
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
White Rock is a small community in Vancouver's southern suburbs surrounded on three sides by the city of Surrey, and to the south by the waters of Boundary Bay.
Peace Arch
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: City of Blaine, Whatcom, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.00209° or 49° 0′ 8″ northLongitude
-122.75653° or 122° 45′ 24″ westInception
1921Open location code
84XV262V+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 144827289OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q2000846
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Peace Arch” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Sülh tağı”
- Azerbaijani: “Sülh Tağı”
- Chinese: “和平拱門”
- Czech: “Mírový oblouk”
- Czech: “Peace Arch”
- Dutch: “Peace Arch”
- Esperanto: “Pacarko”
- French: “arche de la Paix”
- French: “Arche de la Paix”
- French: “Peace Arch”
- German: “Peace Arch”
- Hebrew: “קשת השלום”
- Italian: “Peace Arch”
- Japanese: “ピース・アーチ”
- Japanese: “平和のアーチ”
- Persian: “طاق صلح”
- Portuguese: “Arco da Paz”
- Portuguese: “Peace Arch”
- Spanish: “Arco de la Paz”
- Swedish: “Peace Arch”
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