Reeve Charles Schultz

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Our congratulations to
the officers and mem-
bers of The Internation.
al Peace Arch Program.
me Association who
have worked diligently
}!9 make this Celebra.

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British Commissioner
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the Royal Engingra who made
his headquarters at Esquimalt,

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Arter the Orwt meetings be-
tween t8® WO) groupe. tho
starting POMt of the boundary
waa approved’ by both aides.
‘The land BO\ndary was to com-
mence of (6 top ofa cli on
the Point Roberts peninmila
overloolkitit tho moa. ‘This spot
was marked in 1261 with a
granite MOMUMent. 19 feet hi
with (A 39¥°D foot base

The #0008 for this monu
tment wet® cut in N it
min: brought round by sea.
and hauled up the by pul
leya—an © 0! )
iy recorded, shared
{eh and) An

and the Selkirke the

were few in number.

attempt wits made to viel some
parts of the tiundary ling In
the more open regions. cuttings
were made on each side of the,
forty-ninth parallel, and cairns
of stone and mounds of earth
Were bull Near to the coast,
four foot Iron pillars were tied,
and these were placed at ono
abd o half mile intervals from
Point Roberts and Somlahmoo
towards the Sumas River.

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boundary.
and be

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The Reeve and Councillors of Surrey

are proud to extend greetings and felicitations

to our good friends and neighbours in the

United States on this historic occasion

“The Peace Arch

of entry
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on, can be seen

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ralsed

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bronze
of the

nh with the ground

Boun-

Roberts

@ range

se water

similsr, hore towers: rise 25
feet above sea. level and mark
the forty-ninth parallel across

ithe sea.
| If you scramble down to the

edge of the raitway. at the In-
ternational Boundary near
|White Rock, you! will | find
[marker number 5 just
nt the top of the bank. Beyond
it stands the shore range tow-
er, beyond that highway marker
Sa. Then you will see the Peace
Arch, ‘It bas reached its 34th
| anniversary. but the boundary
|on which you are atanding ts
j one hundred years old,

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