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Border-spanning park allows separated people to meet without ‘crossing’ border
May 28, 2020
By CP 24
By CP 24
Peace Arch Park spans Surrey, B.C. and Blaine, Wash.
May 28, 2020
By CP 24
By CP 24
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Separated family members from both sides of the border meet with one another in person at Peace Arch Park in Blaine. AP Photo/Elaine ThompsonThe 42-acre Peace Arch Park, which spans the Canada-U.S. border at Surrey, B.C. and Blaine, Wash., has become a place where loved ones on either side of the border can reunite without “crossing” the closed border. As long as visitors remain in the park, they can cross from one country to the other without the need for a passport.
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