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International Boundary US-Canada

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“International Boundary US-Canada Monuments are in North Cascades National Park, in the U.S. state of Washington. The monuments were erected along the international border between the U.S. and Canada in 1906 and 1907.”

Wikipedia article International Boundary US-Canada Monuments, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 74 National Register listings published here for Whatcom County · listed in 1989 · category: Object.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 17 objectss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. International Boundary US--Canada - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Along US--Canada border between eastern boundary of Ross Lake NRA and western boundary of North Cascades National Park, Hozomeen
  • When was it listed? February 1989
  • Category. object
  • Also known as. North Cascades National Park Service Complex MRA
  • Census division. East Whatcom
  • National Register reference number. 88003450 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

27 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of International Boundary US-Canada between 1996 and 2015, burning about 1,164 acres in total. 16 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkINTER CAMP
9 August 1997Naturalunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkLITTLE J
5 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkLOOP FIRE
5 August 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkRAW
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkJACK POINT
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkLITTLEJACK
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkHANGING
27 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNorth Cascades National ParkSTARVATION

Every fire recorded in Whatcom County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of International Boundary US-Canada: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boundry Creek ProspectLead, Zinc, SilverProspect
Ridge East of Upper Lightning Cr.Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, GoldOccurrence
Upper Lightning CreekGold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, CopperOccurrence
Wild Rose ClaimSilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Whatcom County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Fish and Game-Hozomeen Cabin2.4 miles1989
Desolation Peak Lookout5.5 miles1989
Deer Lick Cabin6.5 miles1989
Perry Creek Shelter7.9 miles1989

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88003450 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Whatcom CountyAll 74 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.