Neighbourhood in British Columbia, Canada
This article is about the border-crossing and locality in Surrey, British Columbia. For the town at the head of Harrison Lake, see
Port Douglas, British Columbia .
Douglas is a locality in
Surrey, British Columbia ,
Canada , just southeast and outside of the boundary of
White Rock , that is the Canadian side of the
Peace Arch Border Crossing between British Columbia and
Whatcom County ,
Washington in the United States. Douglas is the location of the Peace Arch Provincial Park portion of the International
Peace Arch Park , which it shares with
Peace Arch State Park in
Blaine, Washington . The community is named for Benjamin Douglas, an early pioneer and railroad surveyor.
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References
^ Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986),
British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press,
ISBN
0-7748-0636-2
^ Angus, Marion Isobel (September 28, 1940).
"New Highway Puts Historic Douglas In Limelight Again" .
The Province . p. 3.
Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com .
External links
49°00′10″N 122°44′08″W / 49.00278°N 122.73556°W / 49.00278; -122.73556