Gallery: The Invisible Security of Canada's Seemingly Chill Border
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The International Peace Garden, on the border between North Dakota and Manitoba
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Monument #120, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska
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The bridge between Fort Frances, Ontario and International Falls, Minnesota
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Telephone reporting booth, Angle Inlet, Minnesota.
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Nighthawk, Washington
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he Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge between Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
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Monument #162B, Alaska/Yukon
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Cutline, near Cultus Lake, British Columbia
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Pembina, North Dakota
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"Mullholland Point Lighthouse, Campobello Island, New Brunswick"
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Snowflake, Manitoba
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Monument #276, Waterton Lake, Alberta
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Chief Mountain, Alberta and Montana
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Little Gold Creek, Poker Creek, Yukon, Alaska
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