Boundary Monument 1 (West), Washington
Roosevelt Road ends at a small park, built around Monument 1, the last boundary monument on the 49th Parallel (or the first, headed in the other direction), marking the westernmsost point of land on the border between Canada and the USA. The large ornamental obelisk was made in Scotland, and brought by ship around Cape Horn. It was installed here in 1865. The line continues west, behind the monument and next to a house in Canada, then plunges down the bluff through thick shrubbery to the beach. At the base of the bluff, the boundary emerges from the shrubs next to the drainpipe that drains the water from the boundary trench that traverses Point Roberts. The line continues across the beach, and through range tower B, just off shore. Beyond is the ferry terminal projecting from the shore at Tsawwassen, British Columbia, ending just shy of the 49th Parallel. Range tower A is visible, almost a mile further out, through the legs of Tower B. Past that, though not visible anymore, the line continues over the water, passing a light tower on the Canadian side that guides the ferries to port, then, after another eight miles, the international boundary line abruptly turns south, leaving the 49th Parallel, and zig-zags its way between islands, and out the Strait of Jaun de Fuca, into the Pacific Ocean, where it dissolves completely into the sea.
