Dallen thanks again for the great shots. The "arrow" shot has me double intrigued...I'm a private pilot, but have never seen any reference to the arrow in any aviation literature (official or otherwise). However, I've never flown myself across the US/Canada border either (I have flown within feet of the Mexican border near Nogales)...is the arrow purely a local custom, or are you aware of its use elsewhere on the border?

Bill

At 01:52 PM 6/4/01, you wrote:

5) This cement arrow lies directly on the border. Its purpose is to assist people who fly across the border with private airplanes to know where to land and walk down to the customs office. Pilots land the planes on a small grassy strip a bit further west from this point. The second shot shows how west of the Great Lakes, no structures are allowed to be built on the border. The town of Coutts, Alberta (right) and Sweetgrass, Montana (left) are well beyond the required 20 feet apart. The dirt road is the US border patrol road and the border is about a meter or so to the right.

Dallen