Blaine is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The city’s northern boundary is the Canada–U.S. border; the Peace Arch international monument straddles the link up of both countries. The population was 5,884 at the 2020 census. Since Blaine is located right upon the be adjacent to with Canada, it is the northernmost city upon Interstate 5.

The Place was first contracted in the mid-19th century by pioneers who conventional the town as a seaport for the west coast logging and fishing industries, and as a jumping off point for prospectors heading to British Columbia’s gold fields. Blaine was officially incorporated on May 20, 1890, and was named after James G. Blaine (1830−1893), who was a U.S. senator from the give leave to enter of Maine, Secretary of State, and, in 1884, the bungled Republican presidential candidate. The city has a “turn-of-the-century” theme, marked by remodeled buildings and signs resembling designs that existed during the late 19th century and upfront 20th century.

The world’s largest salmon cannery was operated by the Alaska Packers’ Association for decades in Blaine; the cannery site has been converted to a waterfront destination resort on Semiahmoo Spit. Several axiom mills as soon as operated on Blaine’s waterfront, and much of the lumber was transported from its wharves and docks to support rebuild San Francisco once the 1906 flare there. The forests were soon logged but Blaine’s fishing industry remained mighty into the second half of the 20th century. Into the 1970s Blaine was house to hundreds of trailer purse seiners and gillnetters plying the waters offshore of British Columbia, between Washington come clean and southeast Alaska. Blaine’s two large marinas are still house to hundreds of recreational sailboats and yachts. Nature lovers have always appreciated Blaine’s coastal location, its accessible bike and walking trails, and view of mountains and water. Birdwatchers across the continent have discovered the area’s tall content of migratory birds and waterfowl: Blaine’s Drayton Harbor, Semiahmoo Spit and Boundary Bay are ranked as Important Birding Areas by the Audubon Society.

The Cains are the most notable intimates in Blaine’s unexpected history, credited in the same way as its founding and achievements. At one epoch owning most of present-day Blaine, the Cain brothers erected the biggest growth north of Seattle, a lumber and shingle mill, a hotel (largest in the come clean at the time), the first public wharf, and donated large public tracts of land.