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International Boundary Commission
Organization that maps the Canada–United border / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The International Boundary Commission (French: Commission de la frontière internationale) is a bi-national organization responsible for surveying and mapping the Canada–United States border and regulating construction close to the border. The commission was created in 1908 and made permanent by a treaty in 1925.[1]
This article is about a US-Canada border commission. For the commission that oversees the boundary between the United States and Mexico, see International Boundary and Water Commission. For the commission created by the Canada–US Boundary Waters Treaty, see International Joint Commission.
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Commission de la frontière internationale | |
![]() Sign at the international border between Calais, Maine in the United States and St. Stephen, New Brunswick in Canada (August 2019) | |
Abbreviation | IBC |
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Formation | 1908 |
Purpose | Surveying and mapping the Canada–United States border |
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Website | internationalboundarycommission.org |
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Its responsibilities also include maintaining boundary monuments and buoys, keeping the border vista on each side clear of brush and vegetation within three meters (about 10 feet) from the boundary, overseeing any applications for permission to build within the vista, and reporting annually to the governments of both countries.