Dedication of the International Peace Garden took place on July 14, I932, with some
50,000 persons present.
The simple boundary marker – a cairn built of stones gathered from both sides – bears a plaque, reading:

To God in His glory
we two nations dedicate this garden
and pledge ourselves that as long as man shall live we will not take up arms against one another.

On either side of the cairn were two flag poles, from which fluttered the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack. In 1945, the Union Jack was replaced by the Red Ensign. Twenty years later, on February 15, 1965, the present Maple Leaf flag was adopted, and has flown from the flagstaff since that date.

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Just at this time, of course, North America was caught up in the bitter grip of the great depression. But while funds were short, labor was not, and, in 1934, the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps, under the supervision of the National Park Service was engaged. They
fenced the United States acreage, cleared bush land, built lagoons, and constructed the first building, the Lodge, made of native stone from North Dakota and logs from the Riding Mountain area in Manitoba.
The Corps also built a crescent-shaped lake named Lake Udall, in honor of the publisher
of the Boissevain Record, W. V. Udall, an ardent promoter of the Garden. A larger body of water, known as Lake Stormon, was built on the Canadian side to honor the American supporter John A. Stormon. Judge Stormon gave over forty years of devoted service to the International Peace Garden, as Secretary and then President, He died in 1981 but, happily, lived to see his efforts and the work of many early enthusiasts, raise the Garden to its present stage of beauty and popularity.

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