Exclusively placed in the northwest corner of Washington at the Canadian Border, Vancouver, British Columbia, lies 35 miles to the north, while Seattle is 110 miles south. Blaine, the Peace Arch City, is situated on the banks of Drayton Harbor and the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range are 25 miles east with easy access to the Mt. Baker wilderness and Mt. Baker Ski Area.

Blaine offers a mix of housing opportunity ranging from low income to quaint nineteenth century homes to luxury waterfront homes surrounding the Arnold Palmer designed, Semiahmoo Golf Course near the four-star rated Semiahmoo Resort & Spa. The harbor reflects the diversity of the town with a mix of watercraft ranging from workboats to yachts. East Blaine features rural residential with mostly 5 acres or more homes and mini farms. South Blaine includes the family resort community of Birch Bay.

Webcams are small cameras frequently though not always, video cameras whose images can be accessed using the World Wide Web, instant messaging, or a PC video conferencing purpose. The term webcam is also used to describe the low-resolution digital video cameras designed for such purposes, but which can also be used to record in a non-real-time fashion.

Web-accessible cameras involve a digital camera which uploads images to a web server, either continuously or at regular intervals. Videoconferencing cameras typically take the form of a small camera connected directly to a PC. Analog cameras are also sometimes used connected to a video capture card and then directly or indirectly to the internet.