Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Laurier, WA

Laurier is a census-designated place in Ferry County that sits directly on the Canada–United States border, essentially on the 49th parallel.

Laurier is one of Washington's smallest census places, covering only about 0.062 square miles at an elevation of about 1,654 feet; it first appeared as a CDP in the 2010 census with a population of just one, and the 2020 census counted four permanent residents.

The community was first called Russell, but when a post office was sought that namesake proved to be an ex-convict; after the Great Northern Railway arrived in 1902 it proposed the name Boawell, but settler Kidwell's preference for Laurier — honoring Sir Wilfrid Laurier, prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911 — prevailed, and the post office opened that year.

During the 1890s mining boom, Laurier was a stopping point for wagon and pack trains and reportedly grew to a population of about 2,000, though little remains of that mining community today.

The U.S. General Services Administration lists three buildings in Laurier — a border station and two border station residences, built in 1936 — and the U.S. Inspection Station there is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

U.S. Route 395 runs through Laurier north to the border crossing, where it becomes British Columbia Highway 395.

Avey Field State Airport in Laurier has a runway that crosses the border into British Columbia, extending about 500 feet into Canada, making it one of only a handful of airports straddling the Canada–U.S. border; it was built in 1962 as an emergency landing facility and dedicated in 1963 by Senator Henry M. Jackson.

Laurier has a humid continental climate with large seasonal temperature differences, with recorded extremes ranging from 109 degrees Fahrenheit to minus 32 degrees.

The nearest school district to Laurier is the Orient School District.