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Sumas Mountain (British Columbia)

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is located in the higher, northern reaches of the mountain. Historic industry on the mountain includes livestock and crop farming, logging, and mining, notably brick-clay, which gave rise to the mining community of Clayburn. Farming, gravel mining, and logging continue on the mountain to the present
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that is part of the greater floodplain of the Fraser River basin, south of which is a same-named sister mountain (
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word meaning "a big level opening", referring to the Sumas Prairie area south of the mountain, formerly
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is located to the mountain's west, and it is home to a number of Abbotsford's suburban areas, notably
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Sumas Mountain as seen from the cliff above the Mission neighbourhood of Hatzic
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is an official name for the summit located on the south shore of the
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It sits on the south bank of the 284:The mountain is separated from the 257:into "Upper" and "Lower" sections. 25: 643:from the original on 23 May 2016 158: 151: 125: 118: 43: 669:Mountains of the Lower Mainland 629:Christie, Jack (13 July 2011). 611:from the original on 2012-12-30 586:from the original on 2013-02-18 561:from the original on 2012-12-14 536:from the original on 2013-12-24 511:from the original on 2013-12-24 486:from the original on 2013-12-24 461:from the original on 2013-12-24 359:Sumas Mountain Provincial Park 1: 457:. straitoncommunityclub.com. 249:, and serves as a geographic 204:an identically named mountain 674:Abbotsford, British Columbia 142:Show map of British Columbia 316:. 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Sumas Mountain (Canada)

Abbottsford
Chilliwack
Coordinates
49°05′21″N 122°10′15″W / 49.08917°N 122.17083°W / 49.08917; -122.17083
Sumas Mountain is located in British Columbia
Sumas Mountain is located in Canada
an identically named mountain
U.S. state
Washington
border
Fraser Lowland
Lower Mainland
Canadian province
British Columbia
Fraser River
Chilliwack Mountain
Vedder River
mouth
landmark
Fraser Valley
Fraser River
Fraser Valley
Abbotsford
Chilliwack
British Columbia
Vedder Mountain
North Cascades
Sumas Lake

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