Huntingdon is a community within
Abbotsford,
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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. It is located immediately north of the
Canada–US border, and is the location of the
Sumas-Huntingdon Border Crossing. The main road through the community is
Highway 11. The name of the community is also the present name of the border crossing connecting to
Sumas, Washington
Sumas () is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It had a population of 1,307 as of the 2010 census. Sumas is located adjacent to the Canada–U.S. border and borders the city of Abbotsford, British Columbia. The Sumas-Huntingd ...
.
It is named for
Collis P. Huntington
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, a
Union Pacific Railroad
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railway executive who helped connect the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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line to US Lines. The CPR wanted direct BC connection to Seattle, south, and onto California so it built a bridge at Mission and rail line across Matsqui Prairie to connect with the
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway. The
Northern Pacific Railway
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, Union Pacific Railroad and
Milwaukee Road
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s built lines to Sumas, with an eye of coming to Vancouver, but never crossed the border in the end.
BC Electric Railway
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and
Great Northern Great Northern may refer to:
Transport
* One of a number of railways; see Great Northern Railway (disambiguation).
* Great Northern Railway (U.S.), a defunct American transcontinental railroad and major predecessor of the BNSF Railway.
* Great ...
did build to Huntingdon and into the eastern Fraser Valley.
Member of Parliament for
Abbotsford,
Ed Fast, is spearheading an effort to have the
border crossing
Border control refers to measures taken by governments to monitor and regulate the movement of people, animals, and goods across land, air, and maritime borders. While border control is typically associated with international borders, it a ...
renamed to Abbotsford.
See also
*
Sumas, British Columbia Sumas was a district municipality in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada, located between the then-Village of Abbotsford (W) and Chilliwack (E). It was amalgamated with the Village of Abbotsford in 1972 into the District of Abbots ...
(District of Sumas until 1972)
References
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Neighbourhoods in Abbotsford, British Columbia
Lower Mainland