Kilgard is a neighbourhood of

Abbotsford, British Columbia Abbotsford is a city in British Columbia next to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver, and the Fraser River. With a census population of 153,569 people (2021), it is the most populous municipality in the province outside metropol ...

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, located a few kilometres east of that city's core, on the north side of the

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at the foot of

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. The community and its name are connected with a former brickworks at the site, which produced a good quality

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; it was a sister community to

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, which is nearby on the northwest side of Sumas Mountain, which also had a clay mine and brickworks. The Upper Sumas 6

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of the Sumas First Nation is located at Kilgard.BC Names entry "Upper Sumas 6 (Indian Reserve)"
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Neighbourhoods in Abbotsford, British Columbia Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Mining communities in British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaSouthCoast-geo-stub

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