The Columbia Valley is a small valley and unincorporated settlement stretching southwest of Cultus Lake, British Columbia, Cultus Lake and extending across the Canada–United States border into Whatcom County, Washington. It is located to the south of the Chilliwack, British Columbia, City of Chilliwack and east of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Abbotsford, lying between Vedder Mountain and the main bulk of the North Cascades, Cascade Mountains. There is no border checkpoint, border crossing in the valley, which has only a few farms in it. The community of Lindell Beach, British Columbia, Lindell Beach is located in it, on the south shore of Cultus Lake. Its terrain is similar to that of the Fraser Valley, though at a slightly higher elevation.
History
During the 1920s a logging railroad operation supplied logs to the Campbell River Timber Company's mill in White Rock, British Columbia, White Rock, moving the logs to White Rock via the American side of the border.
''Forestry in the Chilliwack District'', J.A. Mahood, ''British Columbia Forest History Newsletter'', No.79, April 2006
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Further reading
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*{{cite book, last1=Knight, first1=Rolf, last2=Arntzen, first2=Arnt, last3=Koeppen, first3=Ebe, title=Stump Ranch Chronicles and Other Narratives, url=http://www.rolfknight.ca/Stumpranch_Chron.pdf, accessdate=2 May 2013, year=1977, publisher=New Star Books, Limited, isbn=978-0-919888-74-6
Lower Mainland
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Populated places in the Fraser Valley Regional District
Valleys of British Columbia
Landforms of Whatcom County, Washington
Valleys of Washington (state)
Landforms of Lower Mainland
New Westminster Land District