Sumas Methodist Church near Chilliwack before 1900

Greendale is a primarily agricultural settlement within

Chilliwack Chilliwack ( ) is a city of about 100,000 people and in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located about east of the City of Vancouver in the Fraser Valley. The enumerated population is 93,203 in the city and 113,767 in the gr ...

British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...

, Canada, located east of the

City of Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Met ...

Greendale is located on the west side of

, bordering the east side of the

City of Abbotsford 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 ...

. The

Vedder River The Vedder River, called the Chilliwack River above Vedder Crossing, is a river in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington. The name Chilliwack comes from the Halkomelem word ''Tcil'Qe'uk'', meaning "valley of ...

forms the border between Greendale and

Yarrow ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Growing to tall, it is characterized by small whitish flowers, a tall stem of fernlike leaves, and a pungent odor. The plan ...

which lies to the South. Greendale was originally called Sumas, but got renamed in 1951 to avoid confusion with the adjoining municipality, the District of Sumas (now part of the

), as well as

Sumas, Washington Sumas () is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It had a population of 1,583 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Sumas is located adjacent to the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. border and borders the ...

. The area was once a

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

at the base of

Sumas Mountain Sumas Mountain is a mountain located in Whatcom County, Washington, 15 miles northeast of Bellingham and southwest of Vedder Mountain. Located in the Skagit Range, the mountain is notable for its high biodiversity and year-round hiking tra ...

Sumas Lake Sumas Lake ''( Halq’eméyle'': ''Semá:th'' Lake, Nooksack: ''Semáts Xácho7'', (Level Place Lake)) was a shallow freshwater lake surrounded by extensive wetlands that once existed in eastern Fraser Lowland, located on the south side of the ...

was drained in the early 1920s. Greendale has experienced two major

flood A flood is an overflow of water (list of non-water floods, or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant con ...

s, after the completed drainage, in 1894 and 1948. Th
Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve
is located in Greendale.

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Aerial photos of Greendale

Community of Villages
Neighbourhoods in Chilliwack Lower Mainland {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub