Matsqui

MATSQUI was a rural municipality in the central FRASER VALLEY, 70 km east of VANCOUVER. The name derives from a STO:LO Nation word meaning "stretch of higher ground," a reference to a portage between the FRASER R and Sumas Lk. The earliest settlers arrived in the 1860s and the local economy relied on AGRICULTURE, principally DAIRY FARMING, eggs, poultry, vegetables and BERRIES. From the 1970s the district experienced rapid urban growth centred mainly in CLEARBROOK, the town centre. Commercial...

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