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Sumas Mountain (British Columbia)

Sumas Mountain, also referred to as Canadian Sumas to distinguish it from an identically named mountain just 10 km (6.2 mi) to the south in U.S. state of Washington across the border, is a mountain in eastern Fraser Lowland, in the Lower Mainland region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It sits on the south bank of the Fraser River, west of the smaller Chilliwack Mountain across the Vedder River mouth, and serves as a geographic landmark dividing the Fraser Valley into "Upper" and "Lower" sections. Sumas Peak is an official name for the summit located on the south shore of the Fraser River in the Fraser Valley between Abbotsford and Chilliwack. Elevation 910 m (2,986 ft) above sea level, prominence 875 m (2,871 ft).

Etymology
Sumas is a Halq̓eméylem word meaning "a big level opening", referring to the Sumas Prairie area south of the mountain, formerly Sumas Lake. A common 19th century spelling of Sumas was Smess; Simon Fraser's journal recorded the name as Shemotch. ==Biogeoclimatic zone and subzones==
Biogeoclimatic zone and subzones
Sumas Mountain lies entirely within the Coastal Western Hemlock (CWH) zone, with three sub-zones mapped: the very dry maritime (CWHxm1) on south and west-facing slopes at low elevations, the dry maritime (CWHdm) over the vast majority of the mountain, and the very wet maritime (CWHvm2) at higher elevations. == See also ==
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