Tree of Life Web Project. Plant Gene Resources of Canada. What is plant germplasm?
Our mandate Plant germplasm is the living tissue from which new plants can be grown. USDA National Plant Germplasm. Ducks Unlimited. CityWorks. South Coast Conservation. Historically one of the largest wetland complexes in the Fraser Valley, "Sumas Lake was a body of water between Sumas and Vedder mountains, midway between the present-day cities of Chilliwack and Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Its name means "a big level opening" and is a reference to the site of the lake, which lay between Sumas Mountain and its American counterpart, Sumas Mountain, Washington, part of the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. The lake extended into Whatcom County, Washington, necessitating a railway trestle of the British Columbia Electric Railway across it from Huntingdon to the foot of Vedder Mountain remains today as a dyke.
Originally, the lake occupied 40 km² (15 mi²) and swelled to 120 km² (47 mi²) during flooding. SPEC - Conservation. Nature Conservancy of Canada.