Clearbrook, Abbotsford
Clearbrook is a neighbourhood of the City of
Washington.[citation needed
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The area was heavily logged in the early 20th century by the Abbotsford Lumber Company and other smaller logging firms which left behind nothing but large stumps and small trees. In 1930
Mennonite immigrants who had migrated to Canada from Russia beginning in the 1870s as well as those who had fled the Soviet Union in the previous decade began settling in the area. After several years spent clearing the land, these early settlers were able to plant strawberries and raspberries before eventually building dairy and poultry farms.[citation needed
]
After
Columbia Bible College), were established in Clearbrook in the 1940s, as were a number of Mennonite congregations.[citation needed
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By the 1980s the population of the area had reached around 20,000, due to a large influx of people from a variety of backgrounds, most notably
Mennonite Brethren and Mennonite Church congregations continue to flourish in the Clearbrook area, along with Gurdwaras (Sikh temples) and a Hindu temple.[citation needed
]
In 2016, the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting event declared Clearbrook's water the best-tasting in the world.[1]
References
- ^ Judd, Amy (29 February 2016). "BC neighbourhood wins title of best tap water in the world". Global News. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
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