Clayburn, Abbotsford

Clayburn is a small historic village now located within the City of Abbotsford, in the Central Fraser Valley of British Columbia. Largely surrounded by farmland and green fields, at the western base of Sumas Mountain, the historic centre is situated immediately north and east of the city of Abbotsford's urban sprawl.

Clayburn
Clayburn
Location of Clayburn in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°05′00″N 122°16′00″W
Country Canada
Province British Columbia

The settlement is known locally for the Clayburn Brick Foundry its early twentieth-century brickworks and brick worker's cottages which line its main street.

The name "Clayburn" is used because in the late 1920s Clayburn was a large producer of clay bricks, and had various factories, some of which still exist today. Clay-mining and brick-making operations were started by John Morton, one of the Three Greenhorns, whose "Brickmaker's Claim" is now the West End of Vancouver and was thought originally to have been commercially viable for porcelain clay.

See also
  • Kilgard, British Columbia

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