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photo: Matt Benoit © 2021
Sumas, border town of boom and bust, stays hopeful
April 21, 2021
Matt Benoit
The main thoroughfare through Sumas on its way to the Canadian border isn’t seeing much traffic since the COVID-19 pandemic forced closure of the border crossing to all but essential traffic. Although the town is home to 1,700 people and still growing, closed gas stations, empty storefronts and a lack of grocery stores give the impression of a town in decline.