sentences:  The CPR wanted direct BC connection to Seattle, south, and onto California so it built a bridge at Mission and rail line across Matsqui Prairie to connect with the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway.The NPRR, UPRR and Milwaukee Roads built lines to Sumas, with an eye of coming to Vancouver, but never crossed the border in the end.BC Electric Railway and Great Northern did build to Huntingdon and into the eastern Fraser Valley.