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Fraser Valley is the section of the Fraser River basin in southwestern British Columbia downstream of the Fraser Canyon. After descending through the rapids of the Fraser Canyon, the Fraser River emerges almost at sea level at Yale, over 100 km inland. The river passes through some of the most fertile agricultural land in British Columbia—as well as the heart of the Greater Vancouver region—on its way through the valley to its mouth at Georgia Strait. During the last ice age, the area that would become the Fraser Valley was covered by a sheet of ice, walled in by the surrounding mountains. As the ice receded, land that had been covered by glaciers became covered by water instead, then slowly rose above the water, forming the basin that exists today. The valley is the largest landform of the Lower Mainland ecoregion. The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia, Canada, rising in the Rocky Mountains near Mount Robson and flowing for 1400 km (870 mi), into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Vancouver. ...
Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total • Land • Water (% of total) Ranked 5th 944,735...
View of Fraser Canyon near Fountain, BC View of Fraser Canyon looking upstream from Fountain, B.C. The Fraser Canyon is a stretch of the Fraser River where it descends rapidly through narrow rock gorges in the Coast Mountains enroute from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia to the Fraser...
Front Street, Yale, British Columbia circa 1882 during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. ...
Motto: Building a sustainable region Area: 2,878. ...
The Strait of Georgia (also known as Georgia Strait and the Gulf of Georgia) is a 240 km (150 mi)-long strait between Vancouver Island (as well as its nearby Gulf Islands) and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. ...
Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ...
A landform comprises a geomorphological unit. ...
The Lower Mainland is the name that residents of British Columbia apply to the region surrounding the City of Vancouver. ...
 Map showing Fraser River and major tributaries This section of the Fraser River—called "Sto:lo" by the Coast Salish First Nations—was a vital lifeline before the first European contact, and has been an important transportation corridor ever since. In the 19th century, steamboats plied the waters between Georgia Strait and Yale, and were especially busy during the gold rush of the 1850s and 60s. Boats continued to provide a vital link in the valley as the gold rush tapered off and Europeans began farming. Eventually, roads and railways were built, fueled by and in turn fuelling population growth. Today, the most important transportation links through the region are the Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway transcontinental main lines, the Lougheed Highway (Hwy 7), and the Trans-Canada Highway (Hwy 1). Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada locator map This map shows the location of the Fraser River, including drainage area and major tributaries. ...
The Coast Salish are a Salishan-speaking First Nations/Native American people that inhabited an area centered in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and western Washington in the United States for several millennia up to the time of arrival of the Europeans in the 19th century. ...
First Nations is the current title used by Canada to describe the various societies of the indigenous peoples, called Native Americans in the U.S. They have also been known as Indians, Native Canadians, Aboriginal Americans, Amer-Indians, or Aboriginals, and are officially called Indians in the Indian Act, which...
First contact is a term used to describe a first meeting of two previously unknown cultures. ...
It has been suggested that paddle steamers be merged into this article or section. ...
A California Gold Rush handbill A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. ...
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ...
Canadian National Railways logo or herald (used pre-1960) Network Map of Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS), known as Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present, is a Canadian Class...
British Columbia provincial highway 7, known as the Lougheed Highway, is an alternative route to Highway 1 through the Lower Mainland. ...
Trans Canada Highway over Canada Map The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. ...
Today, the Fraser Valley has a mix of land uses, ranging from the urban and industrial centres of Vancouver, Surrey, and Abbotsford through golf courses and parks to dairy farms and market gardens. Agricultural land in the valley—protected by the Agricultural Land Reserve—is intensively farmed: the Fraser Valley brings in over half of British Columbia's annual agricultural revenue, although it makes up a tiny percentage of the province's total land area. As the valley population grows and traffic increases, air pollution becomes an increasingly important issue, and various controversies have erupted over the years as to whether or not air pollution is a problem, and if it is a problem, what should be done about it. This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ...
Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = The City of Parks City of Surrey, British Columbia, Canadas Location. ...
Map of BC showing the location of Abbotsford See Abbotsford for other towns with this name Abbotsford is a Canadian city, in the province of British Columbia. ...
Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation in World War II, which took place in September 1944. ...
The Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) is a collection of land in the Canadian province of British Columbia reserved for agricultural uses. ...
In colloquial usage, "Fraser Valley" usually refers only to that part of the valley beyond the continuously built-up urban area around Vancouver, up to and including Chilliwack and Agassiz, about 80km east, and abutting the border with Washington's Whatcom County; news media typically also include the built-up eastern suburban areas of Vancouver which a few decades ago were mixed farmland and forest, typical of "the Valley". Fraser Valley can also refer to the Fraser Valley Regional District, which consists of the municipalities and incorporated areas in the eastern two-thirds of the valley. Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 18th 184,824 km² 385 km 580 km 6. ...
Whatcom County is a county located in the state of Washington. ...
The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. ...
The eastern Fraser Valley is also known colloquially as the "Bible Belt" of B.C. and is home to many of Canada's largest churches as well as the Canadian headquarters of many Christian/Evangelical para-church organizations such as Focus on the Family and Campus Crusade for Christ. The approximate extent of the Bible Belt, indicated in red A Bible Belt is an area in which Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive or dominant part of the culture. ...
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