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Mission is a Canadian district municipality, in the province of British Columbia and is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River, overlooking the Fraser Valley. Mission is the twenty-third largest municipality in British Columbia, with a population of 31,272 (2001). Mission was incorporated in 1892 and is 225.78 km² in size. Originally it was two separate incorporations, the District Municipality of Mission and the smaller Town of Mission City; these were amalgamated by plebiscite in 1969. This is a list of communities in British Columbia, a province in Canada. ... Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) Ranked 5th 944,735 kmÂ² 925,186 kmÂ² 19,549 km... Fraser Valley is the section of the Fraser River basin in southwestern British Columbia downstream of the Fraser Canyon. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Geography

Unlike the other Fraser Valley municipalities Mission is mostly forested upland with only small floodplains lining the shore of the Fraser River, with some benches of relatively poor-quality farmland rising in succession northwards above the core developed area of the town. What agricultural land there is in Mission was once the heart of the berry industry in the Fraser Valley, but this ended due to the consequences of the great Fraser flood of 1948 which flooded the lowlands; that industry is now largely centred across the river in the neighbouring municipality of Abbotsford. Fraser Valley is the section of the Fraser River basin in southwestern British Columbia downstream of the Fraser Canyon. ... Partial skyline of Abbotsford as viewed from Mill Lake. ...

The municipality is bisected by the lower reaches of the Stave River, which consists mostly of the lakewaters of two hydroelectric reservoirs, Stave Lake and Hayward Lake. Although the vast majority of the population of Mission lives well to the east of the Stave, over 50% of the municipality is west and north of that river. A small portion of the lower Stave still runs free in its last two miles before its confluence with the Fraser at Ruskin, which is on the border with the larger municipality of Maple Ridge to the west. This hydroelectric system was the largest hydroelectric project in southwestern British Columbia until the 1950s and was built by the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) to provide power to the electric street railway and interurban system in Vancouver. During the heyday of the communities at Ruskin Dam and Stave Falls Dam, the BCER ran an electric railway down the west side of the river, both for freight and for passenger service, connecting with the CPR at Ruskin. During the construction of Ruskin Dam (completed 1931) the railway was rebuilt at a higher elevation so as to skirt the new Hayward Lake reservoir. The rail line has long been discontinued, but the old grade and its trestles are now part of a recreation trail circling the reservoir. // Description The Stave River is a tributary of the Fraser, joining it about 35 km east of Vancouver, B.C. in the Central Fraser Valley at the boundary between the municipalities of Maple Ridge and Mission. ... Stave Lake is a hydroelectric reservoir in the Stave River system, located on the northern edge of the District of Mission, about 70 km east of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Fraser River watershed The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia, Canada, rising near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1400 km (870 mi), into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Vancouver. ... Ruskin may be one of two places in the United States: Ruskin, Florida Ruskin, Nebraska John Ruskin was an English author, poet and artist, although more famous for his work as art critic and social critic. ... Location of Maple Ridge, British Columbia Maple Ridge is a District Municipality in British Columbia, located east of Vancouver on the Fraser River. ... The British Columbia Electric Railway provided electricity to and operated public transportation in southwestern British Columbia from its establishment in the mid 1890s. ... An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ... Ruskin is a rural and industrial area about 40 kilometres east of Vancouver, BC straddling the border between the suburban municipalities of Maple Ridge and Mission, on the west bank of the lower Stave River. ...

The eastern boundary of the municipality roughly coincides with the division between the Mission upland and the alluvial floodplain of Hatzic Prairie, which resembles much of the rest of the Fraser Valley Lowland. The unincorporated communities from Hatzic eastwards to Deroche are part of the social and commercial matrix centred on Mission but have never joined the municipality; their local societies are built on dairy, berry and corn farming as well as a large First Nations community at Lakahamen on Nicomen Island. First Nations is a term of ethnicity used in Canada. ...

Government

The District of Mission uses the current Council-Manager system of local government. The present Mayor and Council, was elected on November 19, 2005. The current mayor is James Atebe, who beat out the other candidate by an astounding 67%. Past Mayor Abe Neufeld has retired from local politics.

Living

Housing prices in Mission are some of the lowest in the Fraser Valley. Mission also has over 200 acres (0.8 km²) of municipal parks; and a provincial park, Rolley Lake. The city receives an average annual precipitation of 1,631 mm a year (64 inches). An average daytime high of 24°C (75°F) in July, with overnight low of 12°C (54°F). In October daytime highs are averagely 14°C (58°F), with overnight lows of 6°C (44°F). December daytime highs averagely are 5°C (41°F), with overnight lows of 1°C (35°F). April daytime highs are averagely 13°C (56°F), with overnight lows of 5°C (41°F).

People

Mission has a low volume of new local employment opportunities and a high proportion of residents (nearly 6 out of 10) who commute to work in other locales. The community has a young population, with a median age of 36.4, according to the 2001 Canadian census[1]. Mission's largest religious group is Christianity at 55.1%, of which the largest denomination is Protestant. The second largest religious group is Sikh, comprising 5.1% of the population. // Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... A Sikh (IPA: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is an adherent of Sikhism. ...

The largest ethnic group is Caucasian, comprising approximately 91.6% of the population. The largest ethnic minority group in Mission are South Asians, primarily Indo-Canadians comprising 5.1% of the population.. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... // Indo-Canadians are Canadians whose origin traces back to the nation of India. ...

Notable former or current residents include: big band era musician Mart Kenney, singer-songwriter Paul Janz, Canadian 100-metre freestyle record holder and 2004 Olympic swimmer Brent Hayden, poet Crispin Elsted, Torino paralympic alpine skier Brad Lennea, University of Utah basketball player Kim Smith, 1996 and 2000 Olympic swimmer Shannon Shakespeare, 1984 Vancouver Canucks draft pick Rex Grant, 2005 Chicago Blackhawks draft pick Adam Hobson, the first Canadian-born Buddhist minister Takashi Tsuji, country singer Kenny Hess, youth karate champion Shaun Dhillon Herbert Martin Mart Kenney (March 7, 1910 - February 8, 2006) was a Canadian jazz musician and bandleader whose big band Mart Kenney and His Western Gentlemen was Canadas premier dance band during the 1930s and 1940s. ... Paul Janz (born in 1951 in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada and raised in Basel, Switzerland) is a Canadian singer/songwriter and musician best known for the hits Every Little Tear, Close My Eyes, Stand, I Wont Cry and many others. ... Brent Hayden (born October 21, 1983 in Mission, British Columbia) is a Canadian swimmer. ... Kim Smith may be: Kim Smith (model) Kim Smith (Reality TV) Kim Smith (EastEnders) Kim Smith (Canadian basketball star) Category: ... Shannon Shakespeare (born May 6, 1977 in Mission, British Columbia) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

Economy

Forestry and agriculture are Mission's chief resource sectors and provide the basis for varied related retail and service activities. Over the past few years, transportation improvements have enabled the manufacturing sector to expand beyond sawmilling and food processing. A decidous beech forest in Slovenia. ...

Forest and wood related industries dominate the manufacturing sector, with an emphasis on redcedar shake and shingle mills. Mission also holds the only municipal tree farm license in British Columbia. Species Thuja plicata Western Redcedar, Thuja plicata, a species of thuja, is an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to the northwestern US and southwestern Canada, from southern Alaska and British Columbia south to northwest California and inland to western Montana. ...

Agriculture is restricted to a narrow belt along the Fraser River, and the unincorporated Dewdney-Deroche district east of Mission contains the majority of the farms in the area. There are about 96 commercial and hobby farms in the area. Dairy is the chief agricultural enterprise; other income sources include poultry, hogs, beef and vegetables.

Transportation

Mission is served by a regional transit system that connects the District of Mission with the City of Abbotsford. The service is operated by BC Transit, the City of Abbotsford and the District of Mission. Transportation infrastructure includes Abbotsford-Mission Highway 11, and the Lougheed Highway. Mission is also accessible through commuter rail, the "West Coast Express", which runs from Vancouver to Mission. Partial skyline of Abbotsford as viewed from Mill Lake. ... British Columbia provincial highway 11, known locally as the Abbotsford-Mission Highway, is a 17 km-long mostly two-lane north-south highway that literally cuts the Fraser Valley in half. ... British Columbia provincial highway 7, known as the Lougheed Highway, is an alternative route to Highway 1 through the Lower Mainland. ... The West Coast Express at Waterfront Station. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ...

History

The Town of Mission City had an interesting beginning as a land promotion, with the town's core commercial properties and residential streets auctioned off at the "Great Land Sale" of 1891, with buyers brought in via the CPR mainline from Vancouver as well as from Eastern Canada. Some of the early houses and commercial buildings were, in fact, specifically designed to be reminiscent of small towns in southern Ontario in order to encourage buyers. Hailed at the time as a new metropolis, the fledgling town's location at the intersection of the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline with a northward extension of the Burlington Northern Railroad brought name suggestions that included East Vancouver and North Seattle. The name Mission City was chosen due to the site's proximity to the historic St. Mary's Mission of the Oblate order just east of town, which was founded in 1868. An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ... Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | California railroads | Colorado railroads | Idaho railroads | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Kansas railroads | Kentucky railroads | Minnesota railroads | Missouri railroads | Montana railroads | Nebraska railroads | North Dakota railroads | Oregon railroads | South Dakota railroads | Washington railroads | Wisconsin railroads | Wyoming railroads ... An Oblate in Christian monasticism (especially Roman Catholic and Anglican; the Orthodox Christian equivalent is called a Rasophore) is any person who has been offered to God, or have dedicated themselves to His service, in holy religion. ...

At the time of founding, the swing-span Mission Railway Bridge was the only crossing of the Fraser River in the Fraser Valley below Yale, and all rail traffic between Vancouver and the United States was necessarily routed through Mission (until the Fraser River Swing Bridge at New Westminster was built in 1904). The rail bridge at Mission doubled duty as a one-way alternating vehicular bridge until the 1970s, when a long-promised new Mission Bridge was finally completed. The bridge's location is geographically important as the head of the tidal bore on the Fraser River, and its water level gauge is an important measure of the Fraser's annual and sometimes dangerously large spring freshet. Front Street, Yale, British Columbia circa 1882 during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. ... The Fraser River Swing Bridge crosses the Fraser River and connects New Westminster with Surrey. ... The Pattullo Bridge (centre) connects New Westminster (left) with Surrey (right) across the Fraser River. ... The Mission Bridge is a steel girder bridge linking the City Of Mission to the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia. ...

Mission City's original retail core was in the small area of lowland between the CPR mainline and the river, but following the great flood of 1894 a few years after the town's founding was relocated just north of the rail line at the foot of the hillside rising above the rail junction. This small commercial strip, only four or five blocks long, was one of the principal commercial centres of the Fraser Valley for many decades and had a lively retail trade and social life.

The western part of the district, the Stave Valley, is largely rural and forested but its watercourse is home to what was the largest hydroelectric project in British Columbia, built to supply the British Columbia Electric Railway. The Stave Falls Power Co. operated a light-gauge railway for passenger and freight service up the lower canyon of the river to the first dam at Stave Falls, which is the foot of Stave Lake (actually it's a pair of dams because of a low hillock-cum-island in between them. It is now owned by BC Hydro. Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) Ranked 5th 944,735 kmÂ² 925,186 kmÂ² 19,549 km... The British Columbia Electric Railway provided electricity to and operated public transportation in southwestern British Columbia from its establishment in the mid 1890s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Flanking the outraces of the powerhouse at Stave Falls there was once a fairly large community (300 houses), which was served by the railway via connections to the CPR line at Ruskin, although the (then very rough) Dewdney Trunk Road used the dam to cross the Stave River. Population in the Stave Falls area is now away from the dams, west along the Dewdney Trunk towards Maple Ridge, in a rural farm-and-wilderness area south of Rolley Lake Provincial Park. An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ... Ruskin is a rural and industrial area about 40 kilometres east of Vancouver, BC straddling the border between the suburban municipalities of Maple Ridge and Mission, on the west bank of the lower Stave River. ... // Description The Stave River is a tributary of the Fraser, joining it about 35 km east of Vancouver, B.C. in the Central Fraser Valley at the boundary between the municipalities of Maple Ridge and Mission. ... Rolley Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ...

Later another dam was built at the foot of the canyon which was higher and therefore also more powerful, and also flooded out the railway, which was built along its shores. Its roadway is now maintained as a public hiking and biking route connecting the two dams, and Ruskin Dam is also a roadway, connecting to Silverdale and Silverhill on the east side of the Stave, and the rest of Mission. Ruskin is a rural and industrial area about 40 kilometres east of Vancouver, BC straddling the border between the suburban municipalities of Maple Ridge and Mission, on the west bank of the lower Stave River. ...

Up against the Maple Ridge boundary near the waterfront on the west side of the Stave, and halfway between the dam and the mills at Ruskin, was a large drive-in theatre for many years. It is now a large trailer park, and the most populated of Ruskin's neighbourhoods.

Following the building of the Highway 1 freeway on the south side of the Fraser in the late 1960s, which brought huge population growth and large shopping malls to formerly rural Abbotsford, Matsqui and Langley, Mission lost its "anchor", which was the main Eaton's department store in the Valley, and the town's Main Street businesses lost much of their business to the new shopping malls a few minutes away across the river; this process was accelerated with the opening of the new bridge in the mid-1970s.

Despite a cohesive business community and carefully planned new retail malls on the edges of the old core, Mission's retail community has never regained its former prominence in the Fraser Valley. Burgeoning "exurban" population growth connected with the rapid growth of the population of the Lower Mainland and encouraged by a new commuter rail line direct to downtown Vancouver, the West Coast Express, has reversed this trend although Mission's real estate remains some of the cheapest in the heated Fraser Valley market. Fraser Valley is the section of the Fraser River basin in southwestern British Columbia downstream of the Fraser Canyon. ... This article or section should be merged with Bedroom community A dormitory town is generally a rural town where a large proportion of its population commute to nearby cities. ... The Lower Mainland is the name that residents of British Columbia apply to the region surrounding the City of Vancouver. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ... The West Coast Express at Waterfront Station. ...

Outside of the core "urban" area, most of which had been the Town of Mission City, the former District of Mission was a collection of distinct rural communities, each with their own history and sometimes distinct ethnic flavour. Silverdale, 7 kilometres west of Mission on the east bank of the lower Stave River, was homesteaded by Italian immigrants in the 1880s, the descendents of which reside there to this day. Neighbouring Silverhill originally founded by a Finnish utopian sect who were superseded by Scandinavian and German settlers following a forest fire that virtually wiped out the Finns.

Steelhead, in the northern part of the district, was originally a weekend retreat for some of Vancouver's press community, and other localities such as Ferndale, Cedar Valley and Hatzic were farming communities of mixed origin, with Europeans and anglicized French-Canadians alongside the usual British-Scottish Canadian mix typical of much of the Fraser Valley. Before World War II, there was a large Japanese-Canadian contingent throughout the Mission area, involved in berry farming, logging and milling and in the fishery on the river.

In 1954, Benedictine monks obtained land near Mission, where they set up their Westminster Abbey and Seminary of Christ the King. They have lived there ever since, running their own farm and teaching high school and college men at the seminary. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of St Benedict. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... Westminster Abbey and Christ the King Seminary is a community of Benedictine monks in Mission, British Columbia, established in 1939 from the Abbey of Mount Angel, Oregon. ...

The berry industry, formerly the district's largest and most important, formed the heart of the town's annual summer party, the Strawberry Festival, but with the impacts on this industry the relocation of the Japanese during wartime and the devastating flood of 1948, the strawberry theme was abandoned and the town acquired the rights to the Western Canada championships of the Soap Box Derby, which were held annually in a specially-built facility until 1973. Bee Maja at the 1st Fasnetskistenrennen on March 1st, 2003 in Germany The Soap Box Derby also called coaster car race[1] is a youth soapbox car racing program which has been ran nationally since 1934. ...

Mission's other major industry was logging, and the town's several mills were noted for being the world's largest suppliers of redcedar shakes and shingles. The District of Mission has operated for many years its own tree farm, covering most of its northern and northwestern mountainous forests. This tree farm served as a model for silvicultural management on a larger scale throughout British Columbia as well as provided a unique income source for the municipality. From 1967 through the 1970s the Soap Box Derby shared Dominion Day with a large Loggers Sports event, one of the largest in British Columbia and important on the North American Loggers Sports Association circuit. A Shake Roof in Romania A shake is a wooden shingle that is made from split logs. ... A sugarcane plantation at Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 2005 A plantation is a large tract of monoculture, as a tree plantation, a cotton plantation, a tea plantation or a tobacco plantation. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) Ranked 5th 944,735 kmÂ² 925,186 kmÂ² 19,549 km... Dominion Day is a commemoration day of the granting of national status in various Commonwealth countries. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) Ranked 5th 944,735 kmÂ² 925,186 kmÂ² 19,549 km...

In the 1960s and 1970s there was a large cluster of productive mills on the waterfront in Mission, which was the capital of redcedar shake production in the world for many years (the mill at Whonnock outproduced the largest of the Mission mills, but Mission's city of mills was the largest overall producer.) Nearby Eddy Match Co., between Mission and Hatzic, was the largest matchstick-making plant in the world until it closed in the 1960s; its only rival was in Hull, Quebec. Hull, QuÃ©bec, as seen from Ottawa Hull is part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. ...

Adjoining it was the Empress Foods Co. cannery, the survivor of the struggles of the berry industry in the Central Fraser Valley, and dating from the days of Mission's supremacy as strawberry capital of the valley (before the 1848 Fraser River flood wiped it out. In more recent times one of these buildings was for a while converted into the province's largest marijuana grow-op, in a scandal involving one of the town's wealthiest families (who shall remain nameless here) and which was also the largest grow-op busted on record (at the time). Fraser River watershed The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia, Canada, rising near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1400 km (870 mi), into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Vancouver. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ... A grow-op is a short term for a marijuana grow operation in which cannabis plants are grown in a (usually domestic) setting, sometimes with the intent of creating large amounts of marijuana for commercial purposes. ...

Mission is also noted as the home of a long-established professional dragstrip, Mission Raceway Park, which was moved in relatively recent times outside the dyking of the lower part of town to reduce noise in residential and commercial areas nearby.

In 1972 a large tract of land in the Ferndale area in central Mission, which is flat upland valley at the top of the slope reaching up from the downtown, was acquired by the federal government and developed into two large penal facilities, one minimum security "golf resort", as the media deride it, and the other medium security prison. The northern part of the district (and the wilds of the Stave River basin to the north of it) are home to a few wilderness work camps for youth-offenders and low-risk convicts; these camps have over recent decades participated in the ongoing clearing of vast forests of flooded-out trees from the inundated areas of Stave Lake, opening the lake to water recreation and public exploration. Stave Lake is a hydroelectric reservoir in the Stave River system, located on the northern edge of the District of Mission, about 70 km east of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...

Neighbourhoods

Mission's neighbourhoods include a number of rural localities which were part of the District Municipality before amalgamation and which still have some strong local identity. The following list is incomplete, due to the emergence of modern-era development neighbourhoods, but covers the historical localities:

Ruskin is a rural and industrial area about 40 kilometres east of Vancouver, BC straddling the border between the suburban municipalities of Maple Ridge and Mission, on the west bank of the lower Stave River. ... Hillside is a community in Angus, Scotland; see Hillside, Scotland. ...

References

External links

Coordinates: 49°08′01.3″N, 122°18′40.2″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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Regional districts Image File history File links Flag_of_British_Columbia. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) Ranked 5th 944,735 kmÂ² 925,186 kmÂ² 19,549 km... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...	Alberni-Clayoquot · Bulkley-Nechako · Capital · Cariboo · Central Coast · Central Kootenay · Central Okanagan · Columbia-Shuswap · Comox-Strathcona · Cowichan Valley · East Kootenay · Fraser Valley · Fraser-Fort George · Greater Vancouver · Kitimat-Stikine · Kootenay Boundary · Mount Waddington · Nanaimo · North Okanagan · Northern Rockies · Okanagan-Similkameen · Peace River · Powell River · Skeena-Queen Charlotte · Squamish-Lillooet · Stikine · Sunshine Coast · Thompson-Nicola The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District of British Columbia is located on west central Vancouver Island. ... The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. ... The Capital Regional District (CRD) is a sub-provincial administrative district encompassing the southern tip of Vancouver Island and the southern Gulf Islands: (Saltspring, Galiano, Pender, Saturna, Mayne), and several smaller islands. ... Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia The Cariboo Regional District spans the towns of Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, and Wells in the central interior of British Columbia. ... Central Coast Regional District is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. ... The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is a regional district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. ... The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. ... The Columbia-Shuswap Regional District is located in the heart of the southern interior region of British Columbia, on the Trans-Canada Highway between Vancouver and Calgary. ... YK NWT AB USA AK Capital Cariboo Cowichan GVRD Nanaimo Stikine The Comox-Strathcona Regional District of British Columbia, Canada, is on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island and part of the mainland north of the Sunshine Coast. ... YK NWT AB USA AK Capital Cariboo Cowichan GVRD Nanaimo Stikine The Cowichan Valley Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia is on the southern part of Vancouver Island, bordered by the Nanaimo and Alberni-Clayoquot Regional Districts to the north and northwest, and... The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. ... YK NWT AB USA AK Capital Cariboo Cowichan GVRD Nanaimo Stikine The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. ... Fraser-Fort George is a Regional District in British Columbia External links Regional District of Fraser-Fort George Webpage Categories: \| ... Motto: Building a sustainable region Area 2,878. ... Kitimat-Stikine is a Regional District in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. ... The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) is a regional district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. ... Mount Waddington is a Regional District in British Columbia. ... The Regional District of Nanaimo is a regional local government located on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. ... The Regional District of North Okanagan (NORD) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. ... The Northern Rockies Regional District is a regional district in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. ... Okanagan-Similkameen is a Regional District in British Columbia External links Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District Webpage Categories: \| ... The Peace River Regional District is a regional district in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. ... The Regional District of Powell River includes the District Municipality of Powell River and a number of unincorporated areas. ... Skeena-Queen Charlotte is a Regional District in British Columbia. ... Squamish-Lillooet is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. ... Stikine Region is the northwesternmost Regional District in the Canadian province of British Columbia. ... The Sunshine Coast Regional District of British Columbia is located on the southern mainland coast, across the Jaun de Fuca Strait from Vancouver Island. ... Thompson Nicola is a region in the Canadian province of British Columbia. ...
Principal urban centres	Abbotsford · Kamloops · Kelowna · Nanaimo · Prince George · Vancouver · Victoria Partial skyline of Abbotsford as viewed from Mill Lake. ... Kamloops is a city in south central British Columbia, Canada at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River and near Kamloops Lake. ... Kelowna (2005 Population 105,621, Metropolitan Area 165,221) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. ... There are several federal and provincial electoral districts with the name Nanaimo. ... These cutbanks on the Nechako River are Prince Georges signature natural landmark. ... Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a city in south-western British Columbia, Canada. ... Victoria is a Canadian city, and it is the capital of the province of British Columbia. ...
Large suburban communities	Burnaby · Coquitlam · Delta · Langley Township · North Vancouver District · Richmond · Saanich · Surrey Coordinates: Country Canada Province British Columbia District Greater Vancouver Regional District Established 1892 (municipality status) â€“ 1992 (city status) Government - Mayor Derek Corrigan - MPs Peter Julian (NDP), Bill Siksay (NDP) - MLAs Raj Chouhan, Richard T. Lee, John Nuraney, Harry Bloy Area - City 89. ... Member of Parliament James Moore (City Centre / Westwood Plateau) (Conservative) Paul Forseth (Burquitlam) (Conservative) Member of the Legislative Assembly Diane Thorne (NDP) Mayor Maxine Wilson Councillors Kent Becker Fin Donnelly Louella Hollington Mae Reid Bill LeClair Barrie Lynch Lou Sekora Population (2005) 113,498 Immigrant Population 39,000 (35%) Languages... Delta is a district municipality in British Columbia, Canada. ... Mayor Kurt Alberts Councillors Charlie Fox Howie Vickberg Grant Ward Jordan Bateman Steve Ferguson Kim Richter Mel Kositsky Bob Long Population (2006) 93,726 [1] Area 316 square kilometres[2] Incorporation Date April 26, 1873 Member of Parliament Mark Warawa (Conservative) Member of the Legislative Assembly Mary Polak (BC Liberal... This article is about the District of North Vancouver. ... This page is for the city of Richmond, British Columbia. ... // Introduction The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. ... Surrey is a Canadian city in the province of British Columbia that is within the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD), and geographically it is at the centre of the larger region known as the Lower Mainland of BC. It is the provinces second-largest city by population, surpassed only...
Other major centres	Campbell River · Chilliwack · Courtenay · Cranbrook · Fort St. John · Penticton · Port Alberni · Salmon Arm · Vernon , Campbell River is a city in British Columbia at the south end of Discovery Passage on northern Vancouver Island. ... Chilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. ... Courtenay is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. ... Cranbrook, British Columbia ( ) is a city in southeast British Columbia, seat of the Regional District of East Kootenay. ... Fort Saint John (more common spelling Fort St. ... Penticton ( ) is a city in south central British Columbia between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake (at one time known officially as Dog Lake). According to the 2001 census its population is 30,985 (41,574 in the greater area). ... Port Alberni is a city located in the province of British Columbia in Canada. ... , Salmon Arm is a city in the interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia that has a population of 16,466 as reported in the BC Stats (2004). ... Vernon is a city in the south central region of British Columbia called the Okanagan at the north end of Okanagan Lake and Kalamalka Lake. ...

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