Squamish
Cleveland Avenue in Squamish Download high resolution version (1024x768, 94 KB)Squamish main street taken by Damien Guard, July 2004. ...
Location of Squamish within the Squamish-Lillooet District in British Columbia, Canada
Area	95.41 km²
Population	14,247 (2001)
Pop'n density	149.3 /km²
Location	49°42′06.2″N, 123°09′31.5″W
Altitude	metres
Incorporation	1948
Province	British Columbia
Regional District	Squamish-Lillooet
MP	Blair Wilson
MLA	Joan McInytre
Mayor	Ian Sutherland
Governing Body	Squamish Council
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
Postal code	V0N
Area Code	+1-604
District of Squamish.BC.ca

Squamish is a growing community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located at the north end of Howe Sound. Image File history File links Squamish-logo. ... Image File history File links blank picture File links The following pages link to this file: Antioquia Boyacá Cundinamarca Bolívar Department Santander Department Atlántico Magdalena Department Amazonas Department, Colombia Arauca Caquetá Casanare Cauca Cesar Chocó Córdoba Department Guainía Guaviare Huila Department Guajira Department Meta Department Nari... Image File history File links Dot-yellow. ... Image File history File links Census_divisions_BC.png Summary can be used as locator map for cities and regional districts in en:British Columbia Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Victoria, British Columbia Prince George, British... Squamish-Lillooet is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre (in the U.S., chiefly meter) is a measure of length, approximately equal to 3. ... A Municipal Corporation is a legal defintion for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, and towns. ... Map of Canada Canada is a federation of ten provinces which, together with three territories, comprise the worlds second largest country in total area. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Flower Pacific dogwood 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... The Canadian Province of British Columbia is divided into Regional Districts, analogous to counties in other jurisdictions. ... Squamish-Lillooet is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. ... Members of the House of Commons in the 38th Parliament of Canada, as of November 10, 2005. ... Blair Wilson is the MP elect for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country electoral district elected on January 23, 2006 in the 2006 federal election. ... Legislature Building in Victoria, BC The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is located in Victoria. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... A governing body is a corporate form of management. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... The Pacific Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ... UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ... A Canadian postal code is a string of six characters that form part of a postal address in Canada. ... British Columbia - 188 FSAs Categories: Canada Post ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Flower Pacific dogwood 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... // Description Howe Sound is a fjord situated immediately northwest of Vancouver, Canada, fronting on one of the citys suburbs, West Vancouver. ...

Squamish (2001 census population 14,247) is a diversified, fast-growing west coast community. Squamish is also increasingly popular with Vancouver residents escaping the increased cost of living in that city, only one hour away by road. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Religion

Squamish is home to churches from a variety of faiths. There are eleven churches and religious organizations, from several Christian denominations, as well as Bahá'í Faith, a Sikh temple, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. A Christian is a follower of Jesus, whom they regard as a/the Christ. ... Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Baháís in Haifa, Israel The Baháí Faith is a religion founded by Baháulláh in 19th century Persia. ... A Sikh man at the Harimandir Sāhib. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ...

Activities

The Stawamus Chief

Tourist attractions include the newly opened Squamish Adventure Centre; the Stawamus Chief, a huge cliff-faced granite massif favoured by rock climbers; the Shannon Falls waterfall; river-rafting on the Elaho and Squamish rivers; wind surfing and kite surfing at the mouth of the Squamish River; and bald eagle viewing in the nearby community of Brackendale, which has one of North America's largest populations of bald eagles. Squamish is also a popular destination among Greater Vancouver hikers, mountaineers and backcountry skiers due to the multiple vast provincial parks in the surrounding Coast Mountains. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 379 KB) Summary Photo taken by myself (Robb Priestley) of the Stawamus Chief. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 379 KB) Summary Photo taken by myself (Robb Priestley) of the Stawamus Chief. ... The Stawamus Chief is a colossal dome of granitic rock located adjacent to the town of Squamish, British Columbia. ... In geology, a massif is a section of the Earths crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. ... Climbers on Valkyrie at the Roaches. ... Rafting is a recreational activity utilizing a raft to navigate a river or other body of water. ... The Elaho River is a c. ... The Squamish River is a short but very large stream draining a complex of basins in the Coast Mountains just north of Vancouver, entering the sea at the head of Howe Sound where the town of Squamish is located. ... Windsurfing in Essex, England Windsurfing (also called boardsailing) is a sport involving travel over water on a small 2-4. ... Kiteboarders use inflatable kites tethered to harnesses to glide through water and air. ... Binomial name Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), also known as the American Eagle, is a bird of prey originating in North America, most recognizable as the national bird of the United States. ... , Brackendale is a small community in the Canadian province of British Columbia just north of Squamish in the Squamish Valley. ... Motto: Building a sustainable region Area: 2,878. ... Mountaineering is the sport or hobby or profession of walking, hiking and climbing up mountains. ... Backcountry sking near the Arlberg, Austria Backcountry skiing or off-piste skiing is skiing in a sparsely inhabited rural region over ungroomed and unmarked slopes (i. ... The Coast Mountains are the westernmost range of the Pacific Cordillera, running along the south western shore of the North American continent, extending south from the Alaska Panhandle and covering most of coastal British Columbia. ...

Mayors

• 2002-current Ian Sutherland
• 1993-2002 Corrine Lonsdale
• 1990-1993 Egon Tobus
• 1983-1990 Phil Turner

Ian Sutherland is the Mayor of the District of Squamish, British Columbia, Canada Sutherland has been the mayor of the District of Squamish (DOS) since November 2002. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Education

In September 2007, Squamish will open its doors to Quest University, which will become one of Canada's few private post-secondary institutions. Its construction is currently in progress. Quest University (formerly Sea to Sky University) is a new private non-profit liberal arts university in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. ...

Squamish is also home to six elementary schools (Brackendale, Garibaldi Highlands, Mamquam, Squamish Elementary, Stawamus Elementary and Valleycliffe Elementary), two secondary schools (Howe Sound Secondary School and Don Ross Secondary School) and the board office of School District 48 Howe Sound. Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... High school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... School District 48 Howe Sound is a school district in British Columbia. ...

External links

• District of Squamish
• Western Pulp
• Howe Sound School District

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