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Chilliwack summary
Chilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of
70,000 people. The city is surrounded by mountains, and has many parks nearby such as Cultus Lake and Chilliwack Lake Provincial Parks. There are
many recreational opportunities in the area, including hiking, biking, camping, fishing, and golf. Chilliwack is the seat of the Fraser Valley
Regional District.
Between 5,000 and 10,000 years ago the Sto:lo arrived in the Chilliwack area. At the time of their first contact with Europeans it is estimated
that there were as many as 30,000 people living within Sto:lo territory. In 1857, gold was discovered in the Fraser Canyon. By 1858, over
30,000 gold miners had treked to the goldfields, most travelling through the Chilliwack area. By the mid 1860's several farms had grown up around
the steamboat landings on the Fraser River called Miller's Landing, Sumas Landing and Chilliwack Landing.
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The Township of Chilliwack was incorporated in 1873, the third municipality in British Columbia. Initial settlement was along the Fraser River at
Chilliwack Landing. Steamboats were the main mode of transportation, carrying goods and passengers between Chilliwack and New Westminster.
With little room for expansion along the river, the commercial area of the town moved south to the junction of the New Westminster-Yale Wagon Road,
Wellington Avenue and Young Road, called "Five Corners." A large subdivision called Centreville was built In 1881. The name Centreville was replaced
In 1887 by the more popular "Chilliwhack." The area was incorporated in 1908 as a separate municipality, the City of Chilliwack. The City and the
Township co-existed for 72 years. In 1980 they merged to form the District of Chilliwack. The District of Chilliwack became the City of Chilliwack
in the early 1990s.
The spelling of Chilliwack is sometimes a matter of confusion. Prior to the amalgamation of the City of Chilliwack and the Municipality of Chilliwhack,
there were two different spellings. Upon amalgamation, the spelling of the City was used. Archaic spellings include Chilliwhyeuk and other versions
closer to the original Halkomelem, the language of the Sto:lo communities around Chilliwack and Sardis.
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Chilliwack's primary industries are agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism. The city is particularly famous for its fishing, golf, hiking and year
round whitewater rafting. The Canadian military used to have an army training base in Vedder Crossing, but it was closed in the mid 1990s. Today all
that remains is the Army's area support unit or ASU. The remainder of the base has since been converted into the Canada Education Park, which houses
the RCMP's Pacific Regional Training Centre (PRTC) and is the site of the new eastern campus of the University College of the Fraser Valley (UCFV)
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