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The
City of Chilliwack
is a community of 70,000 people and is growing rapidly. It is located
100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Vancouver, marking the start of
the Fraser lowland.
In its pioneering days Chilliwack
served as a gateway as well as a hinterland to the fur trade
and gold mines at Yale BC and Hope BC. But the arable flat land
and the improved transportation of the Lower Mainland soon reoriented
the 's economic ties toward the Vancouver area. As Greater Vancouver
expands, the Lower Mainland becomes integrated as one economic region,
and Chilliwack is very
much a part of that region. The incorporation of the area began
with the Township of Chilliwack
in 1873. In 1881 a large subdivision called Centreville was
developed. In 1887 the name Centreville was replaced by a more popular
name, Chilliwack , and
the area was incorporated in 1908 as a separate municipality, the
City of Chilliwack .
The City and the Township co-existed for 72 years, and finally in
1980 they merged to form the City of Chilliwack.
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