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Trees for Life was founded in 1984 by Balbir Mathur, an India-born American businessman. While working as an international business consultant, Mathur had several life-changing experiences, and went through an illness that left him unable to walk for two years. After his illness he started helping people in India plant fruit trees.
Mount McGuire is a 2,008-metre (6,588-foot) mountain summit located in the Cascade Mountains of southwestern British Columbia, Canada.It is situated 4 km (2 mi) north of the Canada–United States border, 19 km (12 mi) southeast of Chilliwack, and 7.4 km (5 mi) northwest of Canadian Border Peak, which is its nearest higher peak. [4]
During the 1970s he travelled throughout the United States, Canada and South America. [1] On his return to the United Kingdom, he joined the Findhorn Foundation in 1978. [ 1 ] In October 1986 he organised for an international conference on the world's ecological crisis called, 'One Earth: A Call to Action', involving 240 delegates.
The Cheam Range (pronounced / ʃ iː ˈ æ m / or / ʃ iː ˈ ɛ m /) is a mountain range in the Fraser Valley region of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia near the city of Chilliwack. The region is also a part of the Skagit Range of the Canadian Cascades and contains many rugged peaks.
Slesse Mountain, usually referred to as Mount Slesse, is a mountain just north of the US-Canada border, in the Cascade Mountains of British Columbia, near the town of Chilliwack. It is notable for its large, steep local relief. For example, its west face drops over 1,950 m (6,398 ft) to Slesse Creek in less than 3 km (2 mi). It is also famous ...
Trees for Life may refer to: Trees for Life (Scotland), a charity restoring the Caledonian Forest; Trees for Life (United States), a non-profit organisation helping ...
Chilliwack is a city made up of several amalgamated villages and communities. [1] The urban core has a decidedly north–south axis bisected by the Trans-Canada Highway. The city is bounded in north by the Fraser River, in the east by the Eastern Hillsides, in the south by the Canada-U.S. border, and in the west by the Vedder Canal. [2]
The railroad was destroyed by a huge fire in 1938. Subsequently, the railroad logging was stopped and supplanted by truck logging. In 1942 an army base was set up in Chilliwack and rifle ranges established on the road to Chilliwack Lake. . [3] Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park gets its name from the Chilliwack Lake, a valley-bottom lake.