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Sunshine Valley is an unincorporated community consisting of cabins, tiny homes, and RV parks on the Crowsnest Highway between the town of Hope (NW) and the entrance to Manning Park in the Cascade Mountains of British Columbia. [1] [2] [3] The community has its own volunteer fire department (SVVFD), recreation centre, heated outdoor pool, and ...
Silver Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in the Skagit River Valley [2] just south of Hope and comprising 77 hectares. [ 3 ] References
The western portal is 26 km (16 mi) east of Hope, British Columbia and the eastern portal is 52 km (32 mi) west of Princeton, British Columbia. The core area of the park is located 68 km (42 mi) east of Hope and 68 km west of Princeton and is less than 5 km (3 mi) from the US border.
The British Columbia Parks and Protected Areas System is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by BC Parks, an agency of the British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. These protected areas are established by order-in-council under one of several different pieces of enabling legislation.
Hope became part of the new British colony of British Columbia when it was created on 2 August 1858. Along with the rest of British Columbia, Hope became part of Canada in 1871. Late in 1859, Reverend Alexander St. David Francis Pringle arrived in Hope, and on 1 December of that year, founded the first library on the British Columbia mainland.
To promote the tourism potential, [17] the Hope Chamber of Commerce received a $70,000 provincial grant in 1985 to enhance the tunnels. [18] In addition, army personnel installed a suspension bridge across the gap between Tunnels #11 and #12. [19] In April 1986, army personnel renovated the bridge between Tunnels #12 and #13.
Hope Mountain, commonly called Mount Hope, is a prominent mountain overlooking the town of Hope, British Columbia, Canada from the south. [1] It is the northernmost summit of the Skagit Range of the Cascade Mountains and stands above the confluence of the Coquihalla and Fraser Rivers .
Kawkawa Lake is a lake located 2.5 km (1.6 mi) east of Hope, British Columbia.Kawkawa is also the name of the neighbourhood in Hope surrounding Kawkawa Lake. The lake is home to many species of fish, but is best known for large kokanee (land-locked salmon), which can reach up to 3+ lbs in weight.