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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.
The area was sparsely populated until about 1941 when CFB Chilliwack was established (then called Camp Chilliwack) between Watson Road and Keith Wilson. [1] The base became a major training facility for the Canadian Army until its closing in 1997. [ 2 ]
From Chilliwack, the road followed Reece's old trail through Rosedale and Bridal Falls, then northeasterly along the south shore of the Fraser River through Cheam View and Laidlaw to Hope and Yale. Reports during 1876–77 by the road superintendent, George Landvoight, described how the road 25 miles (40 km) west of Hope was impassable for ...
The base consisted of two separate properties; the Vedder Creek location was the main part of the base and was mothballed, whereas the Chilcotin training area and firing ranges were kept by DND for use by local reserve units in the Vancouver area. Area Support Unit Chilliwack (ASU Chilliwack) was established on September 2, 1997 at the Vedder ...
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During the 1860s, Vedder and his sons Adam and Albert amassed a total of 960 acres. With a further Crown grant in 1878, the Vedder Lands eventually totalled 1,200 acres. [3] In 1910, the British Columbia Electric Railway constructed a line from Vancouver to nearby Chilliwack that skirted the edge of Sumas Lake. One of the stations along this ...
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