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Chilliwack

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Chilliwack

District municipality in Fraser-Cheam Regional District, southwestern British Columbia, Canada, in the Fraser River Valley, near the mouth of the Chilliwack River, 16 km/10 mi north of the Washington border and 89 km/55 mi east of Vancouver; population (1991) 49,600. The trade centre for a dairying, farming, and lumbering area, it processes fruits and vegetables, and is an expanding residential community.

Developed after the discovery (1858) of gold on the Fraser River, it was incorporated as a city in 1908. A Canadian Forces Base (Vedder Crossing) and the Cultus Lake recreational area are nearby to the south.
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CFB London has closed; however, the Army has assumed responsibility for five additional bases, or the remnants of bases, that were formerly the responsibility of other commands: Chilliwack, Toronto, Kingston, Longue-Pointe and St.
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Thomas, Chilliwack, has recently requested an episcopal visitor, according to Neale Adams, communications officer of the diocese.
Church appraises episcopal visitor: priest pronounces arrangement a ... by Sison, Marites N. / Anglican Journal
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