Supporting Recognition
Chilliwack’s heritage planning program also includes a Heritage Interest Inventory and a Community Heritage Register. These heritage planning tools are described in detail below.
Heritage Interest Inventory
In January 2024, Council endorsed the new Heritage Interest Inventory, identifying 92 heritage resources that remain from a list first prepared in 1991. This updated list will be used to further implement the Heritage Strategic Action Plan.
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Community Heritage Register
In December 2024, Council adopted a Community Heritage Register (CHR), which includes 17 heritage sites. A CHR is an official listing of properties identified by a local government as having heritage value or heritage character, mainly to monitor and manage heritage sites. It is also a tool used by community members for nominating heritage sites to be added to a CHR (approved by Council).
The creation of a CHR ensures the inclusion of historic sites on the BC Register of Historic Places (BCRHP) — the official provincial listing of historic places. Listings on the BCRHP may also be included on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
Heritage sites listed on the CHR are not necessarily protected from demolition unless steps have been taken to legally protect the it (i.e., designation bylaw, conservation area, covenant, etc.). City staff will work with applicants on proposals involving heritage sites to incorporate opportunities for conservation wherever possible. Additional information can be found in the resources below.
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- A list of properties on the Community Heritage Register can be found here.
Heritage Properties in Chilliwack
At present, there are 17 heritage sites within Chilliwack that are listed on the Community Heritage Register as well as protected by a Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw, providing long-term protection in the community. Two of these sites* are also located within the Mountain View Heritage Conservation Area.
Community Heritage Register |
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Additional Heritage Protection |
| Former Chilliwack City Hall | 45820 Spadina Avenue | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 1980, No. 99 |
| Former Site of the Yarrow Post Office | 4132 Wilson Road | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 1982, No. 264 |
| Old Yale Wagon Road | 42874 Vedder Mountain Road, 42720 Majuba Hill Road | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 1982, No. 304 |
| Promontory Flats Elementary School | 5650 Teskey Way | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 1988, No. 1099 |
| Walker House | 9079 Banford Road | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 1989, No. 1286 |
| Princess Armories | 45707 Princess Avenue | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 1991, No. 1536 |
| Jean McNaughton Park | 45951 Victoria Avenue | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 1992, No. 1680 |
| Caskey House | 9467 Corbould Street | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 1994, No. 2168 |
| Proctor (Adanac) House | 46860 Adanac Avenue | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 1994, No. 2168 |
| Carmichael House | 45614 Spadina Avenue | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 1994, No. 2083 |
| Happy Wilkinson Park | 45943 Victoria Avenue | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 1995, No. 2295 |
| Gervan House* | 46054 First Avenue | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 2013, No. 3297 |
| Stonehurst Manor | 46290 Yale Road | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 2013, No. 3926 |
| Brock House* | 46063 Gore Avenue | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 2014, No. 3981 |
| Rolfe House | 45621 Wellington Avenue | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 2018, No. 4528 |
| Skelton House | 45483 Spadina Avenue | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 2018, No. 4495 |
| Hazel House | 9865 Hazel Street | Municipal Heritage Designation Bylaw 2021, No. 5126 |
*also located within the Mountain View Heritage Conservation Area.