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WINTER/SPRING 2013 CHILLIWACK LEISURE GUIDE
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The Chilliwack Museum The Chilliwack Archives
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45820 Spadina Avenue
Chilliwack, b.C. v2P 1T3
Phone: 604.795.5210
hours: 9am-4:30pm Mon-Fri
9291 Corbould Street
Chilliwack, b.C. v2P 4A6
Phone: 604.795.9255
hours: 8:30am-4:30pm Mon-Fri
Chilliwack Museum & Archives
Gift Shop
Our gift shop is open during regular
Museum hours. Come in and see our
books and other gift items.
The Fraser river: Its
Spirit and Place
For 10,000 years the Fraser River
has pierced through the centre of our
Province before reaching the Fraser
Valley and a slow meandering journey
to the Pacific Ocean. For most of its
life, the river offered food and material
resources that enabled the Stó:lō,
(the People of the River), to thrive and
expand in a series of villages located
along the river. The section that flows
by Chilliwack is called the gravel reach.
Here the river supports 30 species
of fish, and provides rich habitats for
resident and migrating birds and a host
of mammal species. In the last century
the river began to change. Flood
control measures and developments
have altered the landscape and are
threatening the health of the river. This
exhibit looks at the history of the Fraser
River and why, today, it is important to
understand the processes that created
the river and have sustained it for so
many centuries.
Chilliwack Museum & Archives
A street level view of the Southgate Mall at the corner of Yale Road West and Hodgins
Avenue. The Super-Valu Grocery store is visible on left. Duckworths store visible on
right. PP501944
Looking north on Harrison
Lake.” Chilliwack Progress
Collection.1999.029.004.042
Walking pumpkin is three-year-old
Theresa Glen with her mother Mrs.
Mardell Glen. Theresa was one of the
children taking part in Camp Chilliwack’s
Hallowe’en party.” Chilliwack Progress
Collection. 1999.029.027.005