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57-687: The Quesnel Highland is a geographic area in the Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia . As defined by BC government geographer in Landforms of British Columbia , an account and analysis of British Columbia geography that is often cited as authoritative, the Highland is a complex of upland hill and plateau areas forming and defined as being the buffer between the Cariboo Plateau and

114-503: A Canadian transcontinental passenger train currently operated by Via Rail Canada , passes through Hope, calling at the Hope railway station . Hope Heliport is a private heliport at Fraser Canyon Hospital . It has charter helicopter service available that provides service for the natural resource industry, including forestry and mining exploration, as well as other industries including film, tourism, and public service. Fraser Canyon Hospital

171-500: A few cases that is also a phrase referring to the land district of the same name, which is a system of legal survey blocks rather than descriptive of the actual geocultural landscape which evolved on top of them. In most cases, the "Country" and "District" are often dropped, and these regions are referred to as, for example, "the Kootenay" or "the Omineca". In some cases, notably the Kootenay,

228-570: A land area of 40.87 km (15.78 sq mi), it had a population density of 163.6/km (423.7/sq mi) in 2021. According to the 2021 census , religious groups in Hope included: Hope's labour force works in a variety of industries. Almost 50 percent of the labour force is involved in four main industries: accommodation and food services (17.1 percent), health care and social assistance (12.8 percent), retail trade (10.3 percent), and transportation and warehousing (8 percent) (2006 data). One of

285-453: A route through the mountains that did not dip below the 49th parallel , which had become the American border. Thus, the hope that his route would be workable was fulfilled. During World War II an internment camp for Japanese Canadians was set up near Hope at Tashme , now known as Sunshine Valley, just beyond the 100-mile exclusion zone from the coast. In 2011, the metal Kawkawa Bridge

342-456: A short freeway. Then it continues 496 km (308 mi) east through Salmon Arm , Revelstoke , Rogers Pass , Golden , and Kicking Horse Pass (the highest point on the highway, at 1,627 metres), to Banff , Alberta. Hope, British Columbia Hope is a district municipality at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia , Canada. Hope

399-864: A similar upland-area buffer between the Thompson Plateau and the Monashee Mountains. A third area, the Okanagan Highland , extends from the southern end of the Shuswap Highland in the area of Vernon and Enderby in the northern Okanagan region into Washington State, and also abuts the Monashee Mountains . The boundary of the Quesnel Highland is not precisely defined in Holland, and in some interpretations it may be considered to be part of

456-626: A smallpox epidemic among the Stó:lō killed thousands – an estimated two-thirds of the population. Explorer Simon Fraser arrived in what is now Hope in 1808, and the Hudson's Bay Company created the Fort Hope trading post in 1848. The area was transformed by the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush , beginning in 1858. The following year Governor James Douglas laid out the Fort Hope town site. Hope became part of

513-409: A very cloudy climate for most of the year, with the cloudiest month December averaging only 4.4 monthly sunshine hours or 1.7% of possible sunshine. Late summer is the sunniest time of the year. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Hope had a population of 6,686 living in 2,939 of its 3,243 total private dwellings, a change of 8.2% from its 2016 population of 6,181. With

570-573: Is Victor Smith. The mayor of Hope also serves as a director on the board of the Fraser Valley Regional District. In addition to regional planning, the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) works in collaboration with the District of Hope to provide recreational and cultural programs, ice arena and swimming pool, regional parks, mapping, air quality, mosquito control, weed control, E911 dispatch fire service, and search and rescue. Hope

627-518: Is a 10-bed hospital and provides services including 24/7 emergency care stabilization and triage and hospice beds and services. Emergency care stabilization and triage 24/7 is unique to the hospital due to its geographic isolation and emergency service requirements in an area where major highways converge. Fraser Canyon Hospital officially opened on 10 January 1959, and began as a 20-bed hospital, complete with delivery and operating rooms. The Fraser-Cascade School District #78 operates several schools in

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684-622: Is associated in regional terms usually with the South and Central Coast and Vancouver Island. The northern reaches of the Northern Interior beyond the Omineca and Skeena-Bulkley regions is usually just referred to as "the North", although it also is considered part of the Northern Interior . "The North" may also refer to Prince George, one of the largest cities in the Interior and also the only major city in

741-930: Is at the eastern end of both the Fraser Valley and the Lower Mainland region, and is at the southern end of the Fraser Canyon . To the east, over the Cascade Mountains , is the Interior region, beginning with the Similkameen Country on the farther side of the Allison Pass in Manning Park . Located 154 kilometres (96 mi) east of Vancouver , Hope is at the southern terminus of the Coquihalla Highway and

798-643: Is in the Fraser-Nicola riding (electoral district) provincially. The current MLA for Fraser-Nicola is Jackie Tegart . Prior to the 2017 election, Hope was in the Chilliwack-Hope riding provincially, and represented by MLA Laurie Throness , who was elected in 2013. Hope is in the electoral district of Chilliwack—Hope , which is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by Mark Strahl . The Trans-Canada Highway ( Highway 1 ) passes through Hope. Hope

855-578: Is incorrect. The Southern Interior roughly falls south of the Thompson River and Shuswap Country (corresponding mostly to the post- Oregon Treaty remainder of the old, original, Hudson's Bay Company Columbia District ). When used directly, it generally means the Okanagan and adjoining areas, particularly the Similkameen , southern Monashees and Boundary Country . Due to a new federal political riding of

912-565: Is operated by the Fraser Valley Regional District. There is one turf runway 3,960 ft (1,210 m) long. The airfield is home to the Vancouver Soaring Association, a gliding club owning and operating school and recreational sailplanes and tow planes. Hope Aerodrome lies within the community of Flood in the District of Hope. Both the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways pass through Hope. The Canadian ,

969-653: Is relatively well-maintained but not accessible, nor recommended for people with mobility issues. The Hope Curling Club is near the Hope Recreation Complex. The club sponsors bonspiels such as the Men's Bonspiel every January, and the Mixed Curling Bonspiel. Hope has a golf course and club on the banks of the Coquihalla River. The Hope Icebreakers were a Canadian junior ice hockey team. They played in

1026-648: Is run by the Fraser Valley Regional District. The Hope Slide was one of the largest landslides ever recorded in Canada. It occurred in the morning hours of 9 January 1965, near Hope, killing four people. A viewing site showing the Hope Slide is approximately a 15-minute drive east of Hope on Highway 3. Immediately adjacent to the District Hall in Hope is a Japanese garden called the Friendship Garden, dedicated to

1083-478: Is run by volunteers from the Hope Arts Guild. The gallery presents ART WALK, a self-guided tour to art and chainsaw wood carvings in Hope. One of Hope's largest events of the year is Hope Brigade Days, which occurs the weekend after Labour Day every September. Events include a parade, fireworks display, midway, chainsaw carving competition, demolition derby, kids' carnival, and 4x4 racing. The Hope Museum shows

1140-596: Is the southern terminus of the Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5), the western terminus of the Crowsnest Highway , locally known as the Hope-Princeton highway (Highway 3), and the eastern terminus of Highway 7 . Hope Aerodrome (IATA: YHE, ICAO: CYHE) is 2.6  NM (4.8 km; 3.0 mi) west of the Hope Townsite (the previous Town of Hope) within the municipal District of Hope, British Columbia. The aerodrome

1197-740: The Cariboo Mountains , as a sort of highland foothills along the eastern edge of the Interior Plateau running southeast from a certain point southeast of the city of Prince George to the Mahood Lake area at the southeast corner of the Cariboo . Beyond Mahood Lake lies another separately classified area dubbed by Holland the Shuswap Highland which spans similar terrain across the North Thompson and Shuswap Lake-Adams River drainage basins , forming

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1254-798: The Cariboo goldfield towns and similar terrain northwestwards, to about where the Willow River rounds the northern end of the Cariboo Mountains to join the Fraser River . This article about a location in the Cariboo Regional District , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . British Columbia Interior Home to just under 1 million people, the British Columbia Interior's 14 regional districts contain many cities, towns, airports, and associated regional, provincial , and national parks connected by

1311-516: The Interior Plateau , as Holland defines it, or as a subrange of the Cariboo Mountains . Those mountains also, in some reckonings, are classified as part of the Interior Plateau rather than their usual association as the northernmost subrange of the Columbia Mountains . Generally it is composed of the lower, westerly valleys of Horsefly Lake , Quesnel Lake , and the Bowron Lakes , most of

1368-532: The Kettle Valley Railway , five tunnels and a series of bridges give views of the Coquihalla River as it passes through the river's narrow gorge. There are two main options for hikers to explore Othello Tunnels. The Othello Tunnels portion of Kettle Valley Trail, 4 km to-and-back, is stroller-friendly and wheelchair-accessible. The Hope-Nicola Valley Trail Loop, a 5.5 km loop hiking trail,

1425-462: The 14 regional districts of British Columbia defined as being in the Interior region: The Northern Interior begins somewhere between the Cariboo and the city of Prince George , which lies just south of the big bend in the upper Fraser. The city of Quesnel may be considered to be part of the Northern Interior, but it is usually conceived of as primarily being in the Cariboo, which is normally termed

1482-689: The Central Interior, or North-Central Interior. The Northern Interior includes Robson Valley (the upper reaches of the Fraser basin) to the southeast of Prince George as well as the Omineca District and the Bulkley and Nechako basins. The communities of the upper Skeena are sometimes referred to as being in the Northern Interior, though in cultural terms and usual usage they are part of the North Coast , which

1539-915: The Chilcotin and the Cariboo, they can be are often referred to as simply Kootenay, Chilcotin and Cariboo.. Some are referred to only without the "Country" or "District" attached, such as "the Tulameen" and "the Similkameen", and in other cases this is more common than the longer form though both occur ("the Stikine" is more common than "the Stikine Country". Combination forms are common, such as Cariboo-Chilcotin, and Thompson-Okanagan, and these often turn up in names of governmental administrative districts, electoral districts and private or public organizations. All often correspond to linguistic and cultural-political divisions of

1596-556: The District Alternative Secondary Program. District enrollment declined from 1,993 students in the 2009–2010 school year to 1,615 in 2014–2015. Hope has been a popular location to shoot films. First Blood (1982), the first Rambo film , starring Sylvester Stallone , Brian Dennehy , and Richard Crenna , was filmed almost entirely in and around Hope, as was Shoot to Kill (1988), starring Sidney Poitier , Tom Berenger and Kirstie Alley . K2 (1992)

1653-484: The District of Hope. There are two schools in Hope Townsite (the previous Town of Hope): Coquihalla Elementary School, which offers Kindergarten to Grade 6; and Hope Secondary School, which offers Grades 7–12. In addition, Silver Creek Elementary School, in the community of Silver Creek, offers grades Kindergarten to 7, with these students then attending Hope Secondary School for grades 8–12. The Fraser-Cascade School District also operates other educational programs such as

1710-467: The First Nations as aboriginal history was also shaped by the landscape's isolating and defining characteristics as settler culture. The main historical subregions, with their own subregions an irrespective of very common overlaps between some areas, and in their most common forms, are as follows: As of 2016 the population is 961,155. The British Columbia Interior's society and culture is affected by

1767-706: The Fraser Canyon, or until the summits of the Coquihalla and Allison Passes . The boundary between "the Coast" and "the Interior" along the Highway 99 corridor is nominally between Whistler and Pemberton , as Pemberton is often described as being in the Interior, but from the inland perspective it is often seen as part of the Coast because of its wetter climate and close ties to the Lower Mainland. There are many subregions within

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1824-557: The Interior, some regions in their own right, and although there are no precise definitions, it is often broken up informally as the Northern Interior, the Central Interior, the Southern Interior, the Northeast Interior and Southeast Interior, and these names often appear in non-governmental organizations and company names as well as in government administrative districts and ministerial regions, and in weather reports. Below are

1881-589: The Japanese-Canadians who were interned nearby at Tashme during World War II . It was built by local Japanese-Canadians and presented to Hope on 27 July 1991. Men from that camp were employed during the war building the Hope-Princeton Highway. Hope Memorial Park, adjacent to the District Hall and Friendship Garden, is the site of a concert series on Sunday afternoons in July and August. Memorial Park

1938-674: The Lillooet Country is historically considered to be part of the Cariboo, though distinct in its own right. The Bridge River Country has also been referred to as the West Cariboo, but is not considered to be in the Cariboo by its residents. Many urban residents are under the impression that the Bridge River Country is part of the Chilcotin because of the "South Chilcotin" name for the Spruce Lake Protected Area , but this

1995-501: The Northern Interior (although that term can also apply to Prince George), which bears the sobriquet "Queen City of the North". The Northern Interior Plain is a continuation of the interior plain that takes in nearly all of Alberta and southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It extends from Monkman Provincial Park and Tumbler Ridge in the south, to Hudson's Hope and the Williston Lake in the west, to Fort St. John and Charlie Lake in

2052-615: The Okanagan cities south of the Shuswap as being in the Central Interior, but these are usually referred to as being in the Southern Interior or South-Central Interior. The Nicola, Fraser Canyon, Thompson and Bridge River -Lillooet Country are sometimes also referred to as being in the Southern Interior, with the Bridge River-Lillooet Country sometimes referred to, along with the Chilcotin, as the West-Central Interior, and

2109-441: The Pacific International Junior Hockey League and the town of Hope from the 2003–2008 seasons, after which they were approved by BC Hockey to move to Mission , British Columbia. They subsequently changed their name to the Mission Icebreakers. The Icebreakers have a Sasquatch logo. The District of Hope is a district municipality that is part of the regional district called the Fraser Valley Regional District . The Mayor of Hope

2166-467: The autumn and winter. Hope is a member municipality of the Fraser Valley Regional District which provides certain municipal services to unincorporated settlements and rural areas. The District of Hope includes Hope (the previous Town of Hope) and surrounding areas, including the communities of Kawkawa Lake , Silver Creek, Flood , and Lake of the Woods. The Stó:lō have lived in the Fraser Valley since 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. In late 1782,

2223-497: The coast and Vancouver . The Coquihalla and Sumallo Rivers and Silverhope Creek rise in the Cascade Mountains northeast and southeast and south of Hope, respectively, and empty into the Fraser River. The Skagit River begins south of Hope, across a low pass from the head of the Silverhope valley, which is the access to the Canadian shoreline of Ross Lake . Hope has an oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfb ) with warm summers and moderately cold winters. Hope has

2280-477: The downtown core of Hope. Memorial Park in downtown Hope has a display of chainsaw wood carvings. Hope is home to carver Pete Ryan, who made a number of the chainsaw wood carvings exhibited in downtown Hope. The Hope Arts Gallery exhibits and sells a variety of art by local artists. It is located in downtown Hope and has several rooms displaying sculpture, pottery, paintings and drawings, jewellery, fabric arts, basketry, cards and gifts, and photography. The gallery

2337-414: The history, culture and heritage of Hope. In downtown Hope, together with the Hope Visitor Centre, the Hope Museum is open year-round. Exhibits include First Nations culture, early Fort Hope, the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush , the Kettle Valley Railway , pioneer life, logging, and mining. The Hope Recreation Complex includes a library, pool, arena, and fitness centre. The Hope and District Recreation Complex

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2394-473: The local economy: In addition, the Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw, adopted by the Hope District Council in 2013, encourages property owners who develop or redevelop their properties to apply for financial incentives in the form of tax relief. Hope holds chainsaw wood carving competitions and exhibitions. From 4 to 7 September 2008 the Second Annual Hope Chainsaw Carving Competition took place. Chainsaw wood carvings are displayed and exhibited throughout

2451-404: 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. Within two years, he also founded the Christ Church Anglican church,

2508-440: The north, east, and south of the townsite. Only to the west can flat land be seen, and that view is dominated by the broad lower reaches of the Fraser River . The segment from Lytton to Hope separates the Cascade Mountains and Coast Mountains , thereby forming the lower part of the Fraser Canyon , which begins far upriver near Williams Lake . At Hope, the river enters a broad flood plain extending 130 kilometres (81 mi) to

2565-484: The north. The term is used to mean the whole of the Northeastern Interior east of the Rockies, including Fort Nelson and other parts of the Liard drainage , and before W.A.C. Bennett Dam included the upper Peace River through its canyon between Finlay Forks and Hudson's Hope. The Central Interior is composed, roughly, of the Chilcotin , Cariboo, Bridge River - Lillooet , Fraser Canyon, Nicola , Thompson and Kamloops - Shuswap Countries . Some usages may refer to

2622-420: The oldest church on the British Columbia mainland that still holds services on its original site. It is a National Historic Site of Canada . Hope incorporated as a village on 6 April 1929, became a town on 1 January 1965, and was reincorporated as a District Municipality named the District of Hope on 7 December 1992. Fort Hope was established in 1848–49 by chief trader Henry Newsham Peers . He discovered

2679-500: The populations of First Nations Canadians and French-Canadians people and residents living close to the US - Canada border. The Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) is the major roadway through the region. The TCH enters the region from the south after 186 km (116 mi) through the Fraser Canyon in the Lower Mainland toward Cache Creek . As a mostly high mobility highway with only occasional mandatory stops, it heads east for 79 km (49 mi) through to Kamloops where it becomes

2736-479: The province and well over 80% of its mainland. As it consists of a series of interlocking valleys and plateaus, geographic effects relating to isolation, physical remoteness, local indigenous culture, the background of various groups of settlers, and more, have contributed to an identifiable patchwork of regional identities, referred to as "districts" or "countries" (e.g., the Omineca Country, the Boundary Country). Usage such as "Lillooet District" are also common but in

2793-401: The province's highway and railway network. The region is known for the complexity of its landforms, the result of millions of years of tectonic plate movements. The ecology of the region is dominated by temperate coniferous forest with patches of alpine tundra found atop its numerous mountain ranges. The region, which includes the Interior Plateau as well as various mountain ranges and

2850-474: The same name (see Southern Interior ) the usage has now come to apply to the cities of the West Kootenay , along with the rest of the Kootenays , although the West Kootenay has usually been referred to in the past, and is today, as the Southeast Interior. The Big Bend of the Columbia and the Rocky Mountain Trench are in the Interior, but are not usually included in mentions of either the Central Interior or Southern Interior. The Interior comprises over 70% of

2907-399: The sparsely populated regions of its northern half are usually referred to only as "the North". The town of Hope , at the eastern end of the Fraser Valley and at the foot of the Fraser Canyon , is often considered the "Gateway to the Interior" and bears an entrance arch to that effect, though in practical terms the Interior does not begin until somewhere between Yale and Boston Bar , in

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2964-634: The town's largest employers is Nestlé Waters . Nestlé, the world's biggest bottler of water, packages more than 300 million litres of water from Hope aquifers annually. Nestlé pays C$ 675 to the provincial government for this quantity of water (C$ 2.25 per million litres). The Nestlé bottling plant employs approximately 75 people. Hope's economic development planning is rooted in the community's strategic location, telecommunications infrastructure (high-speed internet), and strong support for new development and redevelopment. The 2014 Economic Profile identifies several sectors as significant areas of opportunity within

3021-407: The valleys between them, comprises everything inland from the Coast Mountains and reaching east to the Rocky Mountains and, in the northeast, British Columbia's sector of the Prairies, the Peace River Block . "Interior" is usually and properly capitalized but turns up in lower-case in various books and magazines. The non-coastal areas of the province are considered to be "in the Interior", although

3078-402: The western terminus of the Crowsnest Highway , locally known as the Hope-Princeton (Highways 5 and 3 , respectively), where they merge with the Trans-Canada Highway ( Highway 1 ). Hope is at the eastern terminus of Highway 7 . As it lies at the eastern end of the Fraser Valley in the windward Cascade foothills, the town gets very high amounts of rain and cloud cover – particularly throughout

3135-822: Was also filmed nearby, with the area's mountains standing in for the Himalayas . Hope Springs (2003), starring Colin Firth and Heather Graham , was filmed in and around Hope, but set in a fictional Hope, Vermont , in the United States . The 2019 film A Dog's Way Home was partially shot within the town. Scenes from the 2021 wendigo horror film Antlers were also filmed in Hope. Other films made in whole or in part in and around Hope have included Fire with Fire (1986), White Fang II (1994), Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995), The Pledge (2001), The Stickup (2003, starring James Spader ), Suspicious River (2004), Afghan Knights (2007), and Wind Chill (2007). Reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins from VH1 's reality series Megan Wants

3192-482: Was demolished; previously, it was featured in the 1982 Rambo film, First Blood . In 2020, a wood carved statue of Sylvester Stallone character John Rambo was erected in Hope. Hope is at the easternmost point of British Columbia's lower mainland area and is usually considered to be part of the Fraser Canyon area or "eastern Fraser Valley" as "Lower Mainland" is commonly understood as synonymous with "greater Vancouver". There are relatively significant peaks to

3249-443: Was granted to the then-village of Hope in 1932 by the province of British Columbia. It occupies roughly 7 acres (28,000 m ) in the heart of the town. Othello Tunnels is the popular name for the main human-made features of Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park , east of Hope along the canyon of the Coquihalla River and a decommissioned railway grade, now a walking trail, leading eventually to Coquihalla Pass . Originally part of

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