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Mission is located 4,406 km away from Parliament Hill, which would take about 45 hours via the Trans-Canada Highway.
Abbotsford International Airport in the neighbouring riding is the closest international airport.
Central Fraser Valley Transit and Agassiz-Harrison Regional Transit provide local transit.
The regional districts that fall within the large riding are the Fraser Valley, Squamish-Lillooet region, and Thompson-Nicola region. The southern part of the riding falls within the oceanic climate zone due to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean, while the northern part of the riding falls within the humid continental climate.
Lillooet is the least snowy place in the B.C. Interior region.
About 22.5% of the riding’s population are immigrants, with some of the largest populations born in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Punjabi is the most common non-official mother tongue in the riding.
Approximately 11.5% of the riding’s population identify as Aboriginal. Salish languages – Lillooet and Thompson (Ntlakapamux) are the most commonly spoken Indigenous languages.
Average individual income is $38,360.
Harrison Lake is the largest in the Canada’s southern Coast Mountains. It is a perfect spot for fishing, boating, and other water activities. But the biggest draw to the lake is the village of Harrison Hot Springs, famous for its eponymous natural hot springs.
If you’re feeling the need for speed, head to the Agassiz Speedway to enjoy some of the best stock car racing in the region.
Father Léon Fouquet founded a mission on the current site of Mission in the early 1860s, hence the city’s name. Notable former “Missionites” include pop star Carly Rae Jepsen.
Hells Gate is an abrupt narrowing of the Fraser River, which got its name from explorer Simon Fraser in 1808 when he described the passage as “a place where no human should venture, for surely these are the gates of Hell."
The riding’s largest employers are construction, retail trade, and health care.
Historically, forestry has been an important industry for the riding, but the region has been diversifying into areas like tourism, manufacturing, and wine production.
Rising temperatures due to climate change can increase the frequency of forest fires in the region. In 2015, a forest fire by Harrison Lake grew to 1,325 hectares in size, about three times the size of Vancouver’s Stanley Park.
The town of Lillooet is considered to be one of North America’s oldest continuously inhabited settlements. Archaeologists have discovered evidence of human inhabitants stretching back more than 8,000 years. During the Cariboo Gold Rush in the 1860s, Lillooet was considered the starting point, or Mile 0, of the old Cariboo Wagon Road leading to the region’s gold fields.
Indigenous communities in this riding include:
Sto:lo Nation Matsqui Leq' a: mel First Nation Sq’éwlets Seabird Island Skawahlook First Nation Chawathil
Fraser Thompson Indian Services Society Spuzzum Boston Bar First Nation Boothroyd Oregon Jack Creek Kanaka Bar Siska Skuppah Lytton
Lower Stl’atl’Imx Tribal Council Douglas Skatin Nations Samahquam
Nicola Tribal Association Nicomen Shackan Cook's Ferry
Ashcroft and District Metis Association
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council Bonaparte
Lillooet Tribal Council Ts'kw'aylaxw First Nation Tsal'alh Bridge River Xaxli'p T'it'q'et Cayoose Creek
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