![]() Ethnicity Panethnic groups in the District of Hope (1996−2021) 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. 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.Ĭlimate data for Hope Airport, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1910–present 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. At Hope, the river enters a broad flood plain extending 130 kilometres (81 mi) to the coast and Vancouver. 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. Only to the west can flat land be seen, and that view is dominated by the broad lower reaches of the Fraser River. There are relatively significant peaks to the north, east, and south of the townsite. ![]() 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". Geography The Fraser River west of Hope The Coquihalla River near Hope In 2020, a wood carved statue of Sylvester Stallone character John Rambo was erected in Hope. In 2011, the metal Kawkawa Bridge was demolished previously, it was featured in the 1982 Rambo film, First Blood. : 115 World War II įurther information: Japanese Canadian internmentĭuring 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. ![]() Thus, the hope that his route would be workable was fulfilled. He discovered a route through the mountains that did not dip below the 49th parallel, which had become the American border. Naming įort Hope was established in 1848–49 by Henry Newsham Peers. 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. It is a National Historic Site of Canada. Within two years, he also founded the Christ Church Anglican church, the oldest church on the British Columbia mainland that still holds services on its original site. David Francis Pringle arrived in Hope, and on 1 December of that year, founded the first library on the British Columbia mainland. Along with the rest of British Columbia, Hope became part of Canada in 1871. Hope became part of the new British colony of British Columbia when it was created on 2 August 1858. The following year Governor James Douglas laid out the Fort Hope town site. The area was transformed by the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, beginning in 1858. In late 1782, a smallpox epidemic among the Stó:lō killed thousands – an estimated two-thirds of the population.Įxplorer 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 Stó:lō have lived in the Fraser Valley since 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. 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. Hope is a member municipality of the Fraser Valley Regional District which provides certain municipal services to unincorporated settlements and rural areas. 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 the autumn and winter. Hope is at the eastern terminus of Highway 7. Located 154 kilometres (96 mi) east of Vancouver, Hope is at the southern terminus of the Coquihalla Highway and 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). 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. ![]() Hope 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. Hope is a district municipality at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. ![]()
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