Lillooet (British Columbia)
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| Province : | British Columbia | ||
| Regional District : | Squamish Lillooet | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 41 ′ N , 121 ° 56 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 27.51 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2322 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 84.4 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific Time ( UTC − 8 ) | ||
| Postal code : | V0K 1V0 | ||
Lillooet [ ˈlɪloʊ.ɛt ] is a parish in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District in British Columbia , Canada . The place is at the confluence of the Seton River in the Fraser River . Lillooet is already in the rain shadow of the Coast Mountains and has only 260 millimeters of precipitation annually.
history
The place was created by the gold rush of 1858 when the canoe route across Harrison Lake , a route that bypassed Fraser Canyon , met the Fraser. At the boom of the gold rush, Lillooet is said to have had a population of 20,000.
In 1912 the place received a rail connection through the Canadian Pacific Railway .
In addition to some buildings from the pioneering days , there is the Hangingman Tree , a pine tree on which Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie allegedly had criminals hung . In the former Anglican church there is a small museum about the gold rush history and the construction of the railway. Opposite the museum is the "0 Miles Stone", this is where the road to the north began, leading through places like 100 Mile House . The bridge over the Fraser has been named The Bridge of the 23 Camels since it opened in 1981 as a reminder of the 23 camels that were imported as transport animals during the gold rush but did not prove themselves. The suspension bridge from 1913, a construction made of wood and steel, has been called "The Old Bridge" since then and is closed to motorized traffic.
Demographics
The 2011 census revealed a population of 2,322 inhabitants for the district municipality. The city's population has only decreased by 0.1% compared to the 2006 census, while the population in the province of British Columbia increased by 7.0%.
traffic
Highway 12 coming from the south ends in Chemainus . Highway 99 also passes the town when coming from the west . This then runs about 80 kilometers further west before it ends in Cache Creek .
A Canadian National Railway runs through the community today .
About 2 kilometers east-south-east of the municipality is the Lillooet airfield ( ICAO code : CYLI). The airfield only has an asphalt runway 1,216 meters long.
Web links
- Lillooet ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
- Homepage of the municipality (English)
- Historic Sites in Lillooet (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Canada (2011 Census). Lillooet Community Profile