The town of Chilliwack

We went out to Chilliwack and had a lovely visit with Adele and Bob.
As always I am fascinated with the history. 10,000 years ago there were 40,000 to 60,000 the native Sto:lo living along the Fraser River. Europeans arriving in 1782, introduced diseases reducing them by 95%. When gold seekers first arrived in British Columbia in 1857, there were few aboriginal people left.
By December, 1858 up to 30,000 miners were pouring into the area, with most traveling through the Chilliwack area on the old Yale wagon road. By the mid-1860s a few of the gold seekers had established small farms to service this growing population. These farms were located near riverboat landings. In Chilliwack, this meant that Miller's, Sumas and Chilliwack Landing became early population centres.
The Township of Chilliwhack was incorporated in 1873, the third oldest municipality in British Columbia. The settlement was concentrated along the Fraser River where the steamboats carried goods and passengers. It expanded to the junction of the New Westminster-Yale Wagon Road, Wellington Avenue and Young Road,the main commercial area of the town moved up the road, now Five Corners where heritage buildings like the 1929 Telephone building remain.
In 1881 a large subdivision called Centreville was developed. In 1887 the name was changes to, Chilliwhack.
Weather is so funny near these mountains, sunshine on the way out, then a massive hail storm under black clouds.