Chilliwack

American  

[chil-uh-wak] / ˈtʃɪl əˌwæk /

noun

1. a municipality in SW British Columbia, on the Fraser River.

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Example Sentences

He is 6-foot-4 and 195 pounds and is a native of Chilliwack, B.C.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2022

"We can't ship them because all the roads are closed," said Arthur Loewen, whose tree farm in Chilliwack, east of Vancouver, has been swamped.

From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2021

But that weeklong sojourn up Lake Chelan paled in logistical comparison to the seven Chilliwack Peaks, which are normally accessed from the British Columbia side of the Cascades even though the peaks reside in Washington.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2021

A decade ago, while in British Columbia researching an idea for a comedy character, I attended an internet industry conference in Chilliwack, the ground zero of Canada's own mushrooming silicon valley.

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2013

In the fruit-growing sections of British Columbia the black walnut appears quite at home, trees of a diameter of from three to four feet being reported at Chilliwack, in the Fraser River valley.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association