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Chilliwack

American  
[chil-uh-wak] / ˈtʃɪl əˌwæk /

noun

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


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Multiple fires, detected late Tuesday, are active in the Chilliwack area in North Cascades National Park following recent storms through the area, the park service said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2022

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

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

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