Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: People from the Fraser Valley Regional District, Populated places in the Fraser Valley Regional District, Mission, British Columbia, Hope, British Columbia, Kent, British Columbia, Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, Harrison Mills, British Columbia, Yale, British Columbia, Ruskin, British Columbia, Jeff Hoggan, Cultus Lake, British Columbia, Dewdney, British Columbia, Boston Bar, British Columbia, Skookumchuck Hot Springs, British Columbia, Laidlaw, British Columbia, Spuzzum, British Columbia, Buster Cairns, Deroche, British Columbia, North Bend, British Columbia, Hatzic Island, Columbia Valley, Bridal Falls, British Columbia, Central Fraser Valley Regional District, Alvin, British Columbia, Sumas, British Columbia, Popkum, British Columbia, Lake Errock, Hemlock Valley Resort, Dewdney-Alouette Regional District, Nicomen Island, Ruby Creek, British Columbia, Agassiz, British Columbia, Regional District of Fraser-Cheam, Flood, British Columbia, Durieu, British Columbia. Excerpt: Mission, the core of which was formerly known as Mission City, is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River overlooking the City of Abbotsford and with that city is part of the Central Fraser Valley. Mission is the 23rd largest municipality in British Columbia, with a population of 34,505 (2006). Mission was incorporated in 1892 and is 225.78 km in size. In 1922 the District of Mission was partitioned by the creation of the Village of Mission, which later became the Village of Mission City, then the Town of Mission City, until amalgamated with the District by plebiscite in 1969. Unlike the other Fraser Valley municipalities Mission is mostly forested upland with only small floodplains lining the shore of the Fraser River, with some benches of relatively poor-q...