Agassiz
Agassiz is a small community located in the Eastern Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada, about 97 kilometres east of Vancouver and 24 kilometres north-east of the city of Chilliwack.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 6,070 residents
- Description: community within Kent, British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Agassiz, BC” and “Agassiz, British Columbia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Agassiz station and Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge.
Agassiz station
Railway stop
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Canadian is a transcontinental passenger train operated by Via Rail on its Western Canada service between Union Station in Toronto, Ontario, and Pacific Central Station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge
Bridge
The Agassiz–Rosedale Bridge is a cantilever truss bridge across the Fraser River in the Fraser Valley region of southwestern British Columbia. Linking Agassiz with the south shore, the two-lane bridge carrying BC Highway 9 is by road about 36 kilometres west of Hope, 119 kilometres east of Vancouver, and 51 kilometres east of Abbotsford. Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge is situated 2½ km south of Agassiz.
Ferry Island Provincial Park
Nature reserve
Ferry Island Provincial Park is a Class C provincial park in British Columbia that is located on the south side of the Fraser River northeast of Rosedale. Ferry Island Provincial Park is situated 3½ km south of Agassiz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harrison Hot Springs.
Harrison Hot Springs
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harrison Hot Springs is a village and vacation resort area in the Fraser Valley at the south end of Harrison Lake. Visitors and locals alike are drawn by the picturesque lake, the beach, recreation opportunities, camping, and, of course, the hot springs.
Agassiz
- Categories: human settlement, administrative territorial entity, and locality
- Location: Kent, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.23333° or 49° 14′ northLongitude
-121.76667° or 121° 46′ westPopulation
6,070Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA AGZOpen location code
84XW66MM+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 52553443OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Agassiz” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Agassiz”
- Chinese: “阿加斯”
- Chinese: “阿格斯”
- Chinese: “阿格西 (不列顛哥倫比亞)”
- Dutch: “Agassiz, British Columbia”
- French: “Agassiz”
- Irish: “Agassiz”
- Japanese: “アガシー”
- Spanish: “Agassiz (Columbia Británica)”
- Spanish: “Agassiz”
- Swedish: “Agassiz, British Columbia”
- Swedish: “Agassiz”
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