Squamish-Lillooet Regional District
Regional district in British Columbia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District is a quasi-municipal administrative area in British Columbia, Canada. It stretches from Britannia Beach in the south to Pavilion in the north. Lillooet, Pemberton, Whistler and Squamish are the four municipalities in the regional district. Its administrative offices are in the Village of Pemberton, although the district municipalities of Squamish and Whistler are larger population centres. The district covers 16,353.68 km2 (6,314.19 sq mi) of land area.
Squamish-Lillooet | |
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Squamish-Lillooet Regional District | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Administrative office location | Pemberton |
Government | |
• Type | Regional district |
• Body | Board of Directors |
• Chair | Jen Ford (Whistler) |
• Vice Chair | Vivian Birch-Jones(D) |
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Area | |
• Land | 16,311.62 km2 (6,297.95 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 50,496 |
• Density | 2.62/km2 (6.8/sq mi) |
Website | Official website |
The southern end of the regional district comprises the northern part of the traditional territory of the Squamish people, and the northern half constitutes the traditional homeland of the St'at'imc people.