Fraser Mills
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Fraser Mills was a municipality in British Columbia on the north bank of the Fraser River[1] that was incorporated in 1913,[2] but has since amalgamated with the City of Coquitlam.
Fraser Mills is also the name of a new masterplanned community on the same site. It will include 15 separate multi-unit buildings, a bus station connecting to
History
Located on the northern shore of the
During the Great Depression, many workers were laid off. Wage reductions were imposed on the remaining workforce and led to a ten-week strike.[4] The mill eventually closed in 2001.
Location
The Fraser Mills neighbourhood is located in the southwestern part of
The city has designated the area as Waterfront Village Centre and has re-zoned it to include both commercial and residential use.[5] Beedie is planning to develop 5,500 residential units on the land.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Fraser Mills". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "abstract of article". Citeulike. Crown Zellerbach.
- ^ Eagland, Nick (7 April 2019). "Sikh Heritage Month: The South Asian pioneers of Fraser Mills". Vancouver Sun.
- ^ Williams, M. Jeanne Meyers (1982). Ethnicity and Class Conflict at Maillardville/Fraser Mills: The Strike of 1931 (M.A. thesis). Burnaby, British Columbia: Simon Fraser University. pp. 64–66.
- ^ "Waterfront Village Centre Neighbourhood Plan". City of Coquitlam. 3 November 2008.
- ^ Chan, Kenneth (June 12, 2023). "New skyline with 5,500 homes to rise on Coquitlam's Fraser River waterfront". Daily Hive. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
External links
- BCGNIS entry "Fraser Mills (community)" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Fraser Mills history
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