Lower Mainland

proper noun

A region in southwest British Columbia, Canada, including Vancouver and its outlying municipalities.

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proper nounthe Lower Mainland
  1. A region in southwest British Columbia, Canada, including Vancouver and its outlying municipalities.

    The economy of the Lower Mainland, like other urban areas in Canada, is service-driven and the IT sector has done well.

    2008, Patrick Twomey, Working and Living in Canada, Cadogan Guides, published 2008, →ISBN, page 37
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    The only other swingspans in the Lower Mainland straddle the Pitt River, the Fraser River at Annacis Island, and the middle arm of the Fraser River in Richmond.

    1999, Louisa Gradnitzer, Todd Pittson, X Marks The Spot: On Location With The X-Files, Arsenal Pulp Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 169

    In 1860, two years after Victoria Brewery had become the first brewery west of what is now Ontario, the Lower Mainland's first brewery opened in New Westminster.

    2011, Jon C. Stott, Beer Quest West: The Craft Brewers of Alberta and British Columbia, Touch Wood Editions, published 2011, →ISBN, page 113
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APA

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Chicago

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