The Pemberton Valley is a valley flanking the
Lillooet River
The Lillooet River is a major river of the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia. It begins at Silt Lake, on the southern edge of the Lillooet Crown Icecap about 80 kilometres northwest of Pemberton and about 85 kilometres northwest of W ...
upstream from
Lillooet Lake, including the communities of
Mount Currie,
Pemberton, British Columbia and the agricultural district surrounding them and flanking the river as far upstream as the
Pemberton Meadows area. The term is normally used only to refer to inhabited parts of the valley, not the unsettled areas to the north of Pemberton Meadows although the official definition extends from the head of Lillooet Lake all the way up to the confluence of
Meager Creek. Historically the region was part of the
Lillooet Country
The Lillooet Country, also referred to as the Lillooet District, is a region spanning from the central Fraser Canyon town of Lillooet west to the valley of the Lillooet River, and including the valleys in between, in the Southern Interior of Bri ...
but due to re-orientation of the area's economy and society since the opening and expansion of
BC Highway 99 the area is now more considered to be part of the
Sea-to-Sky Corridor
The Sea-to-Sky Corridor, often referred to as the Corridor or the Sea to Sky Country, is a region in British Columbia spreading from Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Horseshoe Bay through Whistler, British Columbia, Whistler to the ...
.
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Valleys of British Columbia
Lillooet Country
Sea-to-Sky Corridor
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