kids encyclopedia robot

Hope, British Columbia facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Hope Totem 01A
A totem pole in front of the Fraser River in downtown Hope.

Hope is a district municipality in British Columbia, Canada. Hope is in the confluence of both of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers. As of 2006, 6,185 people lived there. The current mayor of Hope is Laurie French. During World War II there was a internment camp in Hope for the Canadians of Japanese extraction.

Images for kids

  • Hope friendship garden

    Friendship Garden

  • Ogilvie Peak, BC

    Ogilvie Peak rises some 1,800 m above the east shore of Kawkawa Lake and is the southwesternmost summit of the Coquihalla Range of the Cascade Mountains

  • Tree Hope British Columbia Canada 03A

    The Fraser River west of Hope

  • Coquihalla River

    The Coquihalla River near Hope

  • Hope British Columbia Canada By Jeff W Brooktree

    A lake and mountain view in Hope

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Hope, British Columbia Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.