Hope, British Columbia facts for kids

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.

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The Fraser River west of Hope
The Coquihalla River near Hope
Lake and mountain view, Hope
Friendship Garden
Ogilvie Peak rises some 1,800 m (5,900 ft) above the east shore of Kawkawa Lake and is the southwesternmost summit of the Coquihalla Range of the Cascade Mountains.

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