Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia
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Squamish-Lillooet is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. It stretches from Britannia Beach in the south to Pavilion in the north. Lillooet, Pemberton, Whistler and Squamish are the four municipalities in the regional district. The SLRD is home to many micro-hydro projects. Its administrative centre is in the village of Pemberton, although the district municipalities of Squamish, Whistler, and Lillooet are all larger population centres. The district covers 16,353.68 km² (6,314.19 sq mi) of land area.
The southern end of the regional district is comprised of the traditional territory of the Squamish Nation, and the northern half constitutes the traditional homeland of the St'at'imc Nation.
- Population:
- 2001: 33,011 (18,649 private dwellings)
- 1996: 29,401
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| Subdivisions | Electoral Areas · Regional districts · School districts |
| Settlements | Communities · First Nations · Ghost towns · Municipalities |
| Urban centres | Abbotsford · Kamloops · Kelowna · Nanaimo · Prince George · Vancouver · Victoria |
| Regional districts | Alberni-Clayoquot · Bulkley-Nechako · Capital · Cariboo · Central Coast · Central Kootenay · Central Okanagan · Columbia-Shuswap · Comox-Strathcona · Cowichan Valley · East Kootenay · Fraser Valley · Fraser-Fort George · Kitimat-Stikine · Kootenay Boundary · Metro Vancouver · Mount Waddington · Nanaimo · North Okanagan · Northern Rockies · Okanagan-Similkameen · Peace River · Powell River · Skeena-Queen Charlotte · Squamish-Lillooet · Stikine · Sunshine Coast · Thompson-Nicola |