Cloverdale, Surrey

Cloverdale
Town centre of Surrey
176 Street in historic Cloverdale
Cloverdale
Location of Cloverdale within Metro Vancouver
Coordinates: 49°06′00″N 122°43′59″W / 49.100°N 122.733°W / 49.100; -122.733Coordinates: 49°06′00″N 122°43′59″W / 49.100°N 122.733°W / 49.100; -122.733
Country  Canada
Province  British Columbia
Region Lower Mainland
Regional District Metro Vancouver
City Surrey
Government
 • Mayor Linda Hepner
 • MP (Fed.) John Aldag (Liberal)
 • MLA (Prov.) Marvin Hunt (Liberal)
Population (2016)[1]
 • Total 72,970
Time zone UTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−7 (PDT)

Cloverdale is a town centre in the city of Surrey, British Columbia, located in the eastern portion of the city just west of the city of Langley, an eastern suburb of Vancouver. The town centre was initially founded as a small farm community in 1870 for its fertile land and temperate climate. Cloverdale eventually amalgamated into Surrey as one of its six town centres.[2]

Cloverdale is known as a historic centre of Surrey, and is home to many heritage sites and the city of Surrey's official museum.[3] Christ Church, one of its oldest buildings was built in 1882 and still stands today.[4]

Arts and culture

Cloverdale includes a campus of Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Cloverdale's Canada Day events are the most popular in Western Canada. For example, 100,000 people are expected to attend the 2018 July 1 celebrations.[5]

Film and television

Cloverdale is best known outside its immediate vicinity as the primary "main street" and "downtown" sets for the television show Smallville. In the past, a billboard once stood on the edge of the community that read, "Destination Cloverdale - Home of Smallville."[6]

The community has been home to other filming, including one of Coca-Cola's Christmas commercials. Despite filming during summer, the town square was decked with Christmas decorations, including fake snow.

In June 2006, a film titled Deck The Halls was filmed, and the area was once again decorated in Christmas decorations and fake snow.

In September 2006 the feature film Postal was filmed in Cloverdale.

The 2007 film Hot Rod, starring Andy Samberg, was also filmed in Cloverdale. A portion of 176th Street was shut down to accommodate a riot scene and a motorcycle stunt involving jumping over fifteen school buses was filmed at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.

In addition to being filmed there, the town of Cloverdale was a fictional setting of Stargate Universe episode entitled "Cloverdale".

In July 2012 and February 2016 the show Supernatural was filmed at Christ Church on Old McLellan Road.

Music

The Cloverdale Fairgrounds was one of the North American stops of the 1994 Lollapalooza in August 1994. Featured performers were Smashing Pumpkins, The Beastie Boys, and A Tribe Called Quest.

Rodeo

The Stetson Bowl Stadium, the main rodeo venue.

Cloverdale is also known for the yearly Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair on the Victoria Day long weekend, which attracts visitors from all over western North America. It is the fifth largest rodeo in Canada.[7] Its location, the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, is also home to Fraser Downs, which is a popular racetrack and casino.

History

Surrey Museum is located in Cloverdale

William Shannon (1843-1928) was one of the first settlers to the Surrey Cloverdale region, buying 960 acres of land from the government in 1875.[8][9] He was inspired to name the area from the clover that grew there in abundance.[9]

Cloverdale was the City of Surrey's first town centre, officially established in 1879 near Five Corners, the historic intersection of 60 Avenue and Old McClellan Road.[8]

Adding railways was significant in developing the area. Linking Bellingham, Washington to New Westminster was the subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway forged in the valley in 1891 and created a station named Cloverdale.[8]

In 1881, the first Surrey Town Hall was constructed there. In 1912, the Municipal Hall was built in the southwest corner of Cloverdale.[8]

In 1882, Surrey's first school was established on land donated by Joseph Shannon.[8]

In the 1920s and 1930s, Cloverdale was a commen destination for Americans in Washington State seeking for alcohol to address the Prohibition laws.[8]

In 1968, Cloverdale's population reached to 5,000.[8] Then grew to 51,100 in 2006 and then 72,970 in 2016 according to Canada census.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cloverdale Demographics". Cloverdale Online. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ City of Surrey website - Community Profiles: Cloverdale
  3. ↑ City of Surrey website - Our Communities: Cloverdale
  4. ↑ ctrchurch.com - Heritage
  5. ↑ Zillich, Tom (April 25, 2018). "Surrey will party with Serena Ryder, Brett Kissel on Canada Day this year". Peace Arch News.
  6. ↑ http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/130670383.html?mobile=false
  7. ↑ "Top Events Canada – Top 10 Rodeo Events and Rodeo Festivals of Canada". www.topeventscanada.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Luxton & Associates, Donald (January 2015). Cloverdale Town Centre Heritage Study. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  9. 1 2 History of Surrey and Clover Valley Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine., Cloverdale Business Improvement Association website

Surrounding communities

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