THESE INDIANS ARE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 90 MINUTES EAST OF VANCOUVER. THEIR LANDS SURROUND THE SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAIN RANGE. BETWEEN 5000 - 10,000 YEARS AGO THE STOLO ARRIVED IN THE CHILLAWACK AREA. THERE WERE ABOUT 30,000 AT THE TIME THE EUROPEANS ARRIVED. THEIR NAME MEANS QUIET WATERS. AND IT IS A GEOGRAPHIC AREA. IT CAN ALSO MEAN BACKWATERS. BY 1837 GOLD WAS DISCOVERED AND ABOUT 30,00 GOLD SEEKERS CAME HERE. BY 1860 FARMS WERE BUILT AND STEAMBOATS THEY HAD STEAMBOATS. THE INITIAL SETTLEMENT WAS CALLED ALONG THE FRASER RIVER IN CHILLAWACK LANDING.
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