Pitt Meadows
Pitt Meadows, 31 km (20 miles) from Vancouverm, is known for its many berry fields and excellent golf courses.
Surrounded by magnificent rivers, lakes and mountains,
Pitt Meadows combines small-town community spirit and quality of life with access to big-city services.
Pitt Meadows is located in the northeast sector of Greater Vancouver, one of the fastest-growing urban areas in British Columbia. With a temperate climate, affordable housing and an abundance of green space, Pitt Meadows offers a unique blend of big-city opportunity and rural lifestyle. The market population within a 20-minute drive of Pitt Meadows is over 300,000, and metropolitan Vancouver is just 45 minutes away.
More than 85 per cent of the District of Pitt Meadows' land area is devoted to farmland, forest or habitat protection. This is an environment of trails, parks and mountain vistas, providing residents with a superb quality of life. It is also one of B.C.’s richest areas for agricultural production, and a natural setting for tourism and film production.
Pitt Meadows offers access to Canada’s third-largest metropolitan area plus a tranquil, rural setting.
Access: From Vancouver, Highway #7 (The Lougheed Highway) follows the north bank of the Fraser River through the Fraser Valley. Just east of Port Moody, Highway 7A (Barnet Highway which was Hastings Street) ends and only Highway 7 continues, winding past Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam on to Pitt River, Pitt Lake and Pitt Meadows.
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