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CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL DESCRIPTION O F
THE LANGLEY-VANCOUVER MAP ARE A
LOCATION AND AREAL EXTENT
The Langley-Vancouver map area is located in the extreme southwest of mainland British Columbia (Figur e
1). It lies immediately north of the Canada-United States of America border and extends northward into th e
Coast Mountains to 49°30' north latitude . It stretches eastward from the Strait of Georgia to a north-south lin e
passing between Sumas Canal and Chilliwack and northward through Chehalis Lake (122°00' north longitude) .
The soil surveyed areas encompass essentially all of the agricultural land as well as parts of urbanized o r
industrialized areas which fall within the project boundaries . Included also is the forested, mountainous land i n
the northern part of the map area and on Vedder and Sumas Mountains . The total area of mapped and classifie d
land consists of about 402 000 ha of which about 189 000 ha are depicted on the soil map mosaics (Volume 1 )
and 213 000 ha on the line maps (Volume 2) .
SOCIAL AND LAND USE CHARACTERISTICS
The Langley-Vancouver map area covers the most densely populated part of British Columbia an d
competition among agricultural, urban, industrial, recreational and forest land uses is very strong . The map are a
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