From downtown Vancouver, it’s an hour’s drive in mid-day traffic to the edge of the Metro regional district. It’s almost twice as far again to the edge of Metro Vancouver’s sister, or cousin, the Fraser Valley Regional District.

At this far edge we find the Fraser Canyon hamlet of Boston Bar, which shares a health authority with the City of Burnaby, at the border of the City of Vancouver, and membership in a public library network with the middle ring of Metro Vancouver suburbs. Continue reading →