White Rock
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city in British Columbia, Canada
Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- British Columbia
- Regional district
- Metro Vancouver
- Incorporated
- April 15, 1957
- Seat
- White Rock City Hall
- Type
- Mayor–council government
- Body
- White Rock City Council
- Mayor
- Megan Knight
- City council
- List of councillors David Chesney Erika Johanson Scott Kristjanson Anthony Manning Christopher Trevelyan
- Mp
- Ernie Klassen ( Liberal )
- Mla
- Trevor Halford ( BC Conservative )
- Land
- 5.17 km (2.00 sq mi)
- Urban
- 54.23 km (20.94 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 80 m (260 ft)
- City
- 21,939
- Estimate 2023
- 22,362
- Density
- 4,240.6/km (10,983/sq mi)
- Urban density
- 2,013.1/km (5,214/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
White Rock is a city in the Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered by Semiahmoo Bay to the south and is surrounded on three sides by Surrey. To the southeast across a footbridge lies the Semiahmoo First Nation, which is within the borders of Surrey. Semiahmoo Bay and the Southern Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia are also to the south.
White Rock is named for a large white boulder on its beach near the promenade, a glacial erratic that migrated south during the last glaciation. The 486-ton granite boulder was kept white by shellfish-eating seabirds whose guano covered the rock so much that 19th-century sailors used it as a beacon. It is now kept white through monthly applications of white paint by the city parks department and has been a graffiti target. The White Rock Pier is located nearby.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White Rock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.