Editing Lower Mainland (section)

==Boundaries==
Although the term ''Lower Mainland'' has been recorded from the earliest period of colonization in British Columbia, it has never been officially defined in legal terms. The term has historically been in popular usage for over a century to describe a region that extends from [[Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver|Horseshoe Bay]] south to the [[Canada–United States border]] and east to [[Hope, British Columbia|Hope]] at the eastern end of the [[Fraser Valley]]. This definition makes the term ''Lower Mainland'' almost synonymous with the [[regional district]]s of [[Metro Vancouver Regional District|Metro Vancouver]] and [[Fraser Valley Regional District|Fraser Valley]].<ref>Gentilcore, R.L., ed. 1993. ''Historical Atlas of Canada, Vol II, The Land Transformed 1800–1891.'' Plate 36, "Lower Mainland 1881." Toronto: University of Toronto Press. {{ISBN|0-8020-3447-0}}.</ref>

However, the [[British Columbia Geographical Names Information System]] (BCGNIS) comments that most residents of Vancouver might consider it to be only areas west of [[Mission, British Columbia|Mission]] and [[Abbotsford, British Columbia|Abbotsford]], while residents in the rest of the province consider it to be the [[Sea-to-Sky Corridor]] south of [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]] and west of [[Hope, British Columbia|Hope]].<ref>{{Cite bcgnis |id=57400 |title=Lower Mainland}}</ref>