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== History == Surrey was incorporated in 1879, and encompasses land formerly home to a number of [[Halqemeylem]]-speaking indigenous groups, including the [[Semiahmoo people|Semiahmoo]], [[Katzie]], and the [[Kwantlen First Nation|Kwantlen]] peoples.<ref name="City of Surrey 2019 h652">{{cite web | title=History of Surrey, BC | website=City of Surrey | date=December 11, 2019 | url=https://www.surrey.ca/about-surrey/history-of-surrey | access-date=August 15, 2023 | archive-date=August 15, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815175029/https://www.surrey.ca/about-surrey/history-of-surrey | url-status=live }}</ref> When Englishman H.J. Brewer looked across the [[Fraser River]] from [[New Westminster]] and saw it was reminiscent of his native [[County of Surrey]] in England, the settlement of Surrey was placed on the map.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/whats-in-a-name/ |title=What's in a name? |date=November 20, 2013 |website=Surrey Now-Leader |accessdate=December 28, 2021 |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203075721/https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/whats-in-a-name/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The area then comprised forests of [[Douglas fir]], [[fir]], [[Thuja plicata|red cedar]], [[tsuga|hemlock]], [[blackberry]] bushes, and [[cranberry]] bogs. A portion of present-day Whalley (named after Harry Whalley, who owned and operated a gas bar at the bend in King George Blvd, (formerly King George Highway) at 108 Avenue, "Whalley's Corner") was used as a burial ground by the [[Kwantlen First Nation|Kwantlen]] (or Qw'ontl'en) Nation. Settlers arrived first in Cloverdale and parts of South Surrey, mostly to farm, fish, harvest oysters, or set up small stores. Once the [[Pattullo Bridge]] was erected in 1937, the way was open for Surrey to expand. In the post-war 1950s, North Surrey's neighbourhoods filled with single-family homes and Surrey (not yet a city) became a bedroom community, absorbing commuters who worked in Burnaby or Vancouver. In the 1980s and 1990s, the city witnessed unprecedented growth, as people from different parts of Canada and the world, particularly Asia, began to make the municipality their home. In 2013, it was projected to surpass the city of Vancouver as the most populous city in BC within the following 10 to 12 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Jill |date=June 18, 2013 |title=Surrey's population projected to surpass Vancouver's |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/653206/surreys-population-projected-to-surpass-vancouvers/ |access-date=September 29, 2015 |website=Global News |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017001357/http://globalnews.ca/news/653206/surreys-population-projected-to-surpass-vancouvers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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