Heritage Places

Heritage Places purpose is to preserve our heritage buildings, special places, and the natural environment. To do this, volunteers bring local history out into the community - we involve citizens and community groups, seniors and youth, students and professionals to ensure the heritage values of our diverse population are reflected in community living.

Featured Historic Site:
Landscaping to Cultivation...

East Mission Rockeries

When traveling eastward from downtown Mission, you can't miss the rock retaining wall along the north side of the Lougheed Highway, which stretches for several blocks east of Stave Lake Road to Mary Street. In spring time, the area is bright with blooming rhododendrons, throughout the summer alpine plants, sedums and poppies thrive. The rock wall is often photographed by both residents and visitors.
View the profile for more info or you can read the Spring 2011 edition of 'The Historian.'

Rock Wall, 2008.
Photographed by Sharon Syrette.

We are seeking volunteers to aid in a variety of projects, including research into the history of Mission's heritage buildings, parks, and neighbourhoods. We are also seeking volunteers to assist in researching the history of electrical power in Mission!
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Mission's unique historic places and people are profiled. You can view the entire list of properties, or browse by neighbourhood and by date of construction. More sites are added as volunteers locate interesting facts, stories and photographs of the places that define our history.

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