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Surrey is a Canadian city in the
province of British Columbia that is
within the Greater Vancouver
Regional District (GVRD), and
geographically it is at the centre
of the larger region known as the
Lower Mainland of BC. It is the
province's second-largest city by
population, surpassed only by
Vancouver.
Six town centres make up Surrey:
Fleetwood, Whalley/City Centre,
Guildford, Newton, Cloverdale, and
South Surrey.
With a
population of 19,735, White Rock
is located in the southwest corner
of the Lower Mainland of British
Columbia, Canada, forty-five
kilometers from Vancouver and is
flanked on the south by the
Canada/US border and Blaine,
Washington. It is a seaside
community clustered around an eight
kilometer sandy beach and the warm
shallow waters of Semiahmoo Bay. It
is famous for its 1,500 ft. long
pier, its 2.5km long beach
promenade, and of course the large
white rock.
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