Yarrow is a village, for some reason it's classified as that - although don't really call it a Village - it's just a distinct 'in the country' part of chiliwack.  Located 90 kilometres east of Vancouver and 12 km southwest of downtown Chilliwack.

The fertile upper Fraser Valley supports the growth of many varieties of fruit, vegetables and herbs. Yarrow's economy is mostly agricultural and includes dairy farms and field crops (blueberries, corn & hay).

The area of Yarrow was first owned by Volkert Vedder, who alienated it from Crown Land in 1858. In 1910, the B.C. Electric Railway constructed a line from Vanouver to nearby Chilliwack and skirted around Sumas Lake. One of the stations along this line was named Yarrow.

The townsite was built on land reclaimed, in part, from Sumas Lake. In the early 1920s, the provincial government built dykes to channel the Vedder River through the Vedder Canal to the Fraser River. This dyking project, which was completed in 1924, opened 12,000 acres of land for agriculture to the west of Yarrow. 

By 1928, most of the land was owned by Chauncey Eckert. That same year, a group of ethnic Dutch-German Mennonites, who had fled persecution in the  Soviet Union, began buying lots of this land from Eckert. They created a Mennonite community that flourished from the late 1920s until the early 1960s. As many Mennonites began to assimilate into mainstream Canadian culture, they moved away from the rural village of Yarrow, and subsequent settlers were of many different ethnic backgrounds. Today, Yarrow functions mainly as a semi-rural suburb of Chilliwack.

Yarrow Days

Come check out Yarrow Days on the first weekend of June, (if you can wait that long) when residents of Yarrow celebrate their community. Festivities begin at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, with a parade down Yarrow Central Road that starts at the Yarrow School on Wilson Road and ends at the Yarrow  Mennonite Brethern church. Booths located in the park show off local crafts, clothes, and homemade food. Particularly popular are the bake-sales and barbecues by members of the local churches, offering ethnic and traditional wares.

Performers entertain as residents and visitors make chat and mingle. Local merchants offer specials in the nearby shops. Events include a barbecue and dance at the Community Hall on Saturday night and a pancake breakfast at the hall and church service in the park on Sunday morning.

Thinking this is the kind of community you might want to live in?  Close enough to town but with a rural quality?

Check out these Properties for Sale in Yarrow; or Properties for Sale in Majuba Hill.   Then give me a call!

If you or someone you know is thinking of Buying or Selling property in Cultus Lake, Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford, Langley or anywhere in the Fraser Valley Area of B.C. - or if you would like more information please give Liz  Moras of Landmark Realty Chilliwack a call at- 604-799-0459 or e-mail at lizmoras@gmail.com.