Ever wonder if there are any famous people that come from your home town? Ok so there are some cities out there where this is more prevalent..........Ok. no bragging now! But for the small town of Chilliwack with a population of only 70,000 I thought this wasn't a bad list! I also get that for most of you.........you'll look at the list and say.. .WHOOOOO? OK well I have to confess.........there are several on this list that I said.......Who to too! So here are the links - explore if you're interested ....you never know!
Ok Everyone knows this one right? Steven Point, first aboriginal Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
- Allan Fotheringham, columnist. Worked for The Chilliwack Progress as a student, columnist for Maclean's magazine, The Globe and Mail, ten-year panelist on Canadian television show Front Page Challenge.
- Keith Hunter Jesperson, serial killer.
- Brian Minter, horticulturist and entrepreneur. President of Minter Gardens, columnist for several BC and national garden magazines.
- Dave Archibald, former professional hockey player with Minnesota North Stars and Ottawa Senators.
- Robbie Tallas, former professional hockey player with Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks.
- Rick Klassen, former CFL football player.
- Dr. George Pedersen, University president. President of five universities (University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, University of Western Ontario, Royal Roads, UNBC), graduated from Chilliwack High School in 1950.
- Chris William Martin, actor. Grew up in Yarrow, a Chilliwack suburb.
- Diana Swain, television journalist. Graduated from Chilliwack High School in 1983.
- Homer Thompson, classical archaeologist. Grew up in Chilliwack on a dairy farm.
- Tasha Tilberg, supermodel. Born in Chilliwack on July 23, 1979. Appeared on the covers of magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Marie Claire. CoverGirl model.
- Tony Clarke, activist, who graduated from Chilliwack Senior Secondary.
- Patrick Gallagher, actor, starred in Night at the Museum,
- Jan Lars Jensen, Author of Shiva 3000, Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature
- Graham G Alexander, Controversial Entrepreneur and Hotel Developer
If you or someone you know is thinking of Buying or Selling property in 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.
Copyright © 2009 By Liz Moras, All Rights Reserved. All photos by Liz Moras except the one's I'm in!). All information provided by this author is only an opinion, it is not guaranteed, may be based on information collected from several sources, and may be time sensitive. It is not necessarily representative of the opinions of Landmark Realty Chwk. Ltd..
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Liz, I am not the only observer of the HARD WORK you have put into your extremely informational posts. First, I don't know how you know all this stuff. Secondly, you have this uncanny ability to put it all together in such detail (my big weakness). Keith Hunter Jeperson, serial killer, well we will just not mention him with the visitors' bureau on tourism ; ) Great material as always. All I can say is, WOW!!
I keep hoping one of these weeks you might have more on the Forest Gump Part II either tying it into real estate lessons or just for pure entertainment purposes. Did you notice on the Life On A Train video, the theme music. Was from Forrest Gump? I was at a fitness club in the lounge the other day and they had Forrest Gump on the big screen TV and going through that Bubba Lt. Dan jungle Vietnam scene with Bubba dying, the napalm, the helicopters.. it was mesmerizing and many teenagers stopped and watched. I don't think they had ever seen that awesome movie.