Welcome to Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada
Your Tsawwassen(Ladner, Delta South, Tsawwassen, Delta North )
area contact is Jim and Joyce Williams (REMAX ridgemeadows realty.) Please refer to the "Ladner, Delta South, Tsawwassen, Delta North" section to the right for
the phone number and email address to contact Jim or Joyce directly about the REMAX MLS real estate homes for sale including residential houses,
apartments, condos, duplexes, acreages and farms not listed for sale here.
Tsawwassen summary
Tsawwassen is a suburban, mostly residential community in the southwestern part of the Corporation of Delta, British Columbia, Canada. The name means
"looking toward the sea" in the local native language (Coast Salish). Tsawwassen provides the only road access to the community of Point Roberts, Washington
via 56th Street. It is also the location of BC Ferries' flagship Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, built in 1959 to provide foot-passenger and motor vehicle access
from the Lower Mainland to the southern part of Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands. Because Tsawwassen touches a shallow bank, the ferry terminal is
built at the southwestern end of a 3 km-long causeway that juts out into the Strait of Georgia. The ferry dock and causeway are part of Highway 17, and the ferry
terminal is the largest in North America. Boundary Bay Airport, one of the busiest general aviation airports in Canada, is located ten minutes away. The Roberts
Bank Superport is also located in Tsawwassen.
A large, mostly undeveloped but agricultural part of northwest Tsawwassen is designated as the Tsawwassen First Nation Reserve, where members have a Coast Salish
ancestry. This land is bounded by the Strait of Georgia on the west, the 2600 block to the north, the 4800 block to the east, and the 1200 block to the south. A
condominium development (Tsatsu Shores), the Tsawwassen First Nation Reserve longhouse, a church, cemetery, and several entertainment facilites - the Splashdown
Waterslide Park, F440 Grand Prix Race Track, and an RV park - are located on the land, along with the residential Stahaken subdivision of Tsawwassen, leased to
Delta in 1989 to use for 99 years.
Tsawwassen had a population of 21,090 in the 2001 census.
Tsawwassen is situated on the northern end of a peninsula flanked by the Straight of Georgia to the west and Boundary Bay to the east. Boundary Bay is an important
stopover for migratory birds on what is known as the Pacific Flyway. Tsawwassen has recreational access to Boundary Bay at Centennial Park, and there is an extensive
bike/foot path running along the edge of the Bay, known as the Dyke.
The southern boundary of Tsawwassen is the border with the United States, following the 49th parallel of north latitude. To the north, Tsawwassen's nearest neighbour
is the town of Ladner, which is also part of the Corporation of Delta. Together, Ladner and Tsawwassen make up the area known as South Delta. Ladner is the site of
the Delta Municipal Hall. Both the police station and hospital serve Ladner and Tsawwassen.
Tsawwassen's lowest altitude is just below sea level, and its highest is at approximately 39 metres in the Stahaken/Village subdivision.
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