Citations:Lower Mainland

Noun: "the southeast corner of mainland British Columbia, including Vancouver and its outlying municipalities"

 * 1999 — Louisa Gradnitzer & Todd Pittson, X Marks The Spot: On Location With The X-Files, Arsenal Pulp Press (1999), ISBN 1551520664, page 169:
 * The only other swingspans in the Lower Mainland straddle the Pitt River, the Fraser River at Annacis Island, and the middle arm of the Fraser River in Richmond.
 * 2001 — R. Wayne Campbell, The Birds of British Columbia: Passerines: Wood-Warblers through Old World Sparrows, UBC Press (2001), ISBN 0774806214, page 12:
 * The Tennessee Warbler (Fig. 4) occurs very infrequently on the south coast, where it is known from various locations in the Lower Mainland and on the central west coast of Vancouver Island.
 * 2008 — Patrick Twomey, Working and Living in Canada, Cadogan Guides (2008), ISBN 9781860114045, page 37:
 * The economy of the Lower Mainland, like other urban areas in Canada, is service-driven and the IT sector has done well.
 * 2008 — Vancouver: The Complete Residents' Guide, Explorer Publishing (2008), ISBN 9789948033844, page 360:
 * Although Vancouver ranks highly in international terms for cost of living, this is mainly due to rising real estate prices in the Lower Mainland.
 * 2009 — Jayne Seagrave, Camping British Columbia: A Complete Guide to Provincial and National Park Campgrounds, Heritage House Publishing (2009), ISBN 9781894974608, page 51:
 * Many tourists vacation in the Gulf Islands by "island hopping," while residents of the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island visit to enjoy the altogether different ambience created by the island lifestyle.
 * 2010 — Robert M. Wilson, Seeking Refuge: Birds and Landscapes of the Pacific Flyway, University of Washington Press (2010), ISBN 9780295990026, page 37:
 * In the late nineteenth century, the fertile soil in the Lower Mainland attracted non-Native settlers who cleared the forest and created farms.
 * 2011 — Jon C. Stott, Beer Quest West: The Craft Brewers of Alberta and British Columbia, Touch Wood Editions (2011), ISBN 9781926741161, page 113:
 * In 1860, two years after Victoria Brewery had become the first brewery west of what is now Ontario, the Lower Mainland's first brewery opened in New Westminster.
 * 2012 — Lee Mellor, Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder, Dundurn Press (2012), ISBN 9781459701267, page 85:
 * On July 15, members of the Vancouver and New Westminster police as well as the RCMP met in Burnaby to discuss the Lower Mainland disappearances.
 * 2012 — Mark Totten (with Daniel Totten), Nasty, Brutish, and Short: The Lives of Gang Members in Canada, Lorimar (2012), ISBN 9781459400399, unnumbered page:
 * Gangs have migrated from the Lower Mainland to northern cities and smaller regions,