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REGIONS AND AREAS

Each BCGEU component is divided into Locals. The local is the fundamental unit of union structure. In all components a local is established wherever the component has 50 or more members in one of the defined geographic areas. The regions and areas, as defined at the 1997 Convention, are as follows:

REGION 1 - Vancouver Island

  • Area 01 - Victoria and vicinity, consisting of that part of Vancouver Island from Chemainus south including the lower Gulf Islands of Saltspring, Mayne, Galiano, Saturna and Pender.
  • Area 02 - Courtenay and vicinity, consisting of the remainder of Vancouver Island and the mainland coast north of Jervis Inlet as far as Owikeno Lakes.

REGION 2 - Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley

  • Area 03 - Vancouver and vicinity, consisting of the area north of the South Arm of the Fraser River inland as far as Golden Ears Park and north to Jervis Inlet and Pemberton.
  • Area 04 - Langley and vicinity, consisting of the area south of the South Arm of the Fraser River to the Pitt River and the Fraser Valley and Canyon to include Lytton. Eastward the area includes Manning Park.

REGION 3 - Southern Interior

  • Area 05 - Kamloops and vicinity, which includes the area centred at Kamloops and includes Lillooet, the North Thompson to Blue River and east to Revelstoke.
  • Area 07 - Kelowna and vicinity, which includes the Okanagan Valley from Enderby to the U.S. border and also includes Princeton.
  • Area 08 - Cranbrook and vicinity, which includes the Kootenays east of the Rogers Pass and the Salmo-Creston summit.
  • Area 09 - Castlegar and vicinity, which includes Nelson, the West Kootenays from Midway and Galena Bay and includes the area east of the Monashee Pass and Crawford Bay.

REGION 4 - Northern

  • Area 06 - Williams Lake and vicinity, which includes the large central plateau centred at Williams Lake and including Clinton, Ocean Falls, Quesnel and the Bowron Lakes.
  • Area 10 - Ft. St. John and vicinity, which centres at Dawson Creek, includes the Peace River country east of Pine Pass and the Alaska Highway to Lower Post.
  • Area 11 - Prince George and vicinity, including that area west to Fraser Lake.
  • Area 12 - Terrace and vicinity, including the northwest part of the province to Burns Lake and the Queen Charlotte Islands.