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With a population of 18,250, White Rock is located in the southwest corner of the Lower Mainland of Canada, British Columbia, forty-five kilometers from Vancouver and only five minutes to the Canada/US border. It is a seaside community clustered around an eight-kilometer sandy beach and the warm shallow waters of Semiahmoo Bay. The city of Surrey is located to the north, with the dividing line between the two municipalities set at 16th avenue.

Because of its moderate climate, White Rock is a preferred retirement spot. The average summer temperature is twenty-three degrees Celsius while the average winter temperature is six degrees Celsius.

White Rock is named for a distinctive large white boulder found on its beach near the promenade. The boulder itself remains white only through frequent applications of white paint by the city parks department, as it has been a popular graffiti target for over 30 years.

White Rock has 4 secondary schools.

Semiahmoo Secondary
Earl Marriott Secondary
Elgin Park Secondary
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The current mayor is Judy Forster, who was elected in November 2002.

White Rock politics gained nation-wide attention in 2003 for an incident in which a city councillor stabbed a fellow councillor in the face with a pen: http://www.thenownewspaper.com/issues04/014204/news/014204nn3.html

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