Hatzic
{{Short description|Historic community in Central Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada}}
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Hatzic is a historic community in the Central Fraser Valley region of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada, located on the east side of the City of Mission and including areas beyond the municipal boundary to the east and northeast.
Hatzic is the location of two very important historical sites in British Columbia, the mission school of the Oblate Fathers (OMI), St. Mary's Indian Residential School, the name sake of the City of Mission, and Xá:ytem, an archaeological site and museum dating back over 9,000 years. Xá:ytem is a National Heritage Site of Canada. Also notable is Ferncliff Gardens, a private floral operation now becoming a heritage site{{Citation needed|reason=This claim needs a reliable source. |date=June 2019}}. Hatzic Slough, which is part of the drainage for the oxbow Hatzic Lake, is the site of one of the world's largest dry-sorting yards for raw timber{{Citation needed|reason=This claim needs a reliable source. |date=June 2019}}. A former railway station named Hatzic was located between the outlet of Hatzic Lake and the foot of the rise to the benchland where most of residential Hatzic is today.[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/8595.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Hatzic (community)"]
Mission's Fraser River Heritage Park is to the west and incorporates lands formerly belonging to the Oblate mission, including the foundations of the original school, though it is accessed from Mission proper, not via Hatzic.
Hatzic is one of Mission's older suburban neighbourhoods and is home to Hatzic Secondary School and various elementary schools. Overlooking it from above is Westminster Abbey, a Benedictine monastery established in the 1950s, which is part of the Ferndale neighbourhood of Mission. Across the floodplain from the benchland Hatzic proper overlooks and where Hatzic Valley is located is the community of Dewdney, standing astride the bridge where British Columbia Highway 7 leads onto Nicomen Island. Across the Fraser River from Hatzic is the northeast sector of Matsqui Prairie.
Climate
Hatzic has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate type Cfb). The average annual precipitation is {{convert|1883.3|mm|in|abbr=on}}. Extremes vary from {{convert|-21.7|°C|°F|abbr=on}}, recorded on December 29, 1968 to {{convert|35.0|°C|°F|abbr=on}}, recorded on August 8, 1978.
{{Weather box
|metric first=yes
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|location= Hatzic (Mission West Abbey) (Elevation: 197m) 1981−2010
| Jan record high C = 16.5
| Feb record high C = 18.9
| Mar record high C = 24.0
| Apr record high C = 28.0
| May record high C = 34.0
| Jun record high C = 32.5
| Jul record high C = 35.0
| Aug record high C = 35.0
| Sep record high C = 33.5
| Oct record high C = 26.0
| Nov record high C = 17.8
| Dec record high C = 16.5
| year record high C = 35.0
| Jan high C = 5.6
| Feb high C = 7.6
| Mar high C = 10.4
| Apr high C = 13.6
| May high C = 16.8
| Jun high C = 19.5
| Jul high C = 22.4
| Aug high C = 22.9
| Sep high C = 19.8
| Oct high C = 13.7
| Nov high C = 7.9
| Dec high C = 5.0
| year high C = 13.8
| Jan mean C = 3.3
| Feb mean C = 4.6
| Mar mean C = 6.9
| Apr mean C = 9.6
| May mean C = 12.7
| Jun mean C = 15.3
| Jul mean C = 17.8
| Aug mean C = 18.3
| Sep mean C = 15.6
| Oct mean C = 10.6
| Nov mean C = 5.5
| Dec mean C = 2.8
| year mean C = 10.3
| Jan low C = 0.9
| Feb low C = 1.6
| Mar low C = 3.3
| Apr low C = 5.5
| May low C = 8.5
| Jun low C = 11.1
| Jul low C = 13.3
| Aug low C = 13.6
| Sep low C = 11.3
| Oct low C = 7.4
| Nov low C = 3.1
| Dec low C = 0.5
| year low C = 6.7
| Jan record low C = -15.6
| Feb record low C = -18.0
| Mar record low C = -10.0
| Apr record low C = -1.1
| May record low C = 0.0
| Jun record low C = 4.0
| Jul record low C = 6.5
| Aug record low C = 7.2
| Sep record low C = 1.7
| Oct record low C = -9.0
| Nov record low C = -18.0
| Dec record low C = -21.7
| year record low C = -21.7
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 253.4
| Feb precipitation mm = 160.6
| Mar precipitation mm = 168.6
| Apr precipitation mm = 151.7
| May precipitation mm = 129.9
| Jun precipitation mm = 107.5
| Jul precipitation mm = 70.7
| Aug precipitation mm = 62.5
| Sep precipitation mm = 88.8
| Oct precipitation mm = 190.0
| Nov precipitation mm = 288.6
| Dec precipitation mm = 211.2
| year precipitation mm = 1883.3
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 230.6
| Feb rain mm = 147.2
| Mar rain mm = 161.2
| Apr rain mm = 149.9
| May rain mm = 129.9
| Jun rain mm = 107.5
| Jul rain mm = 70.7
| Aug rain mm = 62.5
| Sep rain mm = 88.8
| Oct rain mm = 189.9
| Nov rain mm = 279.8
| Dec rain mm = 191.0
| year rain mm = 1808.7
| snow colour = green
| Jan snow cm = 22.9
| Feb snow cm = 13.4
| Mar snow cm = 7.4
| Apr snow cm = 1.8
| May snow cm = 0.0
| Jun snow cm = 0.0
| Jul snow cm = 0.0
| Aug snow cm = 0.0
| Sep snow cm = 0.0
| Oct snow cm = 0.2
| Nov snow cm = 8.7
| Dec snow cm = 20.3
| year snow cm = 74.6
|precip days colour = green
| unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 20.2
| Feb precipitation days = 15.9
| Mar precipitation days = 18.7
| Apr precipitation days = 17.8
| May precipitation days = 16.0
| Jun precipitation days = 14.1
| Jul precipitation days = 8.9
| Aug precipitation days = 8.0
| Sep precipitation days = 10.3
| Oct precipitation days = 16.8
| Nov precipitation days = 21.0
| Dec precipitation days = 18.8
| year precipitation days = 186.5
| unit rain days = 0.2 mm
| Jan rain days = 18.0
| Feb rain days = 14.4
| Mar rain days = 18.1
| Apr rain days = 17.8
| May rain days = 16.0
| Jun rain days = 14.1
| Jul rain days = 8.9
| Aug rain days = 8.0
| Sep rain days = 10.3
| Oct rain days = 16.8
| Nov rain days = 20.2
| Dec rain days = 16.7
| unit snow days = 0.2 cm
| Jan snow days = 3.7
| Feb snow days = 2.5
| Mar snow days = 1.5
| Apr snow days = 0.31
| May snow days = 0.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.04
| Nov snow days = 1.6
| Dec snow days = 3.9
|source 1 = Environment Canada (normals, 1981−2010){{cite web
| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnProx&txtRadius=25&selCity=&selPark=&optProxType=custom&txtCentralLatDeg=49&txtCentralLatMin=10&txtCentralLatSec=00&txtCentralLongDeg=122&txtCentralLongMin=12&txtCentralLongSec=00&stnID=810&dispBack=0
| title = Mission West Abbey
| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981−2010
| accessdate = 2018-03-27 }}
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Related names and local geography
Related names, which more or less are also considered part of Hatzic, are Hatzic Island, which is in the centre of Hatzic Lake, north of which are the farming communities of Hatzic Prairie and Durieu, which together form part of the Hatzic Valley, along with communities to the north of Hatzic Prairie around Allan Lake, McConnell Creek and Miracle Valley. The Hatzic Valley forms the southern portion of Electoral Area 'F' of the Fraser Valley Regional District and comprises the old course of the Stave River's glacier and its terminal moraine at the north end of the valley, most of which is fertile floodplain.
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Category:Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia