Bridal Falls is a community in the

Fraser Valley The Fraser Valley is a geographical region in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and northwestern Washington State. It starts just west of Hope in a narrow valley encompassing the Fraser River and ends at the Pacific Ocean stretching from the ...

of British Columbia, located east of Rosedale and immediately adjacent to the on-ramps for the

Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge The Agassiz–Rosedale Bridge is a cantilever truss bridge across the Fraser River in the Fraser Valley region of southwestern British Columbia. Linking Agassiz with the south shore, the two-lane bridge carrying BC Highway 9 is by road about we ...

, which connects the

Trans-Canada Highway The Trans-Canada Highway ( French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean o ...

( Highway 1) at Bridal Falls to Agassiz, on Highway 9. Bridal Falls is mostly a highway services community, with several truck stops and restaurants. The town's name is derived from

Bridal Veil Falls Bridal Veil Falls, Bridalveil Falls or Bridalveil Fall is a frequently-used name for waterfalls that observers fancy resemble a bride's veil: Australia * Bridal Veil Falls, Leura, in the Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales * Govetts Le ...

, which was the original rationale for tourist services at the location and at one time included cabins that were promoted as a honeymoon holiday, playing off the bridal theme of the name. The falls were named in the 19th century by the village of Popkum, which in the 20th century used it for a source of hydroelectricity for a chalet and heated swimming pool. Later tourist attractions in the area were a ''

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''-themed waterpark and similar family entertainments.

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* Populated places in the Fraser Valley Regional District Lower Mainland Populated places on the Fraser River {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub