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Little Mountain (British Columbia)

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Little Mountain is a volcanic outcropping that was formed between 31 and 34 million years ago.
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was established in 1940, and the reservoir was covered over by a parking lot in 1963.
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The land containing Little Mountain was originally owned by the
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neighbourhood, and to the defunct electoral district,
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