ʻO Delta, kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻāina ʻo Wanekoua Nui, aia he 30 mau minuke mai ke kaona o Vancouver a he 20 mau minuke mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo Vancouver (YVR). ʻO nā kaiāulu ʻekolu i lawelawe maikaʻi ʻia i loko o Delta - Tsawwassen, Ladner a me North Delta - ʻike ʻia no ko lākou lewa aloha, hoʻokipa a hoʻopili. Me nā alanui mālie a palekana, ke komo i ka muliwai Fraser a me ka Moana Pākīpika, nā wahi ākea, nā ʻāina mahiʻai, nā kahakai, a me nā paka, ʻokoʻa ʻo Delta ma ka wahi o Vancouver. ʻO kona kokoke i ka palena ʻo USA, ʻo Deltaport (i kapa ʻia ʻo Gateway to the Pacific), ʻo ka Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal a me ke kahua mokulele ʻo Vancouver e hoʻoulu i kahi kahua noho noʻonoʻo honua. ʻO Delta kahi kaiaulu i hoʻokumu maikaʻiʻia me nā poʻe noho kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ke ola.
Ua hauʻoli ʻo Delta i kahi anuanu mālie me ka hāʻule ʻole o ka mahana ma lalo o 0 degere Celsius i ka hoʻoilo a hiki i ka waena o 20s i nā mahina kauwela. Haʻaheo ʻo Delta i nā hola o ka lā ma ka ʻāina ʻo Wanekoua, a me nā hoʻoilo maloʻo loa a maloʻo loa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Wanekoua.
ʻO ka poʻe o Delta ke ʻeleu nei, me ke komo ʻana i nā Community Recreation Centers i ko mākou mau kaiāulu ʻekolu (he manuahi no nā haumāna International e noho ana ma Delta), nā ʻano haʻuki kaiaulu a me nā manawa hana kiʻi, e like me nā haʻuki, soccer, softball a me ka baseball, martial arts, swimming, ka heʻe, ka holo ʻana, ka holo lio, ka hulahula, ka holo kaʻa mauna, ka hoe, kolepa, ka waʻa, ka hockey kinipōpō, ka pōpaʻi kahakai, ka hockey kahua, nā hui keaka ʻōpio, ka wili, ka lacrosse, nā haʻuki a me nā mea hou aku.
No ka poʻe i makemake ʻole i ka haʻuki, he hale kūʻai kūʻai nui ʻo Delta (Tsawwassen Mills) nona ka 1.2 miliona kapuaʻi square o nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale ʻai. Hoʻokipa pū ʻo Delta i nā ʻahaʻaina a me nā hanana kūloko kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai ka moʻomeheu Kanada, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo May Days a me Sun Fest, kahi Triathlon kūloko, ka heihei huakaʻi Tour de Delta, nā pō kiʻiʻoniʻoni ākea ma ka paka, nā hana ola a me ka Boundary Bay Air Show.
He maʻalahi ke kaʻa ʻana ma waena o Delta a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Vancouver, me nā loulou kaʻa maikaʻi a me ke ala ala. Hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ke kūlanakauhale nui ʻo Victoria ma ka ferry.
Eia hou, ʻekolu mau wahi o Delta…
ʻO Ladner - Ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea huna ma ka ʻāina ʻo Vancouver, ʻo Ladner kahi kaiāulu aloha a olaola. Loaʻa iā ia kahi hiʻohiʻona noʻonoʻo a me ka moʻomeheu a he home ia no nā hui haʻuki kaiāulu, me Delta Gymnastics a me ka Deas Island Rowing Club. Aia ma kekahi ʻaoʻao e ka muliwai Fraser, ʻo Ladner kahi wahi kaulana no ka holo waʻa, ka hoe a me ka holo lio. Loaʻa iā Ladner kahi wahi kaulana kaulana o ke kaona e mālama i nā hanana kaiāulu a me kahi Mākeke ʻo Farmer mai ka hopena o ka puna a hiki i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hāʻule.
Delta Akau – ʻO Delta ʻĀkau ka nui loa o nā kaiāulu ʻekolu o Delta. He home ia no ka nui o na wahi lealea a me na wahi uliuli, e like me Watershed Park, ka Delta Nature Reserve a me Burns Bog Provincial Park (kekahi o na paka nui i paleia ma ke kaona o ka honua). He wahi kaulana ʻo North Delta no ka holo kaʻa mauna a me ka hele wāwae. ʻO ia hoʻi kekahi o nā wahi ʻano nui a me nā kūlanakauhale o Delta me kahi ʻano hoihoi o nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale kūʻai.
Tsawwassen - Aia ma South Delta, ʻo Tsawwassen ma lalo o 5 mau minuke mai ka BC Ferry Terminal a hoʻopā i ka palena ʻo USA. He kaiāulu ʻo Tsawwassen ma waena o ka papa waena a loaʻa nā kahakai nani o ka Moana Pākīpika, nā hale kūʻai kūʻokoʻa a me nā hana waho pau ʻole e like me ka skateboarding, kayak, skimboarding, kolepa a me ke kaʻa.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā mea e hana ai ma Delta, e ʻoluʻolu e nānā i ka pūnaewele We Love Delta!
