Cloverdale, British Columbia

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Cloverdale, famously known as the filming location for "Downtown Smallville."

Cloverdale is a town centre of Surrey, British Columbia, located near Langley, which is east of Vancouver. It is near several border crossings into the United States.

1 Film industry
2 Rodeo
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Film industry

Cloverdale is best-known outside its immediate vicinity as the primary "main street" and "downtown" sets for the television show Smallville. A billboard on the edge of the community reads, "Destination Cloverdale - Home of Smallville."

The community has been home to other filming, including one of Coca-Cola's Christmas commercial. Despite filming during summer, the town square was decked with Christmas decorations, including fake snow. In June 2006, a film titled Deck the Halls was filmed, and the area was once again decorated in Christmas decorations and fake snow. In September 2006 the feature film Postal was filmed in Cloverdale.

The 2007 film Hot Rod, starring Andy Samberg, is currently being filmed in Cloverdale. A portion of 157th Street was shut down to accommodate a riot scene and a motorcycle stunt involving jumping over fifteen school buses was filmed at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.

[edit] Rodeo

The Stetson Bowl Stadium, the main rodeo venue.

Cloverdale is also known for the yearly Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair on the Victoria Day long weekend, which attracts visitors from all over western North America. It is the second largest rodeo in Canada after the Calgary Stampede. Its location, the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, is also home to Fraser Downs which is a popular racetrack and casino.