he Syey yaxe st t Ss >: ty 7 ‘4 + bri A Gein 9p oe Ee ae a 2 ae. LE sae = BROKEN PROMIS BROKe™ MEMBERS OF the Squamish Nation staged an information campaign at the north end of the Lions Gate Bridge Monday morning in a bid to inform North Shore rush-hour commuters about their struggle to gain aboriginal title recognition from Ot- Lighthouse Park off limits to public due to extreme fire hazard conditions evaluated on a day-to-day basis, CONTINUING HIGH temperatures combined with more than three weeks without rain have led to the closure of West Vancouver’s Lighthouse Park and created a poten- tiatly serious water shortage Lake reservoir. Lighthouse Park was closed yesterday on the recommendation of the West Vancouver Fir. Department because of the ex- treme fire hazard in the park. West Vancouver parks superin- tendent Erik Lees said that the West Vancouver park is drier than parks focated in the Capilano district watershed area. But even those areas are now rated as having a high fire hazard. “Lighthouse is vulnerable because of its somewhat remote nature. It’s difficult to get to, dif- ficult to protect,"’ said Lees, ad- INSIDE: at the municipality’s Eagle By Elizabeth Collings News Reporter ding that the park would be dif- ficult to evacuate effectively in the event of a fire. Lees estimated that several days of rain would reduce the fire hazard in the area. Greater Vancouver Regional District officials are also consider- ing a partial closure of the Seymour Demonstration Forest in North Vancouver District. ‘“*A closure there is being Fane, ” GVRD spokesman Bud Elsie said. Partial closure of the forest would mean that cyclists and hikers would be restricted to trav- elling within three miles of its en- trance gates. Demonstration forest tours will continue on Sunday unless the park is closed entirely. Meanwhile other GVRD parks — Crippen on Bowen Island, Capilano River Regional Park and Lynn Headwaters in North Van- couver District — remained cpea 10 press time. According to the Vancouver Airport: weather station, the last measurable rainfall in Vancouver was on July 7. The lack of rain is also causing serious water shortages at Eagle Lake, the reservoir that serves COMPLETE WEEK'S TV LISTINGS: WEDNESDAY | Actor William Davis In the spothght North Shore Now: 17 August 1, 1990 GVRD spokesman Bud Elsie ..partial closure of Seymour Demonstration Forest consid- ered. the growing western areas of West Vancouver. Paul Lee, West Vancouver District engineer, said the reser- voir is one week ahead of the crit- ically low levels of 1987. West Vancouver Council bann- ed all outdoor watering in the municipality in 1987 after Eagle Lake was reduced to a two weeks’ 48 pages 25¢ NEWSS photo Terry Peters tawa and Victoria. The Squamish Nation also handed out brochures containina information about its history and invited commuters to an information session at its Capilano Reserve longhouse on Thursday night. See story page 3. supply of water. Lee said that if the weather conditions continue to be hot and dry and water consumption doesn't slow down in the next five days, the municipality will con- sider banning sprinkling. On Monday residents drew 2.5 million gallons from the Eagle Lake res- ervoir alone. Waterworks officials are issuing approximately 80 warnings per day to residents who violate West Vancouver sprinkling regulations. “The people who keep abusing the sprinkling regulations are eventually depriving themselves and their neighbors of drinking water,’’ Lee said. West Vancouver bylaws restrict sprinkling to even dates for even- addressed houses and odd dates for odd-addressed houses from 8 a.m. to Lo p.m. and from 5 p.m. to9 p.m. Meanwhile, water levels at the North Shore's Capilano and Seymour reservoirs remain suffi- cient, Elsie said.