May 5, 1989 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Distri- ution 986-1337 164 pages 25¢

RALLY CALLED OFF

NVD Council to review
anyon subdivisio

A PLANNED mass rally this weekend to support the of-
ficial designation of Lynn Canyon Park has been called off
following action taken by North Vancouver District Council
Monday to review plans for ihe development of two large

residential subdivisions in the inter-river wilderness area.

When the new district-wide Of-
ficial Community Plan (OCP) was
released recently, North Vancouver
residents were shocked to discover
on the plan’s accompanying col-
or-coded map two yellow islands
of proposed residential develop-
meit surrounded by the green of
the wilderness area bounded by
Lynn Creek and Seymour River.

Only about 25 acres have been
officially designated as park, but
the surrounding inter-river area
has been historically used as
wilderness park.

A proposed southern
neighborhood, calied Lynnden
Forest, would support 900 residen-
tial units on 133 acres of land held
by the district and the Greater
Vancouver Water District. A
planned northern neighborhood,
Lake Forest, sits above Lynnden
Forest, extending north ta just
below Rice Lake. The
neighborhood would cover 158
acres and support {,000 residential
units.

The new neighborhoods would
be served by Lillooet Road as well
as a proposed east-west contiector
linking Ross Road and an extended

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Pos.ible
connector
route

Lynn Canyon
Suspension
Bridge

Hyannis Drive. District’ planners
foresee Hyannis crossing the
Seymour River and linking with
Lillooet and an extended Lynn
Valley Road.

The neighborhoods were includ-
ed in the Seymour Officiat Com-
munity Plan adopted in 1985, The
district had planned to begin de-
veloping the neighborhoods once
the McCartney Woods, Nor-
thlands, Roche Point, Windridge
and Riverside Terrace develop-
ments in the Seymour area are
completed.

The district: envisions addi-
tiona! 30,000 residents living east
of Lynn Creek by the turn of the
century.

But in its ce-evaluation of the
municipal OCP, council designated
the two disputed i
neighborhoods as ‘'r
neighborhoods under re’ .

Said Lynn Valley Community
Association (ILVCA) member

See Residents

Proposed
major road

NORTH VANCOUVER residents are apprehensive about North Van-
couver District plans to develop wilderness area commonly thought of as
being part of Lynn Canyon Park. Two targe residential neighborhoods,
Lynnden Forest and Lake Forest as well as road extensions including an
east-west connector (dotted tine with arrows) linking Ross Road with an
extended Hyannis Drive, are contemplated for the area.