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LYNN CANYON Park rangers Craig Norris, centre, and Mike Martinz watch as a coupie of youngsters play in a relatively calm area of
Lynn Creek. Three park rangers will be monitoring park activities and informing the public about park hazards throughout the sum-

mer.

Trio help head off problems in troubled waters of Lynn

SPECIAL RANGERS hired earlier this year by North
Vancouver District are thus far helping to head off poten-
tial probiems in the swift and deadly waters of Lynn
Creek.

The three rangers have been
patrolling Lynn Canyon Park for
more than a month, and during
that time no serious incidents have

been reported at the popular spor

known for risk-taking and deaths.

North Vancouver District Fire
Department (NVDFD) spokesman
Gary Calder said it was a Tittle
early to fully assess the rangers’
impact on reducing canyon
rescues, but he said their actions
were decreasing alcohol and drug
use in the park,

He added that the majority of
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By Anna Maria D'Angelo
News Reporter

canyon rescue calls were related to
substance abuse.

Rangers Alberto Burrero, 23, of
Surrey, Craig Norris, 22, and
Mike Martinz, 20, both of North
Vancouver, currently inform park
users Gf the canyon’s hazards.

They are also linked by radio to
the North Vancouver District Fire
Department (NVDFD) and the

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NORTH VANCOUVER
District Fire Department rescue
and injury statistics in’ Lynn
Canyon Park since 1985:

© 75 rescues;

@ If deaths;

@ 36 serious injuries;

© 42 rescued people were not
from the North Shore;
@ the majority of
rescued were from = the

people
Lower

North Vancouver RCMP.

“I've had a couple of minor
falls in the creck by curious
tourists,” said head ranger Bur-
Tero.

Norris said he has encountered

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@ 57 of the rescues occurred ia
June, July and August;

® most rescues were conducted
between noua and 6 p.m.;

© most rescued people were
males aged 15 to 28;

@ the likely spots for a rescue
were north of the  30-Foot
Pool, Fi Falls, Third Fatts
Pool and Twin Falls.

alot of people with alcohol, a few
problems with drug use and a few
falls. (Alcohol is prohibited in the

park.)
The rangers estimated that they
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Park rangers
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