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So much more! - ACTIVITY-REFERENCE' GUIDE

VISITORS TO North and
West Vancouver can enjoy
many activities that will
make their stay memorable.
The following is a short list
of local attractions that are
popular with tourists and
residents alike. For loca-
tions, see the pull-out map
on pages 12 and 13 of this
tourist guide.

MAPLEWOOD FARM

Maplewood Farm in North
Vancouver has been a working
farm for many years. It’s a
favorite destination for families
who spend hours looking at the
farm’s many displays, demonstra-

tions and approximately 200
animals and birds.

Admission costs are $1 for
children and seniors, $1.50 for
adults, and, if visitors wish, they
can buy a bag of bird seed and
the $2 Guide to Maplewood Farm.

At r:15 p.m, each day, farm
visitors can watch a demonstration
of hand-milking in the livestock
barn. May 26 will be the Sheep
Shearing Fair, and the annual
Farm Fair will be held on Sept. 14
and 15.

LYNN CANYON

Lynn Canyon Suspension
Rridge and its surrounding forest
wilderness have been a popular
recreational spot for local
residents since the early 1900s.

Lynn Canyon Park first opened

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as a municipal park in 1912. The
suspension bridge, which stretches
170 feet above Lynn Creek, was

built shortly thereafter and
operated as a private venture —
visitors were charged a dime to
cross the swinging bridge over the
raging canyon below.

Today, the suspension bridge is

free for ali, and is just one of the
attractions offered at the park,
which is open from 6 a.m. to 10
p.m.
Near the paved entrance to the
park, visitors will find the Lynn
Canyon ‘cology Centre, which is
free and open daily from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.

The centre is composed of a
children’s wing, theatre wing
(containing a seiection of National
Film Board films), human wing,
animal wing and plant wing.
Guided nature walks are offered
at 2 p.m. on the weekends in May
and June, and daily from July
through to Labour Day.

Park maps and other informa-
tion are also available at the cen-
tre.

CAPILANG SUSPENSION
BRIGGE

The Capilano Suspension Bridge
is one of the North Shore's oldest
tourist attractions, having cele-
brated its 100th birthday last year.

Located on the Capilano River,
the attraction features an awe-
inspiring suspension bridge, native
totem poles, a native carving cen-
tre and a gift shop that showcases
many native crafts.

Popular with visitors is native
Indian carver Stan Joseph, a
member of the Squamish nation
who has lived on the Capilano
reserve all his life. His grand-uncle
is Chief Mathias Joe Capilano,
who from the 1920s to 1950s
carved most of the totem poles
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SEYMOUR DEMONSTRATION
FOREST

Drivers can reach the
demonstration forest by travelling
along Lillooet Road past Capilano
College and the North Vancouver
cemetery and up the grave! road
to the forest’s entrance gate and
parking lot.

It is popular with cyclists, pro-
viding them with an 1l-km paved
road stretching from the parking
lot to the Seymour Cam and
Hatchery, and walkets, who enjoy
several trails that lead them to the
neighboring Lynn Headwaters

Park, the Seymour River and
nearby Rice Lake.

Other trails give people an in-
sight into the workings of the
forest management industry. The
Forest Ecology Trail features in-
terpretive panels that demonstrate
how forest managers study the
ecology of an area to determine
appropriate management treat-
ments, while the Integrated Forest
Resource Management Loop Trail
boasts six interpretive panels and
a self-guiding pamphlet.

At the end of the Ii-km road,
which is open only on weekends,
people can see the immense
Seymour Dam and the Seymour
fish hatchery.

MOUNTAINS

No visit to the North Shore is
complete without a trip up at least
one of our trademark mountains.

Winter and summer, Mount
Seymour Provincial Park offers a
spectacular view and a wide range
of activities and its 8,668 acres
have a network of well-maintained
trails for visitors to exp!ore.

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Seymour where they will find a
fully-licensed cafeteria with a
bakery and an outdoor patio. In
July and August, a chairlift ride
transports visitors into the alpine
meadows.

For more information on the
park and trails, visit the informa-
tion centre at the entrance to the
park, or call 929-1291.

Cypress Bowl on Hollyburn
Mountain is the place to visit for
amazing views of Vancouver city
and harbor. The look-out point
halfway up the road of the park is
situated for visitors to look at the
city lights.

Chairiifts take skiers to the top
of Black Mountain and Mount
Strachan, and in the summer,
hikers can follow the chairlift
route for a view of Howe Sound
from the alpine summit.

Just §5 minutes from
downtown, Grouse Mountain has
an aerial tram that enables visitors
to climb 3,700 feet in four
minutes, leading to an incredible
view up top.

Once at the top, visitors can en-
joy the view and a meal at the
Grouse Nest restaurant, the
Mountain Bistro, or the Rusty
Rail beer gardens.

As on all of the North Shore
mountains, recreation doesn’t end
with the skiing season — Grouse
has a children’s adventure
playground, pony rides, and
various hiking trails.

From 11 a.m. to sunset, visitors
can choose from three helicopter
tours —- through Grouse and
Crown mountains, the Lions or a
tour of Vancouver city and its
surroundings.

BC RAIL DAYTRIPS

A novel way to view incredible
scenery along the North Shore
waterfront, in Howe Sound and
the B.C. Interior is to take one of
BC Rail’s popular day trips.

From May 26 to Sept. 29, rail-
riders can enjoy BC Rail’s best-
known tourist attraction — the
trip to Squamish, which lies at the

head of Howe Sound, on the his-
toric Royal Hudson steam train.

Leaving North Vancouver’s
Pemberton Station at 10 a.m., the
train arrives in Squamish at 11:50
a.m., departs again at 2 p.m. and
arrives back in North Van a: 4
p.m.

The trip cost
children under
adults, $28.50.

Or people can choose to travel
one way on the MV Britannia, an
elegant vessel that allows its pas-
sengers to enjoy views of the
shoreline and local istands.

For information on the Royal
Hudson/MV_ Britannia daytrip,
call Harbour Ferries at 688-7246.

Visitors wanting to see more of
B.C. might choose to take one of
the BC Rail trips that begin in
North Vancouver and end in
Prince George.

Untit June 14, the Prince
George trip will be offered three
days per week, after which time it
will be offered daily until Oct. 1.
Daily service to Lillooet, by way
of popular stopovers such as
Whistler and Squamish, is offered
all year, leaving Pemberton Sta-
tion at 7:30 a.m.

For more information on BC
Rail passenger service, call 631-
3500 or, 24 hours, 631-3501.

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five, free, to