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NORTH SHORE PARKS

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Take a vacation
in your backyard

NO MATTER what the
season, the Lower Mainland
offers a multitude of parks
for exploring right here at
home.

The 15 Greater Vancouver
Regional District parks are for all
seasons, offering just as many at-
tractions in the fall and winter as

} in the spring and summer.

“.. And though nearly 2,000,000
-pedple. will «sit them this year,
many of the parks are not well
known to residents.

GVRD parks range up to 9,800
acres in size and they are all within
easy access. Visitors can take the
whole family to discover forest
trails, or they can walk along near-
ly deserted river banks.

For those who are attracted to
mountainous terrain, Lynn Head-

waters or Capilano River regional
parks on the North Shore both of-
fer breathtaking mountain scenery.

Capilano, the most popular in
the regional parks system, has
breathtaking scenic canyon trails,
running from the Cleveland Dam
at the top of the park right to the
mouth of the river at First Nar-
rows. A federal fish hatchery is a
major attraction in the park.

Lynn Headwaters is a new,
9,800 acre recreational area just
now being opened up by the
GVRD. It has seven miles of trails
at present with more being built.

At Belcarra Regional Park,
located on Indian Arm near Port
Moody, a major attraction is
marine life where visitors can ex-
plore tidal Mats, go scuba diving or
stroll on a long wharf that offers
spectacular water views.

And there are miles of trails for

hiking, a playground for
youngsters and an open playfield
far tossing a frisbee.

A few miles away is Minnekhada
Regional Park in the northeast
corner of Coquitlam, which is 430
acres big, with a marsh alive with
wildlife.

Minnekhada trails fead to a high
knoll that overlooks the Lower
Mainland, and Minnekhada
Lodge, a country retreat, is open
to the public on the first and third
Sunday of each month from | to 4
p.m. during the fall and winter
months.

In Maple Ridge, Kanaka Creek
Regional Park has waterfalls, trails
and footbridges as well as a Save-
the-Salmon hatchery which is open
daily from 2 to 3 p.m.

If you would like more informa-
tion about GVRD parks phone
432-6350.

($3 - Sunday, February 9, 198 h Share News

BECAUSE of (he spectacular scenery offered on the North Shore, local
residents have to count themselves among the luckiest in the world.
Above left, the Lions appear from behind a veil of clouds, viewed from

Capilano River regional park. Above, the tranquility of the B.C. rain

forest is aglow from streaming rays of sunlight.

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