Vancouver Icons: Capilano Lake
byFor fall colours on the North Shore, snow-capped mountain views and to stare at the legendary lions all afternoon, Capilano River Regional Park, featuring Capilano Lake and the Cleveland Dam, is the place to be.
Cleveland Dam, built in 1954, blocks Capilano Lake which supplies fresh drinking water to the Lower Mainland. The Dam sits atop the Capilano River Regional Park. Capilano Lake and the peaks of the Lions provide a spectacular backdrop. There are several short hikes and trails that lead to amazing views of the dam.
View an impressive spillway nearing 300 feet, holding back the 670-acre man-made Capilano Lake, which provides the wonderful, pure drinking water for much of the Greater Vancouver region. Capilano-Pacific Trail runs 5 miles (8 km) north from Ambleside Park to Capilano Lake.
Frequently photographed throughout every season, Capilano Lake is today’s Vancouver Icons photo feature:
Photo credit: Wynonna on Flickr
Photo credit: TheVancouverGuy on Flickr
Photo credit: BX Photos on Flickr
Photo credit: Matzuda & Matzuda on Flickr
Photo credit: Sliver of Light Photography & Wynonna & Wynonna on Flickr
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Photo credit: BX Photos on Flickr
Photo credit: keepitsurreal & *_* on Flickr
Photo credit: Michael Whyte on Flickr
Photo credit: Michael Schmidt on Flickr
Photo credit: Wynonna on Flickr
Photo credit: Wynonna on Flickr
Photo credit: Scapevision on Flickr
Previous Vancouver Icons posts: Stawamus Chief, Nine O’Clock Gun, Malkin Bowl, Search, Vancouver Rowing Club, Echoes, Point Atkinson Lighthouse, English Bay Inukshuk, Hollow Tree, Hotel Europe, Lions Gate Bridge Lions, LightShed, Granville Bridge, 217.5 Arc x 13′, Canoe Bridge, Vancouver Block, Bloedel Conservatory, Centennial Rocket, Canada Place, Old Courthouse/Vancouver Art Gallery, Dominion Building, Science World, Gastown Steam Clock, SFU Burnaby, Commodore Lanes, Siwash Rock, Kitsilano Pool, White Rock Pier, Main Post Office, Planetarium Building, Lord Stanley Statue, Vancouver Library Central Branch, Victory Square, Digital Orca, The Crab Sculpture, Girl in Wetsuit, The Sun Tower, The Hotel Vancouver, The Gassy Jack Statue, The Marine Building, and The Angel of Victory. Should you have a suggestion for the Vancouver Icons series please feel free to leave a note in the comments. It should be a thing, statue, or place that is very visible and recognizable to the public.
