I heard it on the radio..
canadians expected the US was going to invade ..so we had stanely park for I don't know what..

thats why it never got developed..

I heard the Queen sold it for $1 if Canada promised to keep it a park and not develop on it.

Good Deal, a bargain

I believe it still is DND. It is just leased long term.

There were gun emplacements during WW2 at Prospect point and I think there was another behind the searchlight tower at Siwash rock. I think there were others at Ferguson Point during WW1.

from 1900 to 1920 the gun club of vancouver would shoot crows every morning..

wish they would bring that back..

I hate crows.

Only Deadman's Island is DND. The City of Vancouver owns the rest of the park. There are still remains of that gun emplacement at Siwash rock.

Yes there are a series of bolts in a circle sticking up. I always thought that would be part of them.You can also see what I think is the remains of a bunker, (based on the entrance location and size). Magazine perhaps?

also..

lagoon lake used to be part of the ocean that kept flooding when the tied was up..(is that how you even spell ocean tiedes?

anyways..

so it took 10 years of dumping sand and dirt on it to finally turn it into a lake..

I wonder if its a little salty

It was also once a native village settlement.

Xwayxway!

That is where my people once lived before the white man came and drove us out.

You're really smart. Why did you think it was called Lost Lagoon? Because when the water was low it was a lagoon (What's a lagoon?) and when the waterlevel was high it was part of the Burrard Inlet (the ocean).

You're really smart. Why did you think it was called Lost Lagoon? Because when the water was low it was a lagoon (What's a lagoon?) and when the waterlevel was high it was part of the Burrard Inlet (the ocean).

Ooops, double post. Sorry.

Stanley Park (the peninsula where today's Stanely Park is situated) is a strategic point from the military perspective since it guards the entrance to the Burrard Inlet (which is a natural deep water harbour with good access to the ocean). That's also the reason why Vancouver is now the most important settlement in this area and not Port Moody which was originally intended as the final destination for the Trans-Canada railway.

As for the fear of the US invasion: At the time (1860's ?) there was no other enemy that would be able to make it the West Coast and it was at the time when American at British interests in Oregon County (present day Oregon, Washington and British Columbia) were still being worked on especially in light of the recent gold rush of mostly American prospectors to BC Interior.

That explains the state of the crappers.

It was Native land as was all of BC

Stanley park was owned by the Federal government up to 2007. It was only leased to Vancouver. Are you saying it is owned by Vancouver now?

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