Just on the northern border of Vancouver, and on the slopes of Grouse Mountain, is a wonderful tourist attraction known as the Capilano Suspension Bridge. Capilano is a corruption of the name of a leader of one of the local first-nations peoples who was involved in the facility's development. Basically, the site has a narrow, pedestrian-only, suspension bridge across a deep gorge amidst luxuriant vegetation provided by Douglas Fir, Hemlock, and other native species. This is pretty in its own right, but the operators have subsequently provided fish-breeding ponds containing trout, a lovely walk-way suspended up in the tops of trees, native artifacts including totem poles which record the tribe's history, and a spectacular - but safe - walk around cliff face! The attached pictures show some of these features. First we have views of the bridge, which incidentally sways sharply from side to side as one crosses it, and the river which flows far beneath it.
Next I show the lush forest cover and the walk-way suspended high up among the trees.
The following two pictures show the cliff-face walk attached to the rock wall. Some people present were reluctant to take it and I can understand why, but Dot and I had no trouble.
Finally I show some of the native totem poles - pretty and well-explained - a nice day out even if the weather was cold and threatening rain.
AS
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