Capilano Watershed

 

 
North Shore News November 5, 2012
 
 
 
Looking over the edge of the Cleveland Dam.
 

Looking over the edge of the Cleveland Dam.

Photograph by: Mike Wakefield , North Shore News

The Capilano Watershed is one of three – along with the Seymour and Coquitlam – that supply water to more than two million people, half the population of the province.

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Looking over the edge of the Cleveland Dam.
 

Looking over the edge of the Cleveland Dam.

Photograph by: Mike Wakefield , North Shore News

 
Looking over the edge of the Cleveland Dam.
View of the water exiting the dam into the Capilano River
Mist shrouds the rock walls of the canyon that borders the Capilano River.
At the edge of Rodgers lake, Bob Cavill Watershed Division Manager at Metro Vancouver
Misty clouds swirl around the mountain tops of the valley in the back of the watershed.
Lightning strikes on the night of August 8th are closely monitored for spot fires that could spring up.
Remnants of days gone by in the area of the old holding pond
The rocky shoreline of the most Northern tip of Cleveland Lake
Three spiders part of the Flora + fauna that abound. Deer, bear, coyote, fish and insects are only few of the creatures that inhabit the Capilano valley.
Fed by many other creeks + river tributaries the mighty Capilano river fills Cleveland lake with it's contents.
Moss covered Control valves for the old Concrete water channel leading to a settling pond.
Bob Cavill Watershed Division Manager walks past a piece of the past.
The settling ponds used to filter out large debris up until the 50's.
Photos from days gone by, including Squamish Chief Joe Capilano and various photos of the old Hotels that resided in the valley that now holds the Capilano reservoir and our drinking water.
The Capilano Vallley with Capilano Lake in the foreground and the Lions mountains beyond
 
 
 
 
 
 
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