About North Vancouver
北溫哥華(Chinese)

In the postwar years, the City and the District of North Vancouver continued to grow, with most of the growth taking place in the District because of its greater land resources. The opening of the Cleveland Dam in 1954, the new Lions Gate Hospital in 1961, new municipal halls, and other significant developments such as the Lonsdale Quay market are changing the face of the North Shore. The proposed development of the former shipyards will bring a massive infusion of culture, business and people, many eager to hike mountain trails, ski and participate in outdoor activities just minutes from their doorstep.

While industry was the engine that propelled North Vancouver for much of this century, this has now largely been replaced by enterprises more in tune with present economic realities. Many North Shore companies are in the business of creating and marketing high technology.  

The television and film industry has made the area the centre of Hollywood North. Filming of the popular series The X-Files took place in North Vancouver for five seasons, with many of its "wilderness" sequences shot in the Seymour Demonstration Forest.

What lies ahead for North Vancouver? Certainly its days as a quiet residential escape from Vancouver' s hubbub are numbered. Development of the waterfront east of Lonsdale Quay may be the next step in realizing the dreams of North Vancouver's founders of a centre for sophisticated urban living removed from the frustrations of urban life, with quick and easy access to some of the most magnificent mountain recreation anywhere. Whatever the future brings, it is certain to involve major changes.
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Important Birding Areas (IBA) Greater Vancouver Watershed, BC http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=BC038

假如你居住在大溫哥華行政區內的十七市鎮，你家的自來水很可能來自於大溫哥華自來水管理局Capilano、Seymour和Coquillam水源集水區 涵蓋五萬八千公頃的土地，而且供應英屬哥倫比亞省將近一半人口高品質的飲用水，為了安全推廣維護良好的水質，禁止大眾進入水源保護區，自1924年以來推行的集水區管理計劃已經提供大溫哥華地區、環境、經濟與社會上多方面的利益。

水源地公有化
十九世紀末，總計有五千五百公頃水源地的森林大多已為私人公司砍伐殆盡，大溫哥華行政局自一九二○年代起，藉著與省政府簽署999年的租 約，與購買大多私有土地，而獲得全部水源地的所有權，所有的私有伐木業終止於1936年，大溫哥華行政局下令關閉所有水源集水區，禁止大眾接近以確保水質安全，藉此，大溫哥華地區得以享受北美少數高品質的飲用水。

教育性的示範林
為了教育民眾以了解水源與森林保育的重要性，政府在1987年開放了五千六百公頃的Seymour示範森林。藉解說步道與計劃、教育展示牌、知性 之旅以及森林示範方式。西摩示範森林促使民眾了解森林土地的多樣用途。它同時也展示健康的水源地、森林、鮭魚養殖場、野生動物與森林遊樂管理技術。計劃性的教育示範林成功地引起民眾的關心水源的興趣，也避免水源保護區的開放。

台灣近來常鬧水荒，正暴露了四十年來政府林業經營的不當政策。高山亞熱帶雨林的濫伐，山坡地的濫墾、不確實的造林與林業官商勾結導致 水土流失、水庫淤積與優養化、野生動物滅絕、地下水源匱乏。今日的旱災實在是人為的疏失、政策的錯誤所致。我們若不能痛定思痛，立改前非，大地反撲之日不遠矣!