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Lighthouse Park
燈塔公園 (Chinese)
If you are heading west on the quiet
stretch of Marine Drive, turn right at an unobtrusive lane called the Beacon Lane and enter into one of Vancouver's most sanctified wilderness park. Lighthouse Park is approximately 75 hectares (185 acres)
of virgin forest. It extends into Burrard Inlet and to the lighthouse at Point Atkinson.
This is the city's last remaining stand of first-growth Douglas fir trees. The western hemlock and western red
cedar complete the canopy of the rainforest, soaked up by more than 126cm of rain each year. A magnificent array of ferns, berries and mushrooms thrive in the cool dampness of the forest floor.
Lighthouse Park was originally set aside in 1881 as a lighthouse reserve which is not only credited with saving lives
out in the ocean but also saving the ancient trees that surround the land. Tours are given regularly on summer days West Vancouver's marine environment at risk http://www.seethenorthshore.com/light/light.htm
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亞特金森燈塔國家歷史古蹟
一七九二年當喬治亞.溫哥華船長駛入伯拉德內海 (Burrard Inlet) 時,行經一個長滿著高聳冷杉與紅柏的崎嶇岩石,他將它命名為亞特金森岬 (Atkinson Point) 。當時他沒有料到這片目前稱為燈塔公園 (Lighthouse Park) 的
森林保留地與其燈塔成為溫哥華地區長久以來最受歡迎的森林公園之一,它以其豐富的自然與人類歷史著稱。在往後的五十年間,這央C到了一八五八年由於菲沙河及湯普生河發現金礦,人們方湧到菲沙河谷及其上游。最後由於伯拉德內海北
岸開始大規模的森林砍伐活動,一八七四年一座簡單的木造燈塔在此建造,其基石目前仍可見到。
一八八一年,聯邦政府將燈塔後面的一百八十五公頃森林地列為保留地,作為燈塔霧號蒸汽燃料來源之一。
一九一年威廉.安德生設計建造這座目前仍在使用的白色六角底座與六根飛揚拱柱,結合美學與照明功能的水泥燈塔,它是加拿大幾座最早燈塔之一。一九一二年起由西溫巿政府管理。燈塔公園仍保存一些戰時的遺
跡。二次大戰時,為了防範日本敵艦的可能入侵,軍方分別在此地與交點,史丹利公園與獅門橋北岸設置探照燈與機關炮。在公園內,軍方設置一些營房於燈塔後面,包括睡鋪與軍官辦公廳。後者目前已改為自然教
室,作為自然生態展示,提供公園多種動植物生態的教育場所。
集合地圖:由West Vancouver Marine Drive西行,過The Dale消防隊,在#4800~5000附近,注意Lighthouse Park標誌,左轉接Beacon Lane
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