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| Title | Capilano Suspension Bridge, North Vancouver, n.d. |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | n.d. |
| Notes | On verso of image: Capilano Suspension Bridge sways gently as spectators walk across its 450-foot length, about 200 feet above the canyon floor. Mid-way point of the bridge offers an unparalleled view of the tumbling, glacier-fed stream below, which is noted for trout-fishing. (Canadian Government Travel Bureau Photo.)
Filed in British Columbia--Fraser River Canyon |
| Contextual Notes | In 1888, George Grant Mackay, a Scottish civil engineer and land developer, arrived in the young city of Vancouver in Canada. He immediately became involved with many projects and as City Park Commissioner, set aside Stanley Park as a recreational area. He bought and sold farm land in the Okanagan, founding the city of Vernon. Mackay purchased 6,000 acres of dense forest on either side of Capilano River and built a cabin on the very edge of the canyon wall. Assisted by two local natives and a team of horses, Mackay suspended a hemp rope and cedar plank bridge across the river. Natives called it the "laughing bridge" because of the noise it made when wind blew through the canyon. The bridge, and Mackay's cabin, became a popular destination for adventurous friends, dubbed Capilano Tramps (due to the long hike up to the property!). After his death, the hemp rope bridge was replaced by a wire cable bridge in 1903. [Source: Capillano Suspensio Bridge web site, http://www.capbridge.com/index.html] |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Suspension bridges--British Columbia--Vancouver; Pedestrian bridges--British Columbia--Vancouver; Capilano River (B.C.); Rivers--British Columbia--Vancouver |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Capilano Suspension Bridge (Vancouver, B.C.); Footbridges--British Columbia--Vancouver; Vancouver (B.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc. |
| Location Depicted | Canada--British Columbia--Capilano Suspension Bridge |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC0682
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Canada Photograph Collection. PH Coll 393 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. |
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