Lynn Canyon Park

Lynn Canyon Park in the District of North Vancouver grew from a twelve-acre municipal park opened in 1912 to the city’s largest park at 617 acres. Long before its creation, the Squamish knew the Lynn Creek area as X̱á7elcha. The surrounding old-growth forest was heavily logged in the late nineteenth century, and the area took its present name from Royal Engineer sapper John Linn, whose surname became established as Lynn. A suspension bridge completed in 1911 became the park’s best-known feature. Today the park is valued for its trails, rainforest ecology, educational center, and scenery, though the canyon is also known for serious accidents.

British Columbia · Canada