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H« S^ll/ CarKvell . U of their quiet charm es the population increased and changed, the West Vancouver Perks and Recreation Commission preserved the natural beauty of much of the waterfront parkland. Point Atkinson Light House continued to blink its warning to passing ships, and although more people could bo seen strolling through the walks at Lighthouse Park, the natural forest of the Park was left undisturbed. Lighthouse Park, near (Caulfield Cove , consists of 186 acres of virgin forest, and it has been a Park 8 ince before the incorporation of West Vancouver, It is leased from the Department of Transport, which operates the Llghhoose. Point Atkinson was named by Captain Vancouver on June 14, 1792, in honour of a friend, and the first Lighthouse was built in 18?4, This was replaced in 1912 by the present 60 foot tower, but the old stone foundation of the original lighthouse can still be seen beside the present structure. Lighthouse Park has been kept as a wilderness preserve and one can walk along the many trails and see wild creatures such as deer, racoons, squirrels, chipmunks; es well as many kinds of birds including the rare bald-headed eagle,Hero, one will also find some of the tallest Douglas Firs on the lower mainland as well as most of the other trees and shrubs native to the coastal forests* and also such shrubs as the ”kinniklnnick and manzanita, which are very rare this far north.* The Vest Vancouver Parks and Recreation Commission have taken great care to preserve this natural forest, and it remains to this day one of the beautiful spots of the West Vancouver waterfront which has- escaped change, Another waterfront area which the Parks Board has preserved is Vhytecliffe Park, at the westerly tip of West Vancouver, It has not been maintained in its virgin state, as was Lighthouse Park, because it did not become a Municipal 17 Park until 1933o Originally, the area was controlled by a Colonel Albert Whyte, who came to the city of Vancouver in 1898 from Scotland, and from