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Centennial Sea Walk and Capilano River Walk continued secondly people would probably not use it." Alderwoman Joan Greenwood found it very interesting. Too bad when her North Vancouver city engineer husband retired, they sold their home and moved to Hope. When we met at a later date she was already in charge of the extensive Hope trail system We kept promoting the walks, but no bites. But after some years, thank God, alderman Lanskall picked up the idea. Soon Swan-Wooster engineering was appointed to draw up Before the second stage was started, I told Municipal Manager Elmer Barnes we had to be The Sea Walk certain that the elevation was The first difficulty was that in the raised in order to prevent storm first block (25th street) the David damage. He told me " I'll get one Spencer properties and across the of the engineers to meet you at the sea walk." At that meeting 24th Street properties, the the engineer showed me the plan owners of the Sea.strand and I could not believe it. The Apartments had the riparian plan had steps in it. The engineer rights. They could have said "You are the one who wants prevented West Vancouver from the elevation raised". I said "Yes, building the sea walk. but I don't know baby buggies, Later, around 1988,, the Spencer wheelchairs and maintenance properties agreed to have steps vehicles that would go up stairs. I down to the sea walk and private want it gradually increased". gates on each house so that the Seawall extended to Dundarave After several stages we had to end Beach. the sea walk on 18th Street and construction plans. Back in 1966, the Seastrand Apartments were more difficult. They were afraid that they would lose the privacy of their swimming pool. They demanded that the walk would be kept at a walk on Argyle to Ambleside. Most of the plantings we put in are still there. But some in front of the fence have been washed out. At a much later date the mimicipaUty was repairing storm It was 1967 and the sea walk was a centennial project. The federal government contributed to the cost of the walk. low level (I forget the exact elevation) and that a 12 foot planting border would be established between their pool and the walk. We planted the border densely. After all these years, many of the plants are still there, even a few of the spring bulbs we planted are still coming up. Thefirststage ended not too far past the Seastrand. damage, a man was installing beautiful granite curbs on the south side of the walk, laying them in mortar. I told him they should be drifted down otherwise the next storm would move them. He answered, "I know that and you know that, but the engineer who designed it did not know that". At one time the municipal manager, Mr. Terry Lester, told me to try to put an informal walk on the sand ui front of the homes at 18th. With a small front end loader we removed the floated in logs and leveled the sand. Two ladles came out out of the houses and lay down in front of the loader. That was the end of our trail building on that block. The Capilano River Walk this section of the story will appear in the November Issue. Corporate Sponsors British Pacific Properties Chapman Land Surveying Dr. Bryan Hicks, Inc. Hollyburn Funeral Home Laura Millar Royal Canadian Legion, Branch # 60 Capilano Golf and Country Club Wetmore Motors Simpson Home Hardware Silicon-by the Sea School District #45 The District of West Vancouver (2012 Grant Assistance Program) page?