No. 6 - Lost Lagoon-Timeline.

                                                  

E. Pauline Johnson

Lost  Lagoon

  

A short timeline history of  Lost Lagoon

1.

Since time immemorial the Squamish people used the area as a gathering place

to hold potlatch feasts and celebrations, still extant in their oral culture.They built

imposing structures, some as long as 60 metres and logged the area for cedar trees

from which to build canoes.

2.

Captain George Vancouver enters Burrard inlet in 1792, sailing past Stanley

Park, believes the area to be an island.

3.

Before the construction of the causeway through the park, the Lost Lagoon area

was a low lying tidal zone where Pauline Johnson liked to paddle her canoe. When

the tide ebbed, most of the water was gone, hence she spoke of her "Lost Lagoon."

Pauline Johnson died in 1913.

4.

First a bridge was built to connect Vancouver, then a causeway with pipes to allow

sea water to flow to the area.

 5.

The Park Board officially calls it Lost Lagoon in
1922.

6.

In 1929 the pipes were shut down and Lost Lagoon became a freshwater lake.
For a time it was stocked with trout.
7.

Fishing organizations were formed and individuals paid to rent boats and fish.

8.
In 1936 the Lost Lagoon fountain was built to celebrate Vancouver's 50th anniversary.
9.

In 1938 a walkway was built around it and the lake became officially a bird

sanctuary.
10.

In 1986 the fountain was restored for Expo '86.

End No.6-Lost Lagoon-Timeline