Capilano River

CAPILANO RIVER, 35 km, rises in the mountains north of VANCOUVER and flows south to empty into BURRARD INLET near the First Narrows. Its turbulent stream cuts a deep valley through the North Shore Mts, forming a natural boundary between N VANCOUVER and W VANCOUVER. The mouth of the river was the site of a SQUAMISH village, Homulcheson, and a productive fishing station since before the earliest explorers arrived (see FISHING, ABORIGINAL). The river was dammed in 1888 to supply water to the new...

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