John Hendry Park (Vancouver)

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Trout Lake is the main attraction in this park. It is a common misconception that Trout Lake is man-made. Before the railways were built, False creek went all the way to the east end of the railyards which are present at the end of the creek. At the former 'end' of False Creek, there were some small rivers and creeks which ran into it. Now these creeks have either been filled in, like in the case of Trout Lake's former creek, or turned into pipes, which run to Burrard Inlet. The Illuminares Festival is held in this park.
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Coordinates:   49°15'20"N   123°3'43"W

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  • This is a manmade lake
  • tripped me out one day though
  • For the longest time I was wondering where the hell the beach came from
  • This is not a man-made lake. Although it may have been expanded artificially it is part of a watershed that originally ran down into False Creek.
  • This is Trout Lake, where my dad swam with his buddies when he was a boy in the 1920s. (They skinny dipped.) In those days the lake was surrounded by trees. In the winter, the lake would freeze over, and everybody went there to skate. I skated there, too, when winters were cold enough, though that was years later. When I was a teen in the late 70s, I swam in Trout Lake as well. But brown clouds of - what, pollution? - would float to the surface if I so much as touched my feet on the bottom. I thought that was icky, and mentioned to my dad that this creeped me out. "You silly kid!" he said, "...that is PEAT on the bottom of the lake, and it has always been that way." Except for where they added the fake sand, that is. The fake sand has not always been there. Just the lake, with its peaty bottom.
  • the beach is fake
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