🌿 A Sunday walk in Lighthouse Park with David Cook

Learn about the ecology and characteristics of an old-growth forest. Because of a need to limit the size of the group and because the event may be cancelled, registration is required. Contact David at cookeco2@yahoo.com to register.

Meeting time and location: 12:00 at upper kiosk in the car park of Lighthouse Park, West Vancouver. For those travelling by bus use the 250 Horseshoe Bay bus and alight at the Marine Drive/Beacon Lane stop.

Duration: 3 to 4 hours.

Terrain and elevation gain: Rugged and rocky in places. 50 metres. Some steep sections.

Poles may be advisable for some.

Length of walk: A 1.5-kilometre circuit via the Valley Trail and Beacon Lane Trail.

Nature Vancouver difficulty rating: B rating. See NatureVancouver.ca/field-trips/ for description of difficulty ratings.

Description of event: Lighthouse Park, West Vancouver is unique in the Vancouver region for having one of the last low-elevation old-growth stands of coastal rainforest. We will walk the trails through this rugged and beautiful park and observe the features that characterize an old-growth forest and see how work by the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society is reversing the degradation of the native ecosystem by exotic species and high use. We will also look at the smaller native plants of Lighthouse Park and you will hear little-known stories about their complex lives, anatomy and relationships. If you have a hand lens, bring it, as some of the plants’ secrets are beyond the range of the human eye.

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