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Vancouver's Backyard Wilderness
SO CLOSE SO WILD
The Golden Ears mountains in the Lower Pitt River watershed provide an iconic backdrop to the city of Port Moody. This city is 1, of 21 municipalities in Metro Vancouver that are so close to the wild Upper Pitt River Valley. (Photo: Looking east over downtown Port Moody)
A SUBURBAN WILDERNESS SAVED
In 1996, Pinecone Lake Burke Mountain Park was established creating a 38,000 hectare class A Provincial Park that stretched from north east Coquitlam to Garibaldi Park. The Park boundary protected the lower west side of the Upper Pitt River watershed and intrinsically linked a high elevation landscape to Metro Vancouver. (Photo: Sunset over Metro Vancouver from Pinecone Burke Park)
A TOWN CALLED ALVIN
The historical town of Alvin unincorporated in the Upper Pitt River Valley is located 8 kilometers from the head of Pitt Lake and 50 kilometers northeast of downtown Vancouver. In 1915, the towns " local industry description" was lumbering, farming and mining with a population of 25. Today, the town continues as a seasonal logging camp.There are just a few full-time residents that live in the community of Alvin because of a short supply of private land and is water-access only. (Photo:One of the Homesteads in the town of Alvin, settled in 1913)