New water source seen: Harrison 'intriguing'; some fear Capilano development, highway Final Edition

What has roused residents, said [Trevor Carolan], were suggestions in West Vancouver that Capilano Lake could be decommissioned as a water source. That would free its watershed for a reconfigured Sea-to-Sky Highway to Squamish. If Harrison become the prime source of water, counters West Vancouver Co...

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Published inProvince (Vancouver, B.C.)
Main Author Frank Luba, Lower Mainland Reporter
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Vancouver, B.C Postmedia Network Inc 20.05.1999
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Summary:What has roused residents, said [Trevor Carolan], were suggestions in West Vancouver that Capilano Lake could be decommissioned as a water source. That would free its watershed for a reconfigured Sea-to-Sky Highway to Squamish. If Harrison become the prime source of water, counters West Vancouver Coun. Victor Durman, Capilano could become a park -- and parks can have highways. Because water would be taken at a low temperature, it would be less likely to carry infections. It also is clearer than Capilano and Seymour. At 7,900 square kilometres, the Harrison watershed also dwarfs the existing watersheds. Capilano is just 199 square kilometres, Seymour 183 and Coquitlam 211.