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History of Metro Vancouver: Lost Lagoon, 1916

City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives Pan N54. W.J. Moore photo. 1916 Lost Lagoon Stanley Park’s Lost Lagoon was separated in 1916 from the sea by a causeway, turning it into an artificial lake.

 City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives Pan N54. W.J. Moore photo.City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives Pan N54. W.J. Moore photo.

1916

Lost Lagoon

Stanley Park’s Lost Lagoon was separated in 1916 from the sea by a causeway, turning it into an artificial lake. The lake received its name from writer Pauline Johnson, who remarked how the lagoon disappeared at low tide.

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