The Capilano Suspension Bridge has been thrilling visitors near North Vancouver since 1889, a slender footbridge that sways some seventy metres above the rushing Capilano River and stretches around one hundred and forty metres across the forested canyon, making it one of the oldest and most popular attractions in the region. The first bridge was built by the Scottish engineer George Grant Mackay from hemp rope and cedar planks, hauled across the gorge with the help of an Indigenous man and a tea.....

Rising steeply above the North Shore, Grouse Mountain overlooks Vancouver from a height of more than twelve hundred metres and is among the most popular mountain destinations in the region, a place where city dwellers and visitors can reach alpine scenery, winter sports and a range of attractions within a short drive of downtown. A cable car known as the Skyride carries passengers up the mountainside in a few minutes to the main plateau, from which, on clear days, a magnificent view opens out ov.....