List of bodies of water in Vancouver

Of over 30 historically salmon-bearing streams diverted into underground culverts due to urbanization, several have been restored to a state visible and habitable again by plants and wildlife.

The lily pads reduce the amount of oxygen in the water, which has slowed the lake's ability to decompose organic material.

Lost Lagoon is an artificial, captive 17-hectare body of water, west of Georgia Street, near the entrance to Stanley Park.

It is a nesting ground for many species of birds, including swans, Canada geese, and great blue heron.

East of Lost Lagoon, across Georgia Street, is Coal Harbour, an extension of Burrard Inlet.

The lagoon is now landlocked but used to be connected to the inlet, resulting in significant tidal changes along its shores, and at its western end at high tide waves would lap across what is now the Ceperley Park area at Second Beach, which was then just a sandbar.

For the mayor, it would be "a miracle of engineering," with the spray of water lit by virtually "limitless combinations" of colour.

After a business trip to Los Angeles he saw a fountain and thought this would be a great gift for the city for their up-and-coming birthday, Golden Jubilee celebration.

"When operating, it is like a symphony concert, in motion and color instead of music, says Harold Williams, engineer, of Hume & Rumble Ltd., under whose personal supervision the work has been done."

The Hastings Mill, on the south side of the Inlet and running more than 20 hours a day, needed a lot of water, so built a flume, which occasionally collapsed, to carry it from Trout Lake.

The mill had to post a man full-time at the lake to stop the beavers there from building dams that blocked the flow.