According to the Greater Vancouver Book (Editor in Chief Chuck Davis), Capitol Hill was logged by early settler L.I.

Although the majority of housing is single-family, the size and value of land increases towards the top of the hill, as does the view of downtown Vancouver, the mountains and the water.

[citation needed] One of Canada's most notable inventors, Donald Lewes Hings, lived at the peak of Capitol Hill.

One of Canada's most celebrated artists, Jack Shadbolt, was a Canadian painter who lived on Harbour View, an extension of Glynde Avenue on Capitol Hill.

A park near the end of Hythe Ave N., near Hythe's intersection with Cambridge, offers views of East Vancouver, Downtown Vancouver, Burrard Inlet with both the Lions' Gate Bridge and the Second Narrows Bridge (Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing), the North Shore Mountains including The Lions, Bowen Island and Vancouver Island and is a common gathering spot for the locals to enjoy sunsets and watch the annual fireworks over English Bay in late July and early August.