Siwash Rock

Magma was forced to the surface through a fissure in the Earth's crust creating the basalt stack, which is more resistant to erosion than the softer sandstone cliffs.

While today it is an ideal spot for park users to admire the scenery, it was known as "Fort Siwash" during the wars.

[5] The small Douglas fir atop Siwash Rock that helped make it such a distinctive landmark for the first generations of Vancouverites did not survive the exceptionally dry summer of 1965.

A park superintendent felt sure that it was "virtually impossible to establish another fir up on the rock from a young plant.

[9] In 2017, Vancouver Park Board commissioner Catherine Evans introduced a motion to change the rock's official name to Slhx̱í7lsh.