Bridge game : how one visionary man refused to give up on building Vancouver's iconic Lions Gate Bridge
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni48877
- Author
- Heinrichs, Cynthia
- Date
- Spring 2014
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver Metropolitan Area - Lions Gate Bridge
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- The idea of connecting West Vancouver to Vancouver proper wasn't new. As early as 1894 there was talk of a tunnel under the First Narrows and, in 1909, of a suspension bridge for foot passengers.
- Author
- Heinrichs, Cynthia
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Spring 2014
- Corporation
- Guinness family
- West Vancouver (B.C.). City Council
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- British Pacific Properties, Ltd.
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver Metropolitan Area - Lions Gate Bridge
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- portraits
- illustrations
- Source Title
- British Columbia Magazine
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 57-59
- Abstract
- The idea of connecting West Vancouver to Vancouver proper wasn't new. As early as 1894 there was talk of a tunnel under the First Narrows and, in 1909, of a suspension bridge for foot passengers.