The story of how the island got its name: mega years ago, a tribe of natives captured the women and children of another tribe. A trade was made. The first tribe traded the women and children of the second tribe for the warriors of the second tribe. The first tribe then took the warriors of the second tribe to the island and killed them.

Today the island is the home of the H.M.C.S (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) Discovery, a military training base.

STAIRS PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE TIDAL FLATS.	SIGN NEAR ENTRANCE GATE.
PLAQUE BESIDE ENTRANCE GATE.	ENTRANCE GATE.
APPROPRIATELY, SEVERAL CANADIAN GEESE DID A LINE ASTERN SAIL-BY AS I WAS PHOTOGRAPHING THE NAVAL STATION.

BROCKTON PAVILION, AND CRICKET PITCHES.	TOTEM POLES

Locals dubbed the point, `Hallelujah Point', because the Salvation Army singers could be heard, clearly across the water, when they would shout `hallelujah'. In honor of the Army’s 60 years of service, in B.C., the point was officially named on Oct. 3, 1948.

	HALLELUJAH POINT
	PLAQUE BENEATH SIGN.

HARRY JEROME THE WORLD'S FASTEST MAN. HE USED TO PRACTICE HIS RUNNING ON THIS SEAWALL.

THIS CONCRETE PAD WAS USED BY THE ROYAL ENGINEERS TO SURVEY THE HARBOUR AND SURROUNDING AREAS.	THIS PLAQUE IS ON THE CONCRETE PAD AND CAN'T BE SEEN FROM THE SEAWALL.

Each year, the engineering class at UBC, (University of British Columbia) likes to play a practical joke. One year they took the 9 o`clock gun from its emplacement and hid it, demanding a ransom from the city. Upon its return, the city built a cage around it.

GUN IN A CAGE. TO THE RIGHT, BURNABY MT. ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, SFU. (SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY)
	WHEN THE TIDE CHANGES DIRECTION IT CREATES SUCH A CURRENT THAT SAILING VESSELS COULD NOT MOVE AGAINST IT. EACH NIGHT THE GUN WAS FIRED AT 9 PM SO THAT SHIPS' CAPTAINS COULD SET THEIR CHRONOMETERS. TODAY, THE GUN IS FIRED AUTOMATICALLY, EACH NIGHT.

	NOTE THE MORTAR THAT HAS BEEN WASHED AWAY BY THE POUNDING OF THE WAVES. NOTE THE CONTINUATION OF THE GUARD RAIL, INDICATING THAT THE STAIRS ARE NOT SAFE TO BE USED. NOTE THE PARALLEL LINES ON THE ENDS OF THE BLOCKS (DRILL HOLES FROM HAND DRILLS) AND THE UNEVEN SURFACE OF THE BLOCKS. THESE BLOCKS, LIKE MOST OF THE SEAWALL, WERE CARVED BY HAND.

PORT OF VANCOUVER LOOK-OUT

THE SEAWALL NARROWS AT THIS POINT AND CYCLISTS MUST DISMOUNT AND SHARE THE SEAWALL WITH PEDESTRIANS.	ORIGINALLY THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS MANNED AND THE OPERATOR WOULD THROW A STICK OF DYNAMITE OUT THE WINDOW AT 9 PM. EVENTUALLY THE DYNAMITE WAS REPLACED WITH A CANNON. IN TIME, THE OPERATOR WAS ALSO REPLACED, WITH AUTOMATION. CAMPING WORLD For all your camping needs

From the Brockton Point Light house one can view all of the North Shore. The water, from the 1st. Narrows, spanned by the Lion's Gate Bridge, Burrard Inlet, often referred to as `The Inner Harbour', or `Port of Vancouver', extends East to the 2nd. Narrows, spanned by the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge, often called the Second Narrow's Bridge.

(L-R) STANLEY PARK, LION'S GATE BRIDGE, CYPRESS MOUNTAIN; CITY OF WEST VANCOUVER, GROUSE MOUNTAIN, CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER.

All the water you see, plus another seven miles East to Port Moody and North up Indian Arm, must move through the first narrows when the tide is changing. This create much turbulence in the water and very rapid currents.

(L-R) GROUSE MOUNTAIN. ON THE SHORE, PILES OF SULPHUR AND WOOD CHIPS WAITING FOR EXPORT VIA OCEAN FREIGHTER. WHEN I DROVE TOUR BUS I WOULD TELL MY PASSENGERS THAT THE PILES OF SULPHUR (NORMALLY YELLOW IN COLOUR) WERE INSTANT EGG MIX BEING SHIPPED TO THE FAST FOOD TAKE OUTS IN THE US.; SEYMOUR MOUNTAIN, CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER.

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THE OFFICIAL SEAWALL

Brockton Point to Lion's Gate Bridge

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