VANCOUVER — A long-hidden urban stream in Spanish Banks Beach Park has been brought back to the surface.
Recently, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation staff, local nations, elected officials and members of the community gathered for the public opening of Canyon Creek.
This was a previously buried waterway that ran through Pacific Spirit Regional Park and under the western parking lot at Spanish Banks Beach Park before flowing into English Bay.
Now, visitors can explore the area which features new naturalized and vegetated areas as well as 0.4 hectares of habitat for bird, aquatic and pollinator species, states a release.
Park board staff began construction on Canyon Creek in late 2024 as crews removed buried pipes and began land grading and planting.
Work included converting 65 parking stalls to greenspace, providing additional space for the creek and wetland and riparian ecosystems, rerouting the multi-use path to improve connections in the area as well as providing access to a new viewing deck.
The Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and the local community were consulted on the project’s design.
A federal contribution of $992,800 also went towards the project.
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