Capilano Lake is a manmade

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located in the District of North Vancouver and

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History

The lake accounts for approximately 40% of Greater Vancouver's

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. The southern part of the lake is within the

Capilano River Regional Park Capilano River Regional Park is located in the District of North Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of twenty-one regional parks operated by the Metro Vancouver. The park encompasses most of the upstream areas of the Capilano Riv ...

; it is also in this area that the lake is separated from the

Capilano River The Capilano River flows from north to south through the Coast Mountains on Vancouver's North Shore (Greater Vancouver), North Shore between West Vancouver and North Vancouver (district municipality) and empties into Burrard Inlet, opposite Stanley ...

's southern portion by the

Cleveland Dam The Cleveland Dam is a concrete dam at the head of the Capilano River in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that holds back Capilano Lake, also known as Capilano reservoir. Part of the Capilano River Regional Park, it stores a portion o ...

In popular culture

Capilano Lake is portrayed as the fictional Highland Beach,

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in ''

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'' television program, as well as Lake Okobogee in a season one episode of the ''X-Files''.

References

External links

Metro Vancouver Regional District - Seymour Capilano Filtration Project Brochure
{{British Columbia hydrography North Vancouver (district municipality) West Vancouver Mountain lakes Lakes of the Lower Mainland Reservoirs in British Columbia New Westminster Land District

History

In popular culture

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