page_title: Metro Vancouver watersheds
section_title: Logging
hierarchical_section_title: Metro Vancouver watersheds / History / Logging
caption_attribution_description: English: No known copyright restrictions. Please credit UBC Library as the image source. For more information, see digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/cdm/about. Creator: Unknown Date Created: 1920-03-26 Source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Capilano Timber Company fonds. Permanent URL: digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/cdm/singleitem/collecti...
context_page_description: The Metro Vancouver watersheds, also known as the Greater Vancouver watersheds, supply potable water to approximately 2.4 million residents in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. They provide tap water to a land area covering more than 2,600 km², including cities such as Vancouver, Langley and Richmond. From west to east, the watersheds are the Capilano, the Seymour, and the Coquitlam. They are located in the North Shore Mountains and Coquitlam Mountain, respectively. Each watershed possesses a reservoir for water storage purposes, under the control of Metro Vancouver. The reservoirs are supplied by about 3.5 metres of rain and 4.5 metres of snowpack annually. Two additional off-catchment areas under control of Metro Vancouver contribute to the water supply. The watersheds have a long history of controversies surrounding logging, highway development, and salmon run conservation.
caption: Capilano Timber Company logging operations in 1919
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