Capilano Suspension Bridge Park

We couldn't wait to get back to this park in the mountains just outside of Vancouver. 

Capilano Suspension Bridge Park  was built in 1889 - built over 130 years ago 

In 1888, George Grant Mackay, a Scottish civil engineer and land developer, arrived in the young city of Vancouver in Canada. Mackay purchased 6,000 acres of dense forest on either side of Capilano River and built a cabin on the very edge of the canyon wall. In 1889 he suspended a footbridge made of hemp rope and cedar planks across the canyon with the help of August Jack Khahtsahlano and a team of horses who swam the ropes across the river. The ropes were then pulled up the other side and anchored to huge buried cedar logs.

We visited a few summers ago before our Alaska cruise and we knew it was one place that we wanted to spend the day. 

Here is what a bit of our day looked like! 

 

So high up in the trees! 

I love the light in this photo and all of the beautiful bright red flowers! 

After we left the park it was an evening in our hotel with room service and some family fun! 

Best first day ever!