Stanley Park Celebrates Its 120th Birthday!

The Stanley Park Legacy Interpretive Panels

• Introduction
• Background
• Exhibition
• Panels
• Donors

Panels will be available for viewing Sept. 25

Stanley Park has a remarkable history that is closely tied to that of the city and the province. As well as being a significant social, recreational and cultural centre for the city over the past 12 decades, it is a unique urban greenspace comprised of extensive forest and shoreline abundant with plants, animals, birds, insects and marine life. The Legacy Interpretive Panels provide opportunities for visitors to have a greater understanding of the many layers that form the story of the park—giving the visitor a chance to look beyond "the familiar" and discover the intriguing stories behind the surface of things. The panels help to explain how natural forces and human impacts have shaped the park as we know it today.

Following the 2006 windstorm, the interpretive panels were repositioned within the overall, long-term restoration plans for the park and became part of the "Supporting Legacies" - one of five principles that have guided the Restoration Plan over the past two years.

The Stanley Park Restoration Project has been made possible through the generous support by corporations, organizations and individuals from across Canada and beyond. The Federal Government, Provincial Government and the City of Vancouver each contributed $2 million towards the park's restoration.

Brockton Point
lighthouse and fog bell
C. 1900

The Lions

Ciefe de la punta
de Sangara

Creating the Legacy Interpretive Panels

The Legacy Interpretive Panels project was developed by a sub-committee of the Stanley Park Restoration Staff Team, along with members of the Stanley Park Ecology Society, who together researched and developed themes and locations, researched content and secured images for the panels. The design firm of Aldrich Pears and Associates was contracted to handle design, final copy and layout for production of the panels.