The Vancouver Park Board is restoring the historical stream in Volunteer and Tatlow parks.
This project is a unique opportunity to recreate a former stream and restore the English Bay shoreline.
By connecting the existing stream in Tatlow Park to English Bay, this project will:
- Create an ecologically diverse stream corridor in Tatlow and Volunteer parks
- Improve access to the shoreline through new paths
- Restore and enhance riparian and shoreline habitat for birds and other wildlife
- Improve rainwater management
This project is consistent with the Park Board's Biodiversity Strategy and is identified as a potential new water focus project in the City's Integrated Rainwater Management Plan.
What's happening
Tatlow and Volunteer Parks are on the traditional and territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Coast Salish peoples.
The Park Board and Musqueam are working together on incorporating traditional knowledge and ecological restoration practices into plans for the creek. We are grateful for the opportunity to learn from the teachings of the original stewards of these lands and waters.
Final open house
In 2017, we gathered feedback on initial concepts for the landscape plan and explored technical details of the project.
Thank you to everyone that came to our open house on January 27 to learn about:
- The refined concept plan
- Where water for the stream will come from
- Challenges and goals related to stream restoration
- Next steps for the project
(12.1 MB)Timeline
Here are our planned steps to restore the historical stream.
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Winter/spring 2017
Concept design development
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March 2017
Public open house
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Fall 2017
Educational open house
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Winter 2018
Proposed concept presented at final open house
2018
Concept development
We are hereTBD
Project delivery
Past updates
September 2017
We held a second open house in the park to update on the progress to date and the next steps for the project.
April 2017
We asked for your feedback on the preliminary design concepts for the Tatlow and Volunteer Park Stream Restoration.
March 2017
We held our first open house and gathered feedback on initial concepts for the project on March 8.
Contact the project team
