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The Lions

Posted by jmb | September 11, 2007 .


To my mind, the thing that makes Vancouver a uniquely beautiful place is the way that the mountains rise out of the water of the harbour. For surely there are more beautiful harbours in the world, but this makes Vancouver special.

Above you see a view looking from the south shore of the harbour across to the North shore mountains, past a ship in dock on the foreshore, next to the sulphur pile which is the bright yellow colour on the right. Above the mountain you can see the two snow covered twin peaks called the Lions which obviously have the appearance of two lions lying down. It is a very challenging hike to get to the top of these peaks but the view is spectacular.
The Lions is the name used by so many things associated with Vancouver, like the Lions’ Gate Bridge and the Vancouver Lions football team. We all drive around the city, constantly checking the status of the snow on these peaks.
Here’s a little fun poem about the sulphur pile taken from Mountain Highway blog, written by David Thorvald Olsen:

There are just a few things
that i know about the sulphur pile

first, is that i am not sure it is actually sulphur
second, the pile is not harmed by rain
next, the (assumed) sulphur is used for something
somewhere else
trains bring it here, ships take it somewhere beyond

and the pile never changes in size

glowing like Van Gogh’s pool table
under cafe lamps


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3 Comments so far
  1. Imma (Alice) September 13, 2007 10:38 pm

    This is a truly beautiful shot! Well done.

  2. B September 24, 2007 8:21 am

    i agree, great picture. whenever i see those terminals on the shore i think of my dad. my dad’s company (he owned), the one i worked at for 10+ years, we repaired and maintained all the machines, cranes, loaders etc for all those terminals along the inlet. how times flies.

  3. Heather in Beautiful British Columbia October 22, 2007 9:02 pm

    I’ve seen that exact same sulphur pile for 47 years - the author of the poem is right - it’s never looked any different in all those years! Great picture :)