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Stanley Park’s stagnant Lost Lagoon closer to being reconnected to ocean
The Vancouver Park Board approved exploratory work to restore tidal flows to Lost Lagoon, addressing recurring algae blooms and fish die-offs that harm the ecosystem.
- Reported March 11, 2026, the Vancouver Park Board voted Tuesday to endorse exploratory work to reconnect Lost Lagoon to Coal Harbour and Second Beach.
- A century of infilling transformed the site, cut off by the 1916 Stanley Park Causeway from Burrard Inlet, leaving it less than one metre deep.
- A staff report dated Feb. 26 presented three options, including a channel to Second Beach, and the board asked staff to examine funding for the $30 million project.
- Supporters include the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, which wrote it backs reconnection efforts; Ernie George noted the lagoon changed from saltwater to freshwater, while nearby Yaletown resident Valerie Bacon expects more birds and fish.
- After the causeway's construction, tidal exchange stopped and the lagoon warmed and stagnated; Chad Townsend warned 'So, things like algae blooms and smell are all indicators of poor habitat quality'.
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Stagnating Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park could be reconnected to ocean
Instead of a growing bloom of algae and worsening water quality — a result, the board says, of a century of infilling — a lagoon reconnected to the sea could see bird-rich mud flats at low tide, and marsh-like conditions at high tide.
The Toronto Star
Stanley Park’s stagnant Lost Lagoon closer to being reconnected to ocean
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Board of Parks says Lost Lagoon at the entrance to the city's famed Stanley Park has become a swamp of green algae and stagnant water but a
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Stanley Park's stagnant Lost Lagoon closer to being reconnected to ocean
Vancouver Board of Parks says Lost Lagoon at the entrance to the city's famed Stanley Park has become a swamp of green algae and stagnant water but a plan is moving forward to reconnect the lagoon to the ocean after more than a century of being marooned.
Vancouver Park Board takes next step to reconnect Lost Lagoon - Water Canada
The Vancouver Park Board has endorsed future exploratory work to reconnect Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park in Vancouver with Coal Harbour and Second Beach in order to improve its ecological health. After a century of infilling, Lost Lagoon has experienced a growing bloom of algae, worsening water quality and harming its aquatic and plant life, a Vancouver Park Board release said. A survey in 2018 revealed that most of the lagoon is now less than one…
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