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Sea Shell at the lake LbNA #59003 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Aug 1, 2011
Location: Stanley Park
City:Vancouver
County:British Columbia, CAN
State:British Columbia, Canada
Boxes:1
Planted by:JayMos
Found by: Kings of Maple Bridge
Last found:Jul 31, 2012
Status:FFr
Last edited:Aug 1, 2011
A Sea Shell at a Lake?

This letterbox is in Stanley Park. Please consult a park map for parking.
At a regular walking pace this trail will take about 25-35 minutes. The trail is suitable for young children.


The start of this trail is the large stone walking bridge on the west side of the Lost Lagoon – where the lagoon is only a little trickle.

Stand in the middle of the bridge, look around. Do you see a red fire hydrant? That’s where you want to go next. Keep track of all the red fire hydrants you see on your way, you’re standing at number one.

Stand at the hydrant. Look to your left. Do you see a trail head? That's the place to go next. Look both ways before you cross the street!

You want to take the trail named for a place of worship. If you are walking on wood, you are headed the right direction.

Take this trail for a nice forest walk. If you see signs of soggy soil and giant overturned trees, you’re on the right path!

If the season is right, keep an eye out for wild blackberries and raspberries. Help yourself, they’re safe to eat!

Eventually you will come to an intersection where you should sit, talk, learn, and love. Take the trail named for a horse’s headgear. Head North out of the intersection.

Keep walking to the intersection of the seven sisters. Take the path that lies between Paul’s seat and the red fire hydrant. How many have you counted so far?

Keep walking until you reach the 5th fire hydrant, turn right. What do you hear? Cross the bridge but keep clear of the horses! Go over the bridge, down a spiral and into the woods.

Stay on this path until the trails begin to merge and diverge. Stand in the center of the first fork. You should be able to see a wooden bridge with no rails and a signpost you can read once you are on the bridge. Take that trail.

At the next T-junction, stay to the left. Shortly you should see Beaver Lake on your right.

You need to find the second bench past Ravine Trail. Do you see some information about a shrinking lake? Not much farther!

Stop and inspect the bench. Do you see a shallow path around its back? Follow that into a small clearing. Careful, this area often gets muddy! Walk forward approximately 16 paces (a pace is roughly 3 feet) to a mossy knoll, stand in front of a tree that’s a V.

To the East, (right) you should see twin trees – one thicker and craggy, the other thinner and smooth. Walk to those trees. Approximately 20 paces.

Stand at the twins facing east –toward the center of the trees. Look around the twins to the southeast (right). You will see a stair step of roots. Under the first stair down, buried under a pile of sticks -- shell at a lake!

Please return or replace the sticks when you are done with the letterbox.