Following the death of an American teen in Lynn Canyon, the District of North Vancouver says implementing stricter rules might not be the solution.
Lynn Canyon is a local favourite during the warmer months, but that has led to multiple injuries to people jumping off the park’s cliffs.
There have been 31 deaths in Lynn Canyon in the last 24 years.
Stephanie Smiley with the District of North Vancouver said they still hope signs and fencing in the area will be enough of a deterrent.
She said the fencing around the high-risk areas has been there for decades and is inspected daily. She said the warning signs were also re-designed last year to make sure they stood out to visitors.
“What we were hoping to do is catch anyone that might be thinking of going into these areas and give them just pause for a minute to make them think about, you know, the risk that they are about to take.”
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She said it’s a tricky balance between safety and allowing people to enjoy the park.
Smiley said trying to enforce anything would require staffing the park, and making rangers enter some dangerous areas.
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