Capilano Suspension Bridge Quiz: Vancouver's Swaying Walkways
A swaying walkway hangs high over a rainforest canyon just outside downtown Vancouver, and this Capilano Suspension Bridge quiz explores its history. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on George Grant Mackay, hemp ropes, the 1903 wire cables, the 1956 rebuild, length and height, the Capilano River, Treetops Adventure, the Cliffwalk, Douglas firs and the free Lynn Canyon alternative.
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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds
Province
In which Canadian province is the bridge?
Builder
Who built the first bridge in 1889?
Materials
What was the first bridge made of?
Cable
When were wire cables first added?
Rebuild
When was the bridge last completely rebuilt?
Length
Roughly how long is the bridge?
Height
How high above the river does it hang?
River
Which river flows below the bridge?
Trees
What is Treetops Adventure?
Cliff
What is the Cliffwalk?
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Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions
- Q1: In which Canadian province is the bridge?
Answer: British Columbia
It is in North Vancouver.
- Q2: Who built the first bridge in 1889?
Answer: George Grant Mackay
He was a Scottish engineer.
- Q3: What was the first bridge made of?
Answer: Hemp rope and cedar planks
It swayed even more than today.
- Q4: When were wire cables first added?
Answer: 1903
They replaced hemp ropes.
- Q5: When was the bridge last completely rebuilt?
Answer: 1956
It now uses strong steel cables.
- Q6: Roughly how long is the bridge?
Answer: About 137 meters
It spans a deep canyon.
- Q7: How high above the river does it hang?
Answer: About 70 meters
Visitors feel it sway.
- Q8: Which river flows below the bridge?
Answer: The Capilano River
It runs through a rainforest canyon.
- Q9: What is Treetops Adventure?
Answer: Small suspension bridges between tall evergreens
It opened in 2004.
- Q10: What is the Cliffwalk?
Answer: A walkway attached to the granite canyon wall
Parts have glass floors.
Capilano Suspension Bridge Quiz – Vancouver's Swaying Walkways
The Capilano Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver, British Columbia, crosses a rainforest canyon above the Capilano River. Scottish engineer George Grant Mackay built the first bridge in 1889 from hemp rope and cedar planks.
Wire cables replaced the rope in 1903, and the bridge was completely rebuilt in 1956. Today it is about 137 meters long and hangs about 70 meters above the river, swaying gently as people cross.
The park added Treetops Adventure in 2004, a network of small bridges among tall Douglas firs, and the Cliffwalk in 2011, clinging to the granite canyon wall. Nearby Lynn Canyon offers a free suspension bridge.
What This Quiz Teaches
Travelers will enjoy these questions.
- Where the bridge is
- Who built it
- How it changed
- How big it is
- What else the park offers
Did You Know?
- The bridge can hold many people at once.
- Indigenous totem poles stand in the park.
- Winter brings a festival of lights.
- Rain is common in the coastal rainforest.
- Free shuttles run from downtown Vancouver.
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