Guichon Creek

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Whats Guichon Creek?
This is a creek that a large chunk of BCIT Burnaby Campus was originally built over, with a large portion of the creek forced below a parking lot. This creek is a tributary of the Fraser River through the Brunette River, Burnaby Lake and through Still Creek.

So what happened next?

Well Guichon Creek was originally a spawning spot for Chum Salmon and provided a home for many other fish, such as Cutthroat Trout as well as aquatic birds and insects. These animals lost their homes and eventually disappeared from BCIT.
This creek became a drainage ditch where industrial plants would frequently dump their sewage in.
This creek was urbanized back in the 30's.
This was a common practice in Burnaby as it seems the Baby Boomer generation didn't care much about the environment they were in.