Its first cables were actually hemp ropes.
Vancouver rope bridge.
The bridge is 450 feet 137 m long and hangs 230 feet 70m above capilano river.
The bridge was originally built in 1889 by george grant mackay a scottish civil engineer and park commissioner for vancouver.
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The granddaddy of suspension bridges in the region north vancouver s capilano suspension bridge has been welcoming visitors since 1889 when george grant mckay suspended a footbridge of hemp rope and cedar planks across capilano canyon.
The original capilano suspension bridge was built in 1889.
Visit us today and take a walk on the wild side.
It was originally made of hemp ropes with a deck of cedar planks and was replaced with a wire cable bridge in 1903.
Since then the ropes have been replaced with cables strong enough to hold up a fully loaded 747 airliner.