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The city is scheduled to begin removing 360,000 cubic metres of sediment, as part of the "Burnaby Lake Rejuvenation Project", in August 2006.

In a letter to Governor James Douglas Moody wrote: "I now learn from the Indians that a lake does exist.

The Burnaby Equestrian Centre is located here, with 6 km of horseback riding trails along the southern and eastern sides of the lake.

At least 70 species of birds make the lake and surrounding areas their home, and about 214 species of birds visit the lake throughout the year. Burnaby Lake Nature House The park has been managed by the Metro Vancouver Parks Department since 1977.Burnaby Lake is a glacial lake that formed about 12,000 years ago," Burnaby Lake Regional Park" City of Burnaby at the end of the Pleistocene ice age.The lake was named by Colonel Richard Moody after his private secretary, Robert Burnaby." Colonel Richard Moody Postscript" Royal Engineers of British Columbia According to a map and materials by Heritage Advisory Committee and Environment and Waste Management Committee of the City of Burnaby (1993), in March 1859 Colonel Moody began to survey the site of New Westminster as the capital city for the new Colony of British Columbia.

Conifers occupy the areas furthest from the lake.The lake is said to act as a settling pond for incoming pollutants from Still Creek, thereby protecting the outflowing Brunette River.

Burnaby Now Vegetation such as bladderworts, cattails, bulrushes, and sedge are common around the area, with deciduous trees around the edge of the marshes.

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