Talk:Lions' Gate Bridge

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It's a virtual twin of the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge except it's got an ugly little kink in the middle. (The MacDonald also still has the proper colours.[1]) I've always wanted to know which used which's plans, and why the arch was botched in Vancouver... 142.177.169.163 20:50, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Ah: the MacDonald was built in '55, so it's more likely to have used LG's plans. 142.177.169.163 21:43, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Links

Can anybody check the link to Second Narrows Bridge. It seems the real original Second Narrows Bridge (which is the one mentioned in the article) is now called Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing? confused.. --Edcolins 22:12, Sep 17, 2004 (UTC)

The link seems appropriate - the Second Narrows Bridge (now a train bridge) was the only bridge to the North Shore at the time of the LGB's construction. The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing (the one that was renamed) was built in 1960. --Ckatz 00:34, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name of Article

I would like to suggest that the article should actually be named "Lions Gate Bridge" (No apostorophe). This is generally how the Ministry of Transportation (the Bridge Owner) refers to it.

MTOH Google Hits for Lions Gate 105 hits very small percentage use possessive at all.

North Shore News - Similarly for North Shore News (the local paper)

Google search for "Lions Gate Bridge" - Similarly a general search for Lions Gate Bridge, the first response with an apostrophe is Wikipedia, the second response with an apostrophe puts it before the "s". Unless I hear some objections, I will move the article when I have time to change the content of the article to match. -- Webgeer 16:24, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Here's something that may be of interest; it's from the credits page of Lions Gate, by Lilia D'Acres and Donald Luxton. (Talonbooks, 1999, ISBN 0-88922-416-1):

• • "A NOTE ON SPELLING: The name Lions Gate Bridge rather than the more familiar Lion's Gate Bridge has been consistently used in this text. Newspaper accounts and public documents were inconsistent but generally used the possessive case, and there is no definitive source for the spelling. Although the First Narrows was most commonly known as Lions' Gate, to symbolize the relationship with the North Shore mountains, the name was never officially adopted. When it was time to finally choose a name for the bridge, the First Narrows Bridge Company dropped the apostrophe, possibly to signify the importance of their own Lions. Recently the Province of British Columbia officially adopted the name Lions Gate Bridge." (NOTE TO OTHER EDITORS: this information, quoted from the credits of the book Lions Gate, is on this talk page as fair use ONLY to help in the discussion over the correct name of the bridge. It is NOT intended for use in the article and it is NOT licensed under GFDL. If there is any problem with this, please feel free to edit it out. Pardon the stern language, it's only because I don't want to create any issues with copyright.)

Based on the above, I'd support renaming the page to Lions Gate Bridge. It would also fit with what seems to be the norm in day-to-day use. I'll try to remember to look at the highways signs next time I cross the bridge to see what they use, as that should be considered as well. --Ckatz 00:26, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Origin of name

It's named after The Lions (Peaks), isn't it? We need a bit of info about the name in the article. heqs 13:44, 31 July 2006 (UTC)