Riverview

Riverview is the site of a provincially-owned psychiatric hospital, located on an east-sloping site bordered to the east by Lougheed Highway. The 98.75-hectare site is comprised of the uphill portion of a 405-hectare site that first housed the Hospital for the Mind at Mount Coquitlam. There are numerous buildings on the site, including several massive masonry wards, hospital structures, housing, service buildings and an active cemetery. Access roads are arranged in a linear manner that follows the natural topographic contours, and there are long, open vistas to the east across the Coquitlam River. Associated with the site and the buildings are thousands of mature trees and plantings, including many notably rare and large specimen trees. Natural meadows, ravines and watercourses provide an ecological connection to Colony Farm to the east and Riverview Forest to the west. Riverview is a legacy of over a century of therapeutic care, and remains a working hospital and a sanctuary for patients.

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