North Vancouver is relatively densely populated with a number of residential high-rise buildings in the Central Lonsdale and Lower Lonsdale areas. The North Shore mountains have many drainages: Capilano River, MacKay, Mosquito, and Lynn Creeks, and Seymour River. Climate North Vancouver has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) with cool, rainy winters and dry, warm summers. Politics Sites of interest The area around lower Lonsdale Avenue features several open community spaces, including Waterfront Park, Lonsdale Quay, Ship Builders Square and the Burrard Dry Dock Pier. Other sites of interest in the city include: Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Avenue First Church of Christ, Scientist, a local heritage site North Vancouver Museum & Archives, 209 West 4th Street The Polygon Gallery Presentation House Theatre, 333 Chesterfield Avenue St. Edmund's Church, 535 Mahon Avenue, a local heritage site Trans Canada Trail Pavilion, Waterfront Park The Shipyards, near Lonsdale Quay, which includes Ship Builders Square and the Burrard Dry Dock Pier, on the site of the old Wallace Shipyard Lonsdale Quay Market, easily accessible from the Seabus. The Quay has a view of Vancouver's skyline and is locally owned and operated. Transportation The City of North Vancouver is connected to Vancouver by two highway bridges (the Lions Gate Bridge and the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing) and by a passenger ferry, the SeaBus. That system and the bus system in North Vancouver is operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company, an operating company of TransLink. The hub of the bus system is Lonsdale Quay, the location of the SeaBus terminal. Currently, there is no rail transit service on the North Shore. The main street in the city is Lonsdale Avenue, which begins at Lonsdale Quay and goes north to 29th Street, where it continues in the District of North Vancouver, ending at Rockland Road. Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway (often referred to as the "Upper Levels Highway") passes through the northern portion of the city. It is a freeway for its entire length within the City of North Vancouver. There are three interchanges on Highway 1 within the City of North Vancouver: Lynn Valley Road (Exit 19) Lonsdale Avenue (Exit 18) Westview Drive (Exit 17) Education Public schools are managed by the North Vancouver School District, which operates 8 high schools and 30 elementary schools shared by the city and the District of North Vancouver. The Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique operates one Francophone school