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On another peninsula
jogging to the north off of the peninsula that Vancouver is located on is
downtown Vancouver. This peninsula
lies between English Bay and Burrard Inlet.
On the map this peninsula can be identified by the green area which
represents Stanley Park on the north end of the downtown peninsula. Lions Gate Bridge The peninsula that downtown
Vancouver is located on juts nearly to the north shore of Burrard Inlet
leaving only a narrow inlet from English Bay into Burrard Inlet. This is a perfect place to build a bridge
to the North Shore so that you don’t have to make the 60 mile trip around
Burrard Inlet to reach the North Shore.
And, there you have the justification for the beautiful Lion’s Gate
suspension bridge. This bridge spurred
development of North and West Vancouver on the north shore of Burrard Inlet
and English Bay. No discussion of Stanley Park is crammed
with attractions such as; an indoor pool with waterslide at Second Beach, a
children’s water park with water cannons at Lumberman’s Arch, a miniature
railway and Children’s Farmyard, an 18-hole miniature golf course, horse
drawn carriage rides, tidal pools at Third Beach to search for sea life, lily
pad covered Beaver Lake, the Stanley Park Rose Garden, and last but certainly
not least, the Vancouver Aquarium. For
more information see “Recommended Attractions” below. Downtown
Vancouver Downtown Vancouver’s
central landmark for the last 100 years or so was the Hotel Vancouver with its
green copper roof and its stately architecture. Today other tall buildings have changed the
skyline of Vancouver’s downtown offers
a wide variety of shopping experiences from a regional mall to the quaint
shops that line Robson Street. The Grandville Street
Bridge brings BC Highway-99 into the city.
Granville Street is the main north/south (actually NE to SW) street in
downtown Vancouver. Between Smithe and
Pender Streets, in the heart of downtown it is closed to automobile traffic
and becomes Grandville Mall. Adjoining
Grandville Mall is Pacific Center Shopping Center located at the corner of
Georgia and Howe Streets. This is BC’s
most popular mall and its 140 stores attract more than 400,000 shoppers
weekly. Parking is located directly
under the mall. There is another regional
mall in The City of Vancouver located outside the downtown area. It is Oak Ridge Mall located at 41st
Avenue and Cambie Street. The mall has
150 stores. It is most easily found by
taking Nelson Street southeast from downtown.
Nelson Street ends in the southeast downtown area and goes right onto
the Cambie Street Bridge. The mall is
about 2.6 mi. (4.2 Km) south of the bridge. Vancouver Art Gallery One of the buildings you
won’t want to miss is the The Vancouver Aquarium is
located in If there is a crowd it must be a fun place. Every time we’ve visited
Granville Island there has been a crowd to fight to find parking and walk
through the public market. I guess if this
were not such a fun place to visit there would not be the crowds. Public markets are always enjoyable to
visit and the market on Granville Island is no exception. You will find fresh local fruit and
vegetables year round. However, you
will find much more both in the market and in the shops that surround the
market. You always seem to get hungry
when you’re having fun and you will find a great variety of good restaurants
on the island to satisfy your cravings.
For more information about Granville Island see “Recommended
Attractions” below. It is interesting that people seem to live and work in a relatively
close area which gives way to well populated evening life in these areas.
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