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We took a tour on this trolley around Vancouver. This shows some of the places we saw, Click on the picture to see a bigger version
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The Harbour Centre Observation platform, we didn't actually go up this |
Canada Place, this was build for EXPO, the World Fair held in Vancover in 1986. It is now used as a cruise ship berth and convention centre |
From here we went into Stanley Park, a large area of parkland a lot of which is wooded in the centre of Vancouver.
Brockton Point with North Vancouver in the background
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The totem poles in Stanley Park, a well photographed spot!
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Lions Gate bridge with West Vancouver in the background |
Girl in a wet suit, Vancouver's answer to the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen |
From here on to Vanier Park, site of the Vancouver museum and Planetarium and on past the new multi million dollar museum, built in the style of a Roman coliseum.
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Stopping off at Granville Island, formally an industrial area but now a centre for crafts with an excellent public food market we continued to Doctor Sun Yat-Sen clasical garden. This must rank as on of the biggest rip-offs we have come across, the entry fee was $7.50 and you could see most of it from the free park next door.
From there on to Gastown, where the city of Vancouver reputedly began. Founded in 1867, the community was originally named after the first settler and colourful saloon owner "Gassy Jack" Deighton. Today, the area contains a variety of gift shops and generally had a bit of a run down feeling We visited the Steam Clock, the only one of its kind, to hear its musical salute every fifteen minutes.
Gassy Jack, reputed founder of Vancouver |
The Gastown steam clock |
