Holiday Destination: Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada. The original settlement, named Gastown, grew around the Hastings Mill logging sawmill and a nearby tavern, both established in 1867. Enlarging to become the townsite of Granville, with the announcement that the railhead would reach the site it was renamed Vancouver and incorporated as a city in 1886. By 1887, the transcontinental railway was extended to the city to take advantage of its large natural seaport, which soon became a vital link in a trade route between the Orient, Eastern Canada, and London. As of 2009, Port Metro Vancouver is the busiest and largest port in Canada, and the most diversified port in North America. While forestry remains its largest industry, Vancouver is well known as an urban centre surrounded by nature, making tourism its second largest industry. Major film production studios in Vancouver and Burnaby have turned Metro Vancouver into the third largest film production centre in North America after Los Angeles and New York City, earning it the film industry nickname, Hollywood North.

Climate

Summer 22 °C (71.6 °F), Winter 2.7 °C (36.9 °F)

Tourist Season

April to October is the best for tourism.

Accommodation

Hotels and Apartments.

General Information Of Vancouver

• Land Area: 44.39 sq mi (114.97 km2)
• Population: 6 Lakh.
• Capital City: British Columbia.
• Language: English.

Tourist Attraction in or Near by Vancouver

Capilano Suspension Bridge

The Capilano Suspension Bridge is a simple suspension bridge crossing the Capilano River in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The current bridge is 136 metres long and 70 metres above the river. It is part of a private facility, with an admission fee, and draws over 800,000 visitors a year. The bridge was originally built in 1889 by George Grant Mackay, a Scottish civil engineer and park commissioner for Vancouver. It was originally made of hemp ropes with a deck of cedar planks, and was replaced with a wire cable bridge in 1903. In 1910 Edward Mahon purchased the Capilano Suspension Bridge.

Vancouver Aquarium

The Vancouver Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In addition to being a major tourist attraction for Vancouver, the aquarium is a centre for marine research, conservation and marine animal rehabilitation. The Vancouver Aquarium was one of the first facilities to incorporate professional naturalists into the galleries to interpret animal behaviours. Prior to this, at the London Zoo Fish House, naturalists James S. Bowerbank, Dr. E Lankester, Mr D. Mitchell and Philip Henry Gosse the creator of the word aquarium had regularly held open house events, but the Vancouver Aquarium was the first to employ educational naturalists on a full time basis. Aquarium research projects extend worldwide, and include marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation.

Stanley Park

Stanley Park urban park bordering downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was opened in 1888 by David Oppenheimer in the name of Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor-General of Canada. It is more than 10% larger than New York City's Central Park and almost half the size of London's Richmond Park. The park attracts an estimated eight million visitors every year, including locals and tourists, who come for its recreational facilities and its natural attributes. A paved 8.8 kilometres seawall path circles the park, which is used by 2.5 million pedestrians, cyclists, and inline skaters every year. Much of the park remains forested with an estimated half million trees, some of which stand as tall as 76 metres and are up to hundreds of years old. The Project for Public Spaces has ranked Stanley Park as the sixteenth best park in the world and sixth best in North America.

Granville Island

Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in False Creek directly across from Downtown Vancouver's peninsula, under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge. The peninsula was once an industrial manufacturing area, but today it is now a major tourist destination and working neighbourhood. In 2004, Project for Public Spaces named Granville Island One of the World's Great Places. The city of Vancouver was once called Granville until it was renamed in 1886, but the former name was kept and given to Granville Street, which spanned the small inlet known as False Creek. False Creek in the late 19th century was more than twice the size it is today, and its tidal flats included a large permanent sandbar over which spanned the original, rickety, wooden Granville Street bridge.

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

The Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden is the first full size Chinese or scholars garden built outside of China, and is located in Chinatown in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at 578 Carrall Street and consists of a freely accessible public park and a garden with an admission fee. The mandate of the garden is to maintain and enhance the bridge of understanding between Chinese and western cultures, promote Chinese culture generally and be an integral part of the local community.

Vancouver Art Gallery

The Vancouver Art Gallery is the fifth largest art gallery in Canada and the largest in Western Canada. It is located at 750 Hornby Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its permanent collection of about 10,000 artworks includes more than 200 major works by Emily Carr, the Group of Seven, Jeff Wall and Marc Chagall. The Gallery connects to the rest of the complex via an underground passage below Robson Street to an outdoor plaza, restaurants, the University of British Columbia's downtown satellite campus, government offices, and the new Law Courts at the southern end.

Science World

Science World at Telus World of Science, Vancouver is a science centre run by a not for profit organization in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the end of False Creek, and features many permanent interactive exhibits and displays, as well as areas with varying topics throughout the years. The official name of the science centre was subsequently changed to Telus World of Science, although it is still routinely referred to as "Science World" by the public. Prior to the building behing handed over to Science World by the City, it was the as Expo Centre during Expo 86. When Science World is operating out of the dome, it is referred to as Science World at TELUS World of Science, and when it is out in the community it is simply Science World.

Grouse Mountain

Grouse Mountain is one of the North Shore Mountains of the Pacific Ranges in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Exceeding 1,200 m in altitude at its peak, is the site of an alpine ski area in the winter season overlooking Greater Vancouver with four chairlifts facilitating 26 runs. In the summer, the mountain features lumberjack shows and a 2.9 km hiking trail known as the Grouse Grind. Year round operations include a 100 seat mountaintop theatre and a wildlife refuge. Public access to the mountain top is by a Swiss Garaventa aerial tramway, or the Grouse Grind hiking trail.

Accessibility

Bus Terminal in or Near by

WB w 49 Av NS Cambie St

West 49th Avenue
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Greyhound Canada

1150 Station Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Big Bus Ltd.

321 Water Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada

NB Cambie St FS w 12 Av

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Airports in or Near by

Vancouver International Airport: For international flights.

Langley Regional Airport: For domestic flights.

Abbotsford International Airport: For international flights.

Railway Stations

Pacific Central Station

1150 Station Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Amtrak Station

1150 Station Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Olympic Village Station Northbound

Camble Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Waterfront Station

601 West Cordova Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada