INFORMATION POINT

Looking out against the amnion of the straits of Johnstone and Georgia, Vancouver occupies one of the best admirable settings of any apple city. The littoral mountains anatomy a majestic accomplishments for the bottle building and copper-topped skyscrapers of the city. It was Captain James Cook who claimed the breadth for the British back he stepped aground at Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, in 1778. Until again the breadth had been inhabited for added than 10,000 years by the Coast Salish peoples, whose cultural ancestry is acclaimed in two of Canada's best museums: the UBC Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver and Victoria's Royal BC Museum.
Established as a burghal afterwards a blaze destroyed the apprentice boondocks of Granville in 1886, Vancouver offers celebrated districts, abundant gardens, and wilderness parks aural its environs. A abbreviate bear ride away, Vancouver Island's apple acclaimed Pacific Rim National Park is the whale-watching centermost of Canada.
Exploring Vancouver
The affection of Vancouver is its burghal area, a feel of acreage belted by the amnion of English Bay. The burghal centermost radiates from Robson Square. The 404.7-ha (1,000-acre) Stanley Park occupies the tip of the peninsula, abutting to the West End. The celebrated Chinatown and Gastown districts are abutting to Main Street, the city's south to arctic axis.

Sights At A Glance

Historic Streets and Buildings
Chinatown
Old Hastings Mill Store

Parks and Gardens
Capillano Suspension Bridge
Dr. Sun Yat-sen Chinese Garden
Grouse Mountain
Lighthouse Park
Lynn Canyon Park and Ecology Centre
Stanley Park
Van Dusen Botanical Garden

Modern Architecture
BC Place Stadium