Archive for August, 2010

Stanley Park is a city treasure and is one of the largest urban parks in North America with many attractions including the formal Rose Garden, Lost Lagoon, Malkin Bowl, and totem poles at Brockton Point, Lumberman’s Arch, Beaver Lake, Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver Rowing Club, and Lions’ Gate Suspension Bridge, Siwash Rock, Ferguson Point, a water park and beaches.

Museum of Anthropology focuses on the arts of the Pacific Northwest, First Nations, indigenous cultures, and aboriginal peoples from around the world. The museum includes one of the largest collections of Haida carvings in the world, as well as an impressive collection of masks, totems, textiles, sculptures, and gold and silver.

Queen Elizabeth Park — Bloedel Floral Conservatory on the city’s highest point features spectacular views of the North Shore, the mountains and Vancouver’s skyline. The conservatory features numerous climactic zones, including a desert area and a simulated tropical forest, with plants, birds and fish from South America, Mexico and Africa.

George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary in a wetlands environment at the mouth of the Fraser River on Westham Island has more than 250 species of migratory birds including herons, peregrine falcons, bald eagles, swans, geese and ducks.

English Bay Beach is a favorite of swimmers and sunbathers. An international fireworks exhibit, Symphony of Fire, is held each summer, and the park hosts the Polar Bear Swim on New Year’s Day.

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in an authentic Ming Dynasty-style, the garden is renowned as being the first of its type built since the late 15th century.

Vancouver Aquarium features the climate and habitats of animals, birds and vegetation from around the world. The Amazon Gallery includes tropical birds, piranhas and jungle plants. The enormous pools feature orcas, beluga whales and sea otters.

Science World / Alcan Omnimax Theatre has hands-on exhibits that teach about light, sound, physics, biology, meteorology and even music; The Omnimax Theater features films on a variety of subjects, including Antarctica, a Pacific Rim volcano, and the history of transportation.

Vancouver Maritime Museum features the final moorage of the RCMP schooner, St. Roch, which is best known for its dangerous west to east voyage through the treacherous Northwest Passage.

Capilano Suspension Bridge and Regional Park built in 1889, swaying 230 feet above the Capilano River, the plank and cable bridge stretches 450 feet from one side to the other.

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