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Chapter 9: In and Around Vancouver
Pg. 124-138There are many interesting places to visit in and around Vancouver. Have as much fun as you can while you're here.
Links to Attractions Described in the Handbook
Vancouver Area Free or Almost Daytrips Not far from Vancouver
Tourist Information
Tourism Vancouver
View Official Visitor's Guide On-line
Request Official Visitor's Guide
Visitor Centres
Vancouver Area Attractions
Festivals and Special Events
Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Celebration of Light Fireworks Competition
Pacific National Exhibition
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver Fringe Theatre FestivalProfessional Sports
Vancouver Whitecaps, Soccer
BC Lions, Canadian Football
Vancouver Canadians, Baseball
International Basketball League
Vancouver Canucks, HockeyThe Lookout! at Harbour Centre
555 West Hastings, downtown
Telephone 604-689-0421Canada Place
Downtown at the foot of Howe Street
Telephone 604-775-7200Gastown
Downtown near the Lookout and the SeaBus Station
Telephone 604-683-5650Chinatown
Near Gastown at Main and Pender Streets and Keefer
Telephone 604-632-3808Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
578 Carrall Street, Chinatown
Telephone 604-662-3207Vancouver Public Aquarium and Stanley Park
West end of Georgia Street near downtown
Aquarium Telephone 604-659-3474
Children's Farmyard and the Miniature TrainScience World and Omnimax Theatre
Main Street SkyTrain Station
Telephone 604-443-7443Vancouver Museum and H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
Vanier Park near the south end of the Burrard Street Bridge at 1100 Chestnut Street
Telephone Museum 604-736-4431 Planetarium 604-738-7827.Vancouver Maritime Museum St. Roch Heritage Harbour
1905 Ogden Ave. beside Vanier Park and the Vancouver Museum and Space Centre
Telephone 604-257-8300.Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby (between Robson and West Georgia)
Telephone 604-662-4719Museum of Anthropology at UBC
6393 N.W. Marine Drive on the University of British Columbia campus
Telephone 604-822-3825 or the business office 604-822-5087Gardens
Bloedel Conservatory
Queen Elizabeth Park at 33rd Ave. and Cambie.
Telephone 604-257-8584
VanDusen Botanical Gardens
37th and Oak Street
Telephone 604-878-9274
University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens
6804 SW Marine Drive, just north of 16th Ave
Telephone
Nitobe Memorial Garden
1895 Lower Mall near the Museum of Anthropology
Telephone 604-822-9666Playland Family Fun Park
Exhibition Park at East Hastings and Renfrew
Telephone 604-253-2311Grouse Mountain
Take the SkyRide gondola from 6400 Nancy Green Way, North Vancouver.
Telephone 604-984-0661Capilano Suspension Bridge
3735 Capilano Road, North Vancouver
Telephone 604-985-7474Vancouver Area Free or Almost Daytrips Not far from Vancouver
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Free or Almost Free Attractions
Stanley Park
at the west end of downtownBeaches
Stanley Park, Kitsilano, Jericho, and Spanish BanksCommercial Drive
Download a BrochureSeaBus to Lonsdale Quay
Foot of Londsdale Avenue, North Vancouver
Telephone 604-985-6261SkyTrain to Westminster Quay Public Market
River Market at Westminster Quay, 810 Quayside Drive, New Westminster, BC Telephone 604-520-3881White Rock
Near the American border, but you can travel there by transit from downtown VancouverDON'T MISS IT! Granville Island
Shops, Restaurants, Pubs, and the Public Market, little ferry boat tours north to downtown, west to the Maritime Museum, or east to Yaletown and Science WorldVancouver Area Free or Almost Daytrips Not far from Vancouver
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Daytrips from Vancouver
Take intercity buses to other places close by and stay overnight or return the same day.
Victoria across the Strait of Georgia and through the Gulf Islands by ferry
Whistler -- two hours by car or bus north of Vancouver
Bowen Island ferry to Snug Cove
Gibsons take the Langdale ferry
Steveston on the main arm of the Fraser River, Richmond BC
Boat Cruises in Vancouver or Fraser River
Vancouver Area Free or Almost Daytrips Not far from Vancouver
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Not far from Vancouver
The Rocky Mountains, Banff, Jasper and Lake Louise, Calgary (Calgary Stampede Rodeo), Edmonton (West Edmonton Mall)
West Coast of Vancouver Island: Ucluelet Tofino Long Beach
In the United States
by car, bus or train (Amtrak) Seattle, Bellingham (Bellisfair Shopping Centre)
by air: San Francisco and Los AngelesYou may need a visa to visit the USA.
Check with the American Consulate in Vancouver
before you try to cross the border.
Vancouver Area Free or Almost Daytrips Not far from Vancouver
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