Although I have lived in Calgary for almost 14 years, I have never visited Vancouver. I decided to take the short flight to visit earlier this month.
In this post, which is my first in quite a while, I’d like to share my favourite photos from the short trip. Enjoy!
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- The famous landmark, Siwash Rock, is only accessible via the Stanley Park Seawall, primarily by walking or bicycle.
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- The Vancouver Lookout, Convention Centre, and a Chevron refueling station dominate this view of the waterfront. The floating fuel station is apparently the last of its kind within Chevron.
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- From the Vancouver Lookout, you can see views of the entire city. To the right in this photo, you can see BC Place and the smaller Rogers Arena.
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- To the east, you can see parts of Gastown, and Burnaby Mountain Park in the distance.
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- Vancouver’s Downtown. Calgary has a very similar building to the Scotia Tower, although Calgary’s tower no longer uses the bank’s name or logo.
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- In the distance, you can easily see the ocean surrounding many edges of Vancouver.
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- Little boats like the one at the bottom right will take you across the water to Granville Island.
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- This marina next to Granville Island is one of many along the waterfront.
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- The majority of the seawall is reserved for public use with pathways and beaches, with the exception of the space used by the port on the other side of downtown.
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- You can tour the harbour on this Paddlewheeler Riverboat. I took this photo from North Vancouver, which is accessible via Seabus in a 12 minute ride.