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Must See

Five sails adorn the roof
of Canada Place, echoing
Canada’s nautical past
Water Street and the steam
clock lit up at night
The world’s first steam clock
is still maintained by the man
who built it in the 1970s. It toots
every 15 minutes on the corner
of Water and Cambie streets. Water Street boasts gas
lamps and cobblestones,
as well as shops, cafés,
and the famous
steam clock.

Reminiscent of
New York’s Flatiron
Building, this trian-
gular structure was
WAT E R F R O N T R OA D E A S T
built in 1908–9 as
a hotel. It is now an
apartment block.

C A R R A L L S T R E E T
WAT E R S T R E E T

A B B O T T S T R E E T

W E S T C O R D O VA S T R E E T
C A M B I E S T R E E T Illustrated map
W E S T H A S T I N G S
of the Waterfront
S T R E E T
and Gastown
The Inuit Gallery on Shopping on Cordova
Cambie Street offers a Street West is a delightful
variety of original Inuit experience, with its range
art, including jewelry of small galleries and
and paintings. trendy boutiques.

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