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10 "= INSIDER TIP
Queen Elizabeth Light Show
Park and Bloedel In December, the
Conservatory VanDusen Garden hosts
an annual Festival
B2 ⌂ 4600 Cambie St of Lights. Highlights
@ 15 # 10am–5pm daily include a carousel, food
(Apr & Sep–Oct: to 6pm; and drink options, and
May–Aug: to 8pm) the beautiful grounds
∑ vandusengarden illuminated by over a
Queen Elizabeth Park is million twinkling lights.
located on Little Mountain,
Vancouver’s highest hill,
and offers fine views of the Mr W. J. VanDusen, to save the
city. Despite being built on site. Today, visitors enjoy a
the site of two former stone spectacular display of over
quarries, the park’s gardens 7,500 families of plants from
are continually in bloom six continents, set amid lakes
from early spring. and marble sculptures. The
The acrylic-domed Bloedel Perennial Garden is filled
Conservatory is perched on top with roses in summer, while
Visitors examining the of the hill, and grows plants September heralds the blazing
lush plantlife within the from many climatic zones in colors of fall. The Visitor Centre
Bloedel Conservatory the world, from rainforest is leading the Garden’s green
plants and trees to desert initiatives: the roof uses solar
cacti. There are also free- panels and collects rainwater
flying colorful tropical birds for reuse in the garden.
9 "= and fishponds filled with
Vancouver Maritime Japanese carp.
Museum
12 "'=
A3 ⌂ 1905 Ogden Ave, Old Hastings Mill
Vanier Park 4 Vanier Park 11 "\-= Store Museum
# 10am–5pm daily (to 8pm VanDusen Botanical
Thu; adm by donation) Garden A2 ⌂ 1575 Alma St @ 4th
¢ Mid-Sep–mid-May: Mon Ave route # Jun 15–Sep 15:
∑ vancouvermaritime B2 ⌂ 5251 Oak St @ 17 1–4pm Tue–Sun; Sep 16–Dec
museum.com # Daily; times vary, check 1 & Feb 14–Jun 14: 1–4pm
website ∑ vandusen Sat & Sun ∑ hastings-mill-
Located on the waterfront in a garden.org museum.ca
spectacular A-frame building,
this family-oriented museum This 54-acre (22-ha) garden The Old Hastings Mill Store
celebrates Vancouver’s history was opened in 1975. In 1960 was Vancouver’s first general
as a port and trading center. the land was under threat store and post office, and one
Its star feature is the schooner from its original owners, the of the few wooden buildings
St. Roch, the narrow corridors Canadian Pacific Railroad, to survive the Great Fire of
of which can be wandered on who wanted to use it to build 1886. Built in 1865, it was
site. Built as a supply ship for high-rise apartments. It took moved in 1930 from its original
the Mounties in 1928, in 1940– a campaign by local people site at Gastown to the shores
42 St. Roch became the first and a donation from a of Jericho Beach and then to
ship to navi gate the Northwest wealthy local businessman, its present home on Alma
Passage in both directions. Street. From the 1940s, local
Other displays include "Map people began contributing a
the Coast", which tells the story variety of historic artifacts,
of British Captain George Did You Know? and today it is an interesting
Vancouver and the crews of small museum. Behind the
the Chatham and the Discovery, The Mill museum is pretty clapboard exterior, the
who charted the inlets of the owned and run by the
coast of BC in 1792. The Child- Native Daughters of
ren’s Maritime Discovery BC, a women’s society
Centre has a powerful tele- dating from 1919. The sun dipping below
scope, through which the the horizon at the rocky
busy port can be viewed. edge of Lighthouse Park
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