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8 Vanier Park

Vanier Park is a calming oasis on the city’s west side. Although it is
relatively small, it feels spacious. Boats sail by on English Bay, kites
fly overhead, ferries dock and depart, and pedestrians and cyclists
pass through on their way to Kitsilano Beach or Granville Island
(see pp220–21). Vanier Park was first inhabited by Coast Salish
people. It is now the home of the Museum of Vancouver,
the H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, City of Vancouver
Archives, and the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
In summer, the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare
Festival is held here.

English Bay

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Heritage
Harbour
Gate to the Northwest Passage 0 meters 150
This imposing giant red steel sculpture by 0 yards 200
Alan Chung Hung overlooks English Bay.

9 Sunset Beach the Inuit for navigation, is
a symbol of friendship.
Map 2 D3. @ 6. g False Creek
Ferries, Aquabus. The Vancouver Aquatic
Centre, at the beach’s east
The white sands of Sunset end, has a 164-ft- (50-m-) long
Beach, which marks the end Olympic-size swimming pool,
of the English Bay seawall and and diving pools, a sauna, a
the start of False Creek, make whirlpool, and a steam room.
an ideal place to relax and do False Creek Ferries dock behind
some serious suntanning or the center, with routes to Vanier
swimming. Summertime water Park, Granville Island, Yaletown,
temperatures rise to 65°F (18°C), and Science World.
and lifeguards are on duty from
mid-May to Labor Day. Restaurant with outdoor seating on
The western end of Sunset 0 Yaletown a street in Yaletown
Beach provides a good view Map 2 F3.  Stadium. @ 6.
of the gray granite Inukshuk, g False Creek Ferries, Aquabus. buildings have filled in the
which sits at the foot of horizon of Yaletown. The area
neighboring English Bay Warehouses have been was first settled by Canadian
Beach. This Inuit statue by transformed into lofts, outdoor Pacific Railway (CPR) train
Alvin Kanak, modeled on cafés have sprung up on old crews and laborers after the
traditional markers used by loading docks, and high-rise CPR closed its construction
For hotels and restaurants see p290 and pp302–3

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