Stanley Park is a 1.000 acre urban park bordering downtown Vancouver, being the largest city-owned park in Canada and the third largest in North America. It receives about 8 million visitors per year, who enjoy the 5.47 mile seawall path, the nearly 500.000 trees that reach 250 feet and are hundreds of years old, the recreational facilities and the fauna, with a large list of species, and about 200 bird species.
Lost Lagoon is a 41 acre artificial body of water, near the entrance to Stanley Park in Vancouver. The lake is surrounded by a 1.1 mile trail, featuring a lit fountain in commemoration to the city's golden jubilee. Many bird species like swan, Canada goose, duck and great blue heron have their nesting places at the Lost Lagoon.
The Capilano Suspension Bridge in the District of North Vancouver crosses the Capilano River, and its 136 meters long, hanging at 70 meters above the river. The park also features rainforest ecotours, Treetops Adventure, award-winning gardens, nature trails, North America's largest private collection of First Nations story poles, and exhibits highlighting the park's history and the surrounding temperate rain forest.
New Westminster in Vancouver was founded by the British in 1859 to be the capital of the new colony of British Columbia, named after Queen Victoria's favorite part of London. This part of Vancouver earned the nickname "The Royal City", and you will see many houses and buildings in a Victorian style. There are many museums, like the Irving House Historic Center and the Samson V Maratime Museum; and you might want to take the Esplanade Walking Tour, starting at Westminster Quay, going for 1.6 miles along the Fraser River.
Located south of Vancouver, comprising several islands and protected by a system of dikes from the Fraser River's occasional flooding, Richmond has Canada's largest Asian-Canadian population by percentage. One of its landmarks is a good example of that percentage, the International Buddhist Temple; which is the most authentic example of traditional palatial Chinese architecture in North America.
Burnaby is a suburb of Vancouver with some interesting sites to visit, like the Simon Fraser University, that houses the Simon Fraser Gallery and the Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, where you will find Northwest Coast Indian artifacts. If you are a nature lover don't miss the Burnaby Mountain Park, there you will see the most spectacular views of Greater Vancouver, enjoy the beautiful Rose Gardens, the mountain, and the park has hiking and walking trails, picnic areas and a children's playground.
East Vancouver used to be a working class neighborhood, but now it is difficult to find a house for less than $300.000. Commercial Drive is considered one of the most interesting areas of Vancouver, and Hastings Park Racetrack and Pacific National Exhibition are very worth a visit. At the Pacific National Exhibition you will find the favorite ride of its public, the wooden roller coaster.
UBC is short for University of British Columbia and recently it has earned a nickname, "Unending Building Construction". It is located on the western edge of Vancouver, near the coast, and includes the Campus, a residential area, a commercial area and is surrounded by Pacific Spirit Park, a large Nature reserve. You can visit the UBC Museum of Anthropology, the UBC Botanical Garden with 8000 different kinds of plants in both designed landscapes and coastal forest settings, an Asian garden, alpine garden and food garden.
Queen Elizabeth Park is a municipal park in Vancouver, built over a quarry that was scarred at the turn of the 20th century, using the rocks to build Vancouver's first roadways. The Canadian Pulp and Paper Association did a generous donation to help in this project, which has been increasingly transformed by the Park staff since its creation, around 1939.
Kitsilano or Kits (its nickname) is located in the northern part of the Vancouver west side, right on the beach and close to Downtown. Plenty of interesting activities to do around Kits, like visiting the H.R. MacMillan Space Center and Planetarium, go to Kits Beach and Jericho Beach, or maybe ride the Historic Railroad, which is a restored tram car that runs from Science World to Granville Island.
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