'This compact urban retreat, spanning 0.85 hectares, offers various inviting spots for dining, reading, or playing chess. A swift stream flows into a tiered fountain, encircled by pergolas and abundant greenery. Even after the ...

Port of Vancouver and the approval for its expansion. Canada's federal government has approved an expansion plan for the Port of Vancouver's Roberts Bank Terminal that would double its current size, despite warnings from enviro ...

Granville Island Broom Co. is owned by Mary Schwieger and her sister Sarah, where they handmake brooms in Vancouver, BC. The backstory of the store is the sisters' connection to the tradition of making brooms that they inherite ...

Architect J.S.D. Taylor. This 1912 house is a hybrid of Queen Anne architecture and Tudor Revival design. It was built by Robert McLean along with the neighbouring house to the east. Harry and Edith Ky ...

One of Vancouver's most well-known fine dining establishments has closed. Covid-19 as well as rent increase are among the causes that forced John Bishop to close his business. [Date - January 09, 2022]

Also known as Little India, is a commercial district and ethnic enclave in Vancouver, British Columbia. Officially recognized by the city as being primarily a major South Asian and Indo-Canadian business community and cultural ...

The most ethnically diverse neighbourhood in Vancouver. Development of the Sunset neighbourhood first took place in the 1860s. At the time, the area was part of the District of South Vancouver and consisted mostly of farmland a ...

The only cemetery in the City of Vancouver. It is owned and operated by the City of Vancouver and occupies 0.43 square kilometres (110 acres) of land, containing more than 92,000 grave sites and over 145,000 interred remains. T ...

Conservatory and aviary located at the top of Queen Elizabeth Park. The conservatory itself is 140 feet (43 m) in diameter, 70 feet (21 m) high, and is made up of 1,490 plexiglass bubbles and 2,324 pie ...

Also known as The Nat, is a baseball stadium. It is home to the Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League. Originally built in 1951 as Capilano Stadium, it was renamed Nat Bailey Stadium in 1978 for Vancouver restaurateur (an ...

The garden's Visitor Centre was designed and built to a LEED Platinum standard. Opened in November 2011, this modern structure features a gift/garden shop, a specialized botanical library, a restaurant and a coffee shop. The Va ...

In 1970 the Vancouver Foundation, the British Columbia provincial government, and the city of Vancouver signed an agreement to provide the funding to develop a public garden on part of the old Shaughnessy Golf Course. It is na ...

The Save Kogawa House committee initiated a campaign to save Kogawa's childhood home, owned by her father Gordon Goichi Nakayama, in the Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver from demolition. They developed national support from w ...

Built in 1949 as a hockey arena and was used as wrestling venue for 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

One of the first Canadian air stations opened by the Canadian Air Board. Jericho Beach began operation in 1920 as a flying boat station, one of several that would open along the British Columbia coast. Federal and ...

Jericho Beach Park is a park that is near Jericho Beach. The park includes a pond, a tennis court, and many picnic areas. Along with Locarno Beach Park (which is a park adjacent to Jericho Beach Park), Jericho Beach Park is hom ...

The name Jericho Beach derives from Jeremiah Rogers, who ran a logging camp in the area in the 1860s, either as a corruption of "Jerry's Cove" or else as a corruption of his company's name, Jerry & Co.

Is a playing area near the Brockton Point. The ground was established 1891 with 10 sport's groups joining together. In 1927, cricket and rugby fields were carved out.

Brockton Point is a point and attached peninsula in Vancouver on the north side of Coal Harbour. Named after Francis Brockton, it is the most easterly part of Stanley Park and is home to a 100-year-old lighthouse and several ha ...

A number of ship collisions in the waters around the point led to the construction of a lighthouse and signaling station at Brockton Point. For a time, Brockton Point had a lighthouse keeper, who served for 25 years starting in ...