Parks and Attractions in Vancouver
Located in the same building as the H. R. MacMillan Space Centre , the Vancouver Museum is dedicated to the city's history, from its days as a native settlement and European outpost to it...
This is a well-meaning but dull museum unless you're a real nautical nut. The museum's main attraction is the 1920s RCMP Arctic patrol vessel St. Roch, the first ship to find the Northwes...
If you have a real fascination with crime or an interest in the history of the Vancouver police department, this museum will occupy an hour of your time; if not, I wouldn't recommend a vi...
Designed as a courthouse by B.C.'s leading early-20th-century architect Francis Rattenbury (the architect of Victoria's Empress Hotel and the Parliament buildings), and renovated into an ...
One of North America's largest and best, the Vancouver Aquarium houses more than 8,000 marine species. In the icy-blue Arctic Canada exhibit, you can see beluga whales whistling and blowi...
Serious plant lovers will love the University of British Columbia. The prime attraction on campus, besides the must-see Museum of Anthropology , is the 28-hectare (69-acre) UBC Botanical ...
This small reproduction of a Classical Chinese scholar's garden truly is a remarkable place, but to get the full effect, it's best to take the free guided tour. Untrained eyes will only s...
The Steam Clock in Gastown is a favorite photo op for tourists, but you're not missing much if you miss it. Built by horologist Raymond Saunders in 1977 (based on an 1875 design), it's th...
The green jewel of Vancouver, Stanley Park is a 400-hectare (1,000-acre) rainforest jutting out into the ocean from the edge of the busy West End. Exploring the second-largest urban fores...
