Brockton Point
Brockton Point is a headland off the Downtown Peninsula of 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 hand-carved totem poles made in British Columbia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brockton Point Lighthouse and 9 O’Clock Gun.
Brockton Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Andrea Schaffer, CC BY 2.0.
Brockton Point Lighthouse is located in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia. The light was first established at the location in 1890. A square tower, painted white with a red horizontal stripe, was built in 1914.
9 O’Clock Gun
The 9 O'Clock Gun is a cannon located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, that is ordinarily fired daily at 21:00 PT.
Chehalis Cross
Cross
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chehalis Cross, or Chehalis Monument, is a Celtic cross memorial commemorating the eight people who died when the tugboat Chehalis sank off Stanley Park. The monument is installed west of Brockton Point in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coal Harbour and West End.
Coal Harbour
Neighborhood
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 1.0.
Coal Harbour is a section of Burrard Inlet lying between Vancouver's Downtown Peninsula and the Brockton Point of Stanley Park. It has also now become the name of the neighbourhood adjacent to its southern shoreline.
West End
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The West End of Vancouver is one of the most popular places to hang out in the city. Located on the western half of the downtown peninsula, the compact, mostly residential area is surrounded by a string of beaches and the beloved Stanley Park, and bustling with tonnes of shops and eateries on its main streets.
Brockton Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.30091° or 49° 18′ 3″ northLongitude
-123.11695° or 123° 7′ 1″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
84XR8V2M+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 1309734922OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Brockton Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brockton Point”
- Chinese: “布洛頓角”
- Czech: “Brockton Point”
- Dutch: “Brockton Point”
- Japanese: “ブロックトン・ポイント”
- Slovak: “Brockton Point”
- Spanish: “Brockton Point”
- Swedish: “Brockton Point”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brockton Point”. Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.