Prospect Point
Prospect Point is a point at the northern tip of Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located on the south side of the First Narrows of Burrard Inlet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Propect Point Light and Lions Gate Bridge.
Propect Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Colin Knowles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Propect Point Light is a lighthouse.
Lions Gate Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Bobanny, Public domain.
The Lions Gate Bridge, opened in 1938 and officially known as the First Narrows Bridge, is a suspension bridge that crosses the first narrows of Burrard Inlet and connects the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, to the North Shore municipalities of the District of North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver.
Stanley Park
Park
Stanley Park is a 405-hectare public park in British Columbia, Canada, that makes up the northwestern half of Vancouver's Downtown peninsula, surrounded by waters of Burrard Inlet and English Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Vancouver and Coal Harbour.
West Vancouver
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
West Vancouver is a suburban area of Vancouver's North Shore in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It has a few good parks, excellent hikes and some of the most expensive property in Canada.
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.
Prospect Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.31404° or 49° 18′ 51″ northLongitude
-123.14133° or 123° 8′ 29″ westElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
84XR8V75+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 39606311OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Prospect Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Prospect Point (punta sa Canada, British Columbia)”
- Cebuano: “Prospect Point”
- Swedish: “Prospect Point, British Columbia”
- Swedish: “Prospect 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 “Prospect Point”. Photo: Thom Quine, CC BY 2.0.