Vanier Park

Vanier Park is a municipal park located in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, created in 1967. It is home to the Museum of Vancouver, the Vancouver Maritime Museum, the City of Vancouver Archives, and the H.R.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Vancouver Maritime Museum and H. R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Vancouver Maritime Museum

Museum

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The Vancouver Maritime Museum is a maritime museum devoted to presenting the maritime history of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the Canadian Arctic.

H. R. MacMillan Space Centre

Museum

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The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, is an astronomy museum located at Vanier Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. The museum was opened on October 28, 1968, containing a Planetarium Star Theatre.

Bard on the Beach

Theater building

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Bard on the Beach is Western Canada's largest professional Shakespeare festival. The theatre festival runs annually from early June through September in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Davie Village and Granville Island.

Davie Village

Neighborhood

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Davie Village is a neighbourhood in the West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the home of the city's LGBT subculture, and, as such, is often considered a gay village, or gaybourhood.

Granville Island

Neighborhood

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Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, across False Creek from Downtown Vancouver, under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge.

West End

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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.

Vanier Park

Type: Park
Description: park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude

49.2778° or 49° 16′ 40″ north

Longitude

-123.14378° or 123° 8′ 38″ west

Elevation

4 metres (13 feet)

Open location code

84XR7VH4+4F

GeoNames ID

6943873

Wikidata ID

Q7914902

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Vanier Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Vanier Park”
Chinese: “凡尼爾公園”
French: “vanier park”
French: “Vanier park”
Swedish: “Vanier Park”

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Localities in the Area

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