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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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
Photo: Irene Kehler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0.
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
Photo: Zhatt, Public domain.
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
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.
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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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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