Big Bend
Big Bend is the southernmost neighbourhood in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, located on the watershed of the Fraser River. The neighbourhood owes its name to the large bend that the river forms on its North Arm.- Type: Neighborhood with 1,650 residents
- Description: neighbourhood in Burnaby, British Columbia
- Also known as: “Big Bend, Burnaby”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Edmonds station and Royal Oak station.
Edmonds station
Metro station
Edmonds is an at-grade station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located southwest of the intersection of Griffiths Drive and 18th Avenue, near Edmonds Street, south of Kingsway in the Edmonds area of Burnaby, British Columbia. Edmonds station is situated 2½ km northeast of Big Bend.
Royal Oak station
Metro station
Royal Oak is an elevated station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located at the intersection of Beresford Street and Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby, British Columbia, a short walk south of Kingsway and Imperial Avenue.
British Columbia School for the Deaf
School
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Slope and Edmonds.
South Slope
Neighborhood
South Slope, sometimes referred to as Alta Vista, is a mainly single-family neighbourhood in Burnaby in British Columbia, Canada, just south of Metrotown.
Edmonds
Neighborhood
Edmonds is a neighbourhood in the southeast of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the city's four officially designated town centres. The area is served by the Expo Line of the SkyTrain via Edmonds station. Edmonds is situated 3 km northeast of Big Bend.
Metrotown
Suburb
Metrotown is a town centre serving the southwest quadrant of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the city's four officially designated town centres, as well as one of Metro Vancouver's regional town centres. Metrotown is situated 3½ km north of Big Bend.
Big Bend
- Category: locality
- Location: Burnaby, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.19888° or 49° 11′ 56″ north
Longitude
-122.98729° or 122° 59′ 14″ west
Population
1,650
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
84XV52X7+H3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Korean—“Big Bend” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Big Bend”
- Korean: “빅 벤드”
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