British Columbia
Metro Vancouver Regional District
Burnaby

Big Bend

Big Bend is the southernmost neighbourhood in , , , located on the watershed of the . The neighbourhood owes its name to the large bend that the river forms on its North Arm.
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  • 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.

Metro station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
Edmonds is an at-grade station on the Expo Line of '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 area of Burnaby, British Columbia. is situated 2½ km northeast of Big Bend.

Metro station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
Royal Oak is an elevated station on the Expo Line of 's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located at the intersection of Beresford Street and Royal Oak Avenue in , British Columbia, a short walk south of Kingsway and Imperial Avenue.

School
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a provincial school in Burnaby, British Columbia with day programs serving deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Slope and Edmonds.

Neighborhood
, sometimes referred to as Alta Vista, is a mainly single-family neighbourhood in in British Columbia, Canada, just south of .

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood in the southeast of , 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 station. is situated 3 km northeast of Big Bend.

Suburb
Photo: Darren Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town centre serving the southwest quadrant of , 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. is situated 3½ km north of Big Bend.

Big Bend

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
node 1822256278
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
13495382
Wiki­data ID
Q48780227
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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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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 “Big Bend”. Photo: Kenny Louie, CC BY 2.0.