Senakw

Sen̓áḵw is an area located in Vancouver in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It lies on the south side of False Creek, covering lands near present-day Vanier Park and Squamish Nation's Kitsilano First Nations Reserve No.

Type: Construction
Description: indigenous village site, housing development
Also known as: “False Creek Indian Reserve No. 6”, “Kitsilano Indian Reserve No. 6”, “Sen̓áḵw”, and “sən̓aʔqʷ”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Seaforth Peace Park and H. R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Seaforth Peace Park

Park

Seaforth Peace Park, formerly Seaforth Park, is a park in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood, in British Columbia, Canada. The park's name refers to the neighboring Seaforth Armoury. Seaforth Peace Park is situated 250 metres southwest of Senakw.

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. H. R. MacMillan Space Centre is situated 450 metres north of Senakw.

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. Vancouver Maritime Museum is situated 640 metres northwest of Senakw.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Granville Island and Kitsilano.

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.

Kitsilano

Suburb

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Kitsilano, South Granville and Granville Island form most of the northern part of the Vancouver west side. In the 1960s Kits was a neighbourhood where hippies "tuned in and dropped out" but today it has some of Vancouver's most expensive properties.