Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin is a ship in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ben Franklin is situated nearby to Vancouver Maritime Museum, as well as near the marina Heritage Harbour.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vancouver Maritime Museum and H. R. MacMillan Space Centre.
Vancouver Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 250 metres southeast of Ben Franklin.
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. Bard on the Beach is situated 420 metres east of Ben Franklin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kitsilano and Kitsilano-Granville Island.
Kitsilano
Suburb
Photo: Flying Penguin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Kitsilano-Granville Island
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Ben Franklin
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Wheelchair access: yes
- Categories: ship, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.27775° or 49° 16′ 40″ northLongitude
-123.14774° or 123° 8′ 52″ westInception
1968Open location code
84XR7VH2+4WOpenStreetMap ID
way 170612575OpenStreetMap feature
historic=shipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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