Wendy Poole Park
Wendy Poole Park is a small triangular plot of parkland near the waterfront in the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, British Columbia. The land is at Alexander Street and the Main Street Overpass, and it was named by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation for a young aboriginal woman who was murdered nearby in 1989.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rogers Arena and BC Place.
Rogers Arena
Stadium
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Rogers Arena is a multi-purpose arena at 800 Griffiths Way in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, the arena was known as General Motors Place from its opening until July 6, 2010, when General Motors Canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with Rogers Communications. Rogers Arena is situated 1 km southwest of Wendy Poole Park.
BC Place
Stadium
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BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation, a Crown corporation of the province. BC Place is situated 1¼ km southwest of Wendy Poole Park.
Vancouver Police Museum
Museum
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The Vancouver Police Museum & Archives opened to commemorate the centennial of the Vancouver Police Department and the City of Vancouver, British Columbia in 1986. Vancouver Police Museum is situated 270 metres southeast of Wendy Poole Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Eastside and Japantown.
Downtown Eastside
Neighborhood
Photo: Bobanny, Public domain.
The Downtown Eastside is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work.
Japantown
Neighborhood
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Japantown, Little Tokyo or Paueru-gai is an old neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located east of Gastown and north of Chinatown, that once had a concentration of Japanese immigrants.
Gastown-Chinatown
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Gastown and Chinatown are in the east end of downtown Vancouver between downtown and East Van. The area is one of the oldest parts of the city and much of the early architecture and character remains, giving it a different look and feel to the glass and concrete of the rest of downtown.
Wendy Poole Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.28431° or 49° 17′ 4″ northLongitude
-123.09964° or 123° 5′ 59″ westOpen location code
84XR7WM2+P4OpenStreetMap ID
way 37057499OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q7982758
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