Burrard Generating Station
Burrard Generating Station was a natural gas-fired station built by BC Electric, owned by BC Hydro since 1961, located in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada.Photo: Dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Industry
- Description: building in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Burrard Thermal Generating Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sasamat Lake and Burnaby Mountain.
Sasamat Lake
Lake
Photo: M.wernicke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sasamat Lake is located east of Bedwell Bay, which is off the Indian Arm of Burrard Inlet. It is also within Belcarra Regional Park in Port Moody, British Columbia.
Burnaby Mountain
Peak
Photo: Flying Penguin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burnaby Mountain, elev. 370 m, is a low, forested mountain in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia, overlooking the upper arms of Burrard Inlet. It is the location of Simon Fraser University Burnaby Campus, the Discovery Park research community, and the System Control Tower of BC Hydro and a residential neighbourhood with retail shops development called UniverCity. Burnaby Mountain is situated 2½ km southwest of Burrard Generating Station.
SFU Exchange
Bus station
Photo: Weixi Zeng, CC BY-SA 3.0.
SFU Exchange is a bus terminus for TransLink located on the campus of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. It opened on September 3, 1965, and consists of 2 exchanges: the main exchange located at University Drive at East Campus Road at the eastern part of the campus and the secondary, and original, exchange located at the Transportation Centre. SFU Exchange is situated 2½ km southwest of Burrard Generating Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ioco and Dollarton.
Ioco
Hamlet
Ioco is an area of Port Moody, British Columbia, located on the northern shore of the Burrard Inlet. Ioco, an abbreviation of Imperial Oil Corporation, was originally a townsite for an Imperial Oil refinery.
Dollarton
Neighborhood
Dollarton is a neighborhood in the municipal district of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1916 as the site of a sawmill and a village for sawmill workers by Robert Dollar, a San Francisco businessman. Dollarton is situated 4½ km west of Burrard Generating Station.
Port Moody
Photo: InverseHypercube, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port Moody is a city in the Vancouver eastern suburbs of British Columbia, Canada. Set on the eastern end of the Burrard Inlet, it has some fine waterfront property.
Burrard Generating Station
- Category: gas-fired power station
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.29926° or 49° 17′ 57″ northLongitude
-122.89262° or 122° 53′ 33″ westInception
1962Operator
BC HydroOpen location code
84XV74X4+PXOpenStreetMap ID
way 41675290OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q5000380
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