Travel to Canada

Day 12 Vancouver

Vancouver: We continue the tour by the Museum of Anthropology, which has the largest collection of Indian wood carvings in the world and an extensive collection of totems. It also has one of the best collections of native art of the peoples of the northwest coast of the world. The museum is located on a hill overlooking the ocean and particularly highlights the Great Hall, in which you can see real size totem poles, canoes, etc, and through its glass wall offers excellent views over the sea and the Exhibition located on the outside which includes two Haida houses and a collection of totems.

In the southern part of the city of Vancouver highlights the Maritime Museum, which include the schooner St. Roch, built as a supply ship for the RCMP in 1928. We can also find the Vancouver Museum and Space Centre, Queen Elizabeth Park, Bloedel Conservatory, Van Dusen Botanical Gardens and the Old Hastings Mill Store, which was the first grocery store in Vancouver and one of the few wooden buildings that survived the great fire in 1886.

At lunchtime we approach to the commercial complex Granville Island Public Market, where you can find all kinds of restaurants, installed in an old abandoned warehouse. This former industrial area now has a fantastic range of shops, galleries and artist studios located in warehouses and sheds painted with bright colors. Daily Market offers a choice that reflects the ethnic diversity of Vancouver. The shore known as False Creek is full of cafes and restaurants.

North of Vancouver you can find another group of tourist attractions. One of them is the Royal Hudson steam train. It is a replica of the Royal Hudson that used Queen Elizabeth across Canada in 1939. Was restored for tourism in 1974, retaining the period furniture in the first class carriages. The Lonsdale Quay Market, located in what is part of the SeaBus terminal, is a complex that includes a market for different types of products, hotel, bars, etc.

The Lynn Canyon Park and Ecology Centre are located between Seymour and Grouse mountains. The first is famous for its forests and is very popular for hiking. There are several marked paths passing by waterfalls and cliffs. If it enters into the quieter parts of the park one can find American black bears, mountain lions and black-tailed deer. Stresses the view from the suspension bridge that crosses the canyon, 70 feet high. The Grouse Mountain offers magnificent views of Vancouver and on clear days see the island reaches Vancouver. You can go to the top by a 3-mile path that climbs the mountain of 1211 meters or use the Skyride cable car (about $30).

The Capilano Suspension Bridge is the famous pedestrian suspension bridge located north of Vancouver. The first bridge was built in 1903 and has been replaced three times since then. The current bridge dates from 1956 and more than 22 million visitors have walked the 135 meters through the canyon. Capilano River runs 78 meters above the bridge. Across the valley there are trails that run through the woods and they lead, for example, to a cascade of 6l meters. Near the bridge you can see totems placed on their time by the Indians.

Located next to the Burrard channel, Lighthouse Park is considered an ideal place for a picnic. Built in 1912, Atkinson Lighthouse is located in a wilderness area of forests and rocky cliffs. Lighthouse operates autonomously and therefore is not open to visitors. Stresses the path that leads to a viewpoint of 18 meters located near the Point Atkinson lighthouse.