Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Waterfront Station
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Sidewalk stalls, Chinatown
Waterfront, Gastown & Chinatown
T
HE WATERFRONT IS VANCOUVER'S HEART.
After New
York, the city is North America's second largest port in
both size and tonnage. With the opening of the cruise
ship terminal at Canada Place in the mid-1980s, it also
became one of the world's major cruise ship ports. A
block away, Gastown's origin as a tough mill town is
masked by gracefully restored heritage buildings con-
structed during the boom years of the early 1900s. The
Landing, next to Waterfront Station, was one of the first to
be renovated. Farther along West Cordova Stree begins
Chinatown, the largest in North America after San
Francisco's. The area that was once a marsh is now
home to over 35,000 people of Chinese descent, though
its growth and prosperity did not come easily - it was
seen as a threat by seasonal workers, and a closed-
door immigration policy was imposed in 1885. Today,
Chinatown attracts throngs of shoppers looking for
authentic Chinese food and souvenirs.
Gassy Jack statue, Gastown
Burrard Inlet
Sights
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1
Waterfront Station
2
The Lookout!
3
Canada Place
4
Gastown
5
Storyeum
6
Chinatown
7
Maple Tree Square
8
Vancouver Police
Centennial Museum
SeaBus
Terminal
1
Waterfront
Station
Portside
Park
2
0
4
Granville
5
7
VICTORY
SQUARE
8
9
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classi-
cal Chinese Garden
Stadium
6
LIBRARY
SQUARE
9
0
Steam Clock
GEORGIA VIADUCT
Creekside Park
400
yards
0
meters
400
When you buy a ticket to The Lookout! it is valid for the entire day,
so you can easily return for a sunset or night view of Vancouver
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