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Francis Rattenbury. Ten of the home's
12 rooms are furnished with period
pieces, most of which were donated to
the museum by individuals; others are
on loan from the Vancouver Museum
and some are original to the house. The
attention to detail is astounding and
anyone with an interest with Victoriana
and Art Nouveau will be delighted by
this charming little museum.
The fi ne sands of English Bay
Beach
are always crowded dur-
ing the summer. At the east end of the
beach, visitors will fi nd an enormous
inukshuk created by Alvin Kanak for
the Northwest Territories pavilion at
Expo 86; it was moved to this site the
following year. The apartment high-rises
behind the beach give beach-goers the
illusion that they are lounging about at
a seaside resort like Acapulco, when
they are actually just a short distance
from the heart of Vancouver. Few cit-
ies can boast beaches so close to their
downtown core. Fleets of sailboats
skim across the magnifi cent bay, which
has recently been cleaned of pollutants.
To the west, it is bordered by the ver-
dant expanse of Stanley Park.
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The Seawall in Stanley Park, a popular
recreation spot.
© iStockphoto.com / M. Gillespie
Stanley Park lies on an elevated penin-
sula stretching into the Georgia Strait,
and encompasses over 400ha of fl ow-
ery gardens, dense woodlands and
lookouts offering views of the sea and
the mountains. Obviously Vancouver's
many skyscrapers have not prevented
the city from maintaining close ties with
the nearby wilderness.
STANLEY PARK
Lord Stanley, for whom the National
Hockey League's Stanley Cup was
named, founded Stanley Park on a ro-
mantic impulse back in the 19th cen-
tury when he was Canada's Governor
General (1888-1893), and dedicated it
“to the use and enjoyment of people of
all colours, creeds and customs for all
time.” Like New York's Central Park and
Montréal's Mount Royal, Stanley Park
was largely designed by renowned
landscape architect Frederick Law
Olmsted.
A 10km waterfront promenade known
as the Seawall
runs around the
park, enabling pedestrians to drink in
every bit of the stunning scenery here.
The Stanley Park Scenic Drive is the
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