#Canada Place

[rabbitcruiser]

Vancouver was incorporated on April 6, 1886.

#Marine Building #Canada Place #Gastown Steam Clock #Granville Island #Burrard Bridge #Vancouver Public Library #Robson Square #Stanley Park #Vancouver #incorporated #6 April 1886 #anniversary #Canadian history #travel #summer 2023 #tourist attraction #landmark #architecture #British Columbia #Canada #flora #original photography #vacation #cityscape #2012 #Pacific Ocean #Inukshuk by Alvin Kanak #Davie Village #Sunset Beach #Digital Orca by Douglas Coupland

[illustratedvancouver]

Canada Pavilion - Pavillon du Canada 1986, a watercolour poster print for Expo86 by Thomas J. Huntley. I hadn’t noticed this print before, but I recently encountered it in a local thrift shop. If you’re looking to round out your 80s decor, this poster print might be it!

Alas, I didn’t buy it myself, and I’ve only seen it once…

#Expo86 #vancouver #painting #watercolour #waterfront #canada place

[ksparchomchuk]

Urban wildlife

Vancouver, B.C., Canada

2023

#vancouver #bc #canada #urban wildlife #canada goose #raccoon #lost lagoon #british columbia #travel #pigeons #canada place

[rickchung]

2023 Vancouver International Wine Festival x Canada Place x Waterfront.

[VIWF] returned for eight wine-soaked days of fun. Known as "the largest wine festival in the Americas", VIWF wined and dined thousands of attendees at its various tastings, pairing meals, and signature events across the city.

Bottega Gold Prosecco / Jamoneria by Arc Iberico Imports / Nakano Sakagura Umé

#rick chung #media #features #collage #wine #wines #wine festival #vancouver #vancity #downtown vancouver #coal harbour #canada place #convention #booze #alcohol #tasting #wine tasting #drink #drinks #drinking #sparkling wine #red wine #prosecco #sake #saké #rosê #rice wine

[beautythrumyeyes]

#my photography #Canada place #vancouver #waterfront

[sydney-ann-photos]

#35mm film #35mm color film #35mm camera #filmcamera #film photography #filmisnotdead #analog photography #film photograhers #photography #ishootfilm #fujifilm #fujifilm superia #35mm #superia xtra 400 #fuji superia 400 #vancouver #british columbia #canada #canada place

[frettchanstudios]

This past weekend from May 5th - 8th I had the pleasure of attending @artvancouver, Western Canada's largest art show! My hubby came with me and spent the whole weekend helping me set up my booth and attend it. He is my biggest cheerleader and support and we had a great time! I made so many new connections, appreciate some insane talent, and I was able to share and even sell some of my work. Very thankful all around!

#art vancouver #art fair #frettchanstudios #art exhibition #vancouver #artist #indigenous #paintings #art gallery #vancouverart #canadian art #canada place #vancouver convention centre

[greenbagjosh]

April 2002 weekend in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Hi everyone, bonjour a tout le monde!

I almost forgot to write about my first visit to Canada in April 2002.  I had been to Mexico a few times, but never Canada.  I found a good price for a round trip economy fare between San Francisco, Sea-Tac and Vancouver's YVR airport near Richmond, British Columbia.  

On Friday the 19th April 2002 about 3:10 PM, I took a line bus from my apartment to a bus stop near the Hillsdale Inn on Hillsdale Blvd and Saratoga Drive, and transferred to the KX bus, now the line 398 to SFO.  At the time, domestic United Airlines flights departed from Terminal 3.  I boarded my flight to Seattle about 5:00 PM.  The flight took off about 5:40 PM and arrived in Seattle about 8:10 PM at the "northern satellite".  I would have to transfer to a smaller plane, namely an Embraer E120 propellor plane.  Those were very small.  I took a 9:35 PM plane to Vancouver, the flight was just over an hour long.  I arrived about 10:45 PM at Vancouver, and it was not noticeable that the border had been crossed until the plane touched down.  About 10:55 PM I reached the gate, went through customs and picked up my black checked bag, as it would still be a few months until I would buy my first wheeled bag.  Canadian customs asked questions that seemed a bit unnecessary, but I did fine.  I was able to change money and buy a bus ticket for CA$ 2.00 to downtown Vancouver on the former B-99 line.  A transfer would be free.

The B-99 bus ran most of the length of BC route 99, from Richmond, BC, past Granville Island, to Davie Street.  From there I took a bus 6 to Thurlow Street and waked to Burnaby Street where the Youth Hostel was located.  I had booked a shared bedroom on the third floor.  I went to my room and went to sleep as I was very tired.

Saturday the 20th April 2002 I woke up and went downstairs to ask about a good restaurant nearby.  The front desk recommended Hamburger Mary's, which has since been renamed to Mary's on Davie, which was located on Davie and Bute Streets.  I walked to the restaurant, and it was in the middle of a very eclectic district.  The waiter greeted me and asked me if I wanted to eat inside or "oatside", when he meant outside.  I chose inside.  I had eggs with regular American bacon and a waffle with maple syrup.  

After breakfast I walked back to the hostel, and bought a bus pass for CA $8.00 for the day, and took the B-99 to Broadway in South Granville, then I transferred to the B-98 going to UBC, University of British Columbia through Greektown.  In particular, I wanted to see the Museum of Anthropology.  The museum had many totem poles that were so interesting.  Some had whales, bears, birds of prey, and many other animal forms.  I must have spent about an hour or so there.  Then I took the B-98 to Broadway, and the B-99 to the Granville Skytrain station.  At the time, Burrard and Granville stations as well as others, had free access as long as passengers had their tickets available.  In later years, fare gates were added.  Burrard and Granville station for the Expo and Millenium lines were one platform on top of the other.  Eastbound is below the Westbound platform.  The stations kind of look like those in Milan, Italy, particularly between Turati and Missori.  I took the westbound train to Waterfront.  Waterfront was in a kind of semi-open cut but you could find a place where the train would turn around to head east.  

Some of you may remember the building used for the 1986 Expo.  It is now called Canada Place.  At the time I was there, the building was not opened.  I could only admire the building and contemplate how it looks so much like the Sydney Symphony Hall and was built to resemble a cruise ship.  There was a ferry that went to North Vancouver, and the ferry price was included in the day pass that I had.  The ferry took about fifteen minutes to go from Canada Place to Lonsdale Quay.  Lonsdale Quay had some interesting shops, including a used CD store.  I remember buying a Glass Tiger and Genesis CD, both used, for a good price.  Later that evening I would buy a French-language CD by Céline Dion.

About an hour later, I took the ferry back to Canada Place, boarded the Skytrain eastbound to Braid.  At the time, Braid was the easternmost terminus, and there was no section to Renfrew yet.  I took the Skytrain back to Granville, I took a couple of busses to the Davie and Bute Street area.  I must have eaten a Donair, which is the Canadian equivalent of a Gyro.  Then I went to Cows Ice Cream down Davie Street, for some ice cream and souvenirs.  Although there are Cows ice cream locations in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and three other provinces across Canada, the Vancouver location has since closed, and the only one in British Columbia is in Whistler.  I am not sure why the Vancouver location closed down, but I saw signs that it was about to close for good.  So I am glad I went when I could.  Then I went back to the hostel and went to sleep.  I think it was around 10 PM.

Sunday 21st April 2002, I woke up about 8 AM and went downstairs to buy a bus ticket.  I went downtown to a Blenz coffee shop.  Blenz was at the time the Canadian answer to Starbuck's.  At the time of writing, there exist 59 locations, the majority of which are around Vancouver, some are in Nanaimo, Victoria, Whistler, and Kelowna.  I was unable to find any outside British Columbia, even in neighboring Alberta.

I went back to my room at the hostel, took a shower, packed up and took a bus to the airport.  The B-99 went down to Richmond and the airport.  I was able to check into my flight.  One peculiar thing about Vancouver airport, is that when you check in prior to security, you get your updated ticket, but the staff do not take your suitcase.  You have to put it in the security x-ray machine before passing through the United States customs.  There is a checked bag dropoff only after that.  Vancouver at the time was one of the few airports where United States Customs was located outside of the USA.  

Prior to boarding my flight to the USA, I went to the gift shop.  I had found some nice sockeye salmon and maple syrup.  The salmon was in a vacuum pack, and was perfectly acceptable to import to the USA.  I boarded my 1 PM plane to Seattle.  I would have a longer layover going back.  When the plane landed in Seattle, there was no passport inspection as that was already done in Vancouver.  I am not certain if that is what is done now, but my subsequent visit in April 2003, that was the official policy.

As I had landed in Seattle, and had a long layover until I was to return to San Francisco, I took a ride on the Satellite transport system.  It was fully underground, and operated similar to that of the Vancouver Skytrain.  The main terminal was much larger than the northern satellite.  I returned back as the flight to San Francisco would leave about 3:30 PM.  The flight lasted about two hours and I arrived about 5:30 PM.  I waited for my checked bag but it did not arrive.  I had to make a claim for United Airlines to check.  I took the KX bus back to San Mateo and a line 250 bus to Hillsdale and Norfolk, and walked the rest of the way.  It was okay because I only had my backpack with me.  I would likely have the black bag delivered the next day or so.

Monday 22nd April 2002, as expected, when I was home, United Airlines had delivered the black checked bag.  They also offered me a $250 discount on my next flight.  

So that was my weekend in Canada, which was my first visit.  I would visit Canada again in April 2003, but I would have a rental car.  My next flight would be with American Airlines from San Francisco to Chicago and farther on to Madrid and Sevilla, and back by Miami.  It would be my first visit to Spain since November 1978 so I missed the entire 1980s and 1990s of experiencing Spain.  Spain was not one of the countries that I frequently visited.  

Anyway I hope you enjoyed my personal account of twenty years since my first visit to Canada.  Until next time!  (25th May 2002)

#Canada #Vancouver #united airlines #Millenium Line #Expo Line #UBC #university of British Columbia #Anthropology #museum #Waterfront #Canada Place #North Vancouver #Lonsdale Quay #Cows Ice Cream #Blenz #Seattle #YVR #SEA #Sea-Tac #Tacoma #SFO #San Francisco #California #Washington

[pazifik-querung]

@YVR, Gate 58: With Edelweiss Air WK11/LX8011 direct service to ZRH, distance 8‘303 km, 10hrs flight time, A340-300 „Belalp“

Heute ist unser letzter Tag in Vancouver. Eine grossartige Stadt. Um 12h00 checken wir aus im Pan Pacific Hotel direkt am Canada Place gelegen. Von dort geht es mit dem Yellow Cab in 35 Minuten für 40.- Can$ zum Flughafen.

In der SkyTeam Lounge warten wir auf unseren Rückflug der sich um eine Stunde verzögert, da unsere Maschine aus Zürich mit Verspätung ankommt. Um 17h30 geht’s dann endlich Richtung Abflugpiste. Noch auf dem Rollfeld meldet Captain Beat Frauenknecht einen medizinischen Notfall an Bord. Wir müssen zum Gate zurückkehren. Die Person verlässt das Flugzeug und mit ihr das Gepäck welches noch aus dem Frachtraum geholt werden muss. Das kostet nochmals eine halbe Stunde Verspätung. Doch dafür haben alle Passagiere an Bord Verständnis auch wenn die Anschlussflüge in Zürich nicht mehr garantiert werden können. Während des Rückflugs kann die verloren gegangene Zeit nicht mehr aufgeholt werden.

Die Pünktlichkeit entspricht nicht dem, was ich von einer Lufthansa-Tochtergesellschaft erwarten darf.

#canada place #MyStarAlliance #edelweissair #flyedelweiss #instatravel

[ilcontephotography]

In 2019, a strange little pink house appeared right on the top of the historical plant of the Canada Malting Silos, built in 1905 and abandoned in 1986. The unknown authors brought the material to an height of about 35 meters to build this absolutely unique thing and added later other pieces to their creation, like a Christmas three, a gift and other decorations. 

I think I have never seen anything like this in hundreds of explorations in abandoned places!

Montréal, Québec - Canada.

© Roberto Conte (2022)

#montréal #canada #architecture #architecturephotography #abbandono #abandoned #abandoned places #decay #urbex #urban exploration #pink house #old montréal #industrial #industrial archeology #industrial architecture #factory #industrial decay

[no-oneknowsmyname]

Part one of probably many: Etho making sounds and doing things that have me going "he's sooooooooo,,,,,,,," for 4 minutes

#ethoslab #mcyt #nameless clips #i need the clips that make me happy all in one place #hermitcraft #this comp is maximum self indulgence #team canada

[rabbitcruiser]

Captain George Vancouver “discovered” site of Vancouver on June 12, 1792.      

#Canada Place #Gastown Steam Clock #Marine Building #Vancouver #Canada #Vancouver Public Library #Burrard Bridge #Granville Island #Stanley Park #Robson Square #I'll be back this summer #George Vancouver #12 June 1792 #white colonialism #architecture #Canadian history #anniversary #cityscape #travel #vacation #summer 2012 #original photography #Pacific Ocean #landmark #tourist attraction #British Columbia #BC

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: autumns.mum

#canada #fallblr #fall leaves #fall aesthetic #fall vibes #autumn aesthetic #autumn vibes #autumn colors #autumn leaves #cozy places #cozy clothes #cozy #pumpkins #earthy tones #cozyblr

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

Stewart, British Columbia

Taken September 2023

#my photos #my places #british columbia #canada #pacific northwest gothic #bears #black bear #sooty grouse #mines #lonely roads #fog

[rickchung]

2023 Vancouver International Wine Festival x Canada Place x Waterfront.

Since 1996, VIWF has spotlighted a different wine-producing host region/country with this year's festivities being themed “Celebrating South America!”

Nakano Handa-go 1801 Junmai Ginjo / Yoshi no Gawa Honjozo

Altolandon Mil Historias Garnacha 2021 / Hakutsura Organic Junmae

#rick chung #media #wine #wines #wine tasting #wine festival #vancouver #vancity #coal harbour #downtown vancouver #british columbia #lower mainland #saké #booze #alcohol #drink #drinks #drinking #canada place #convention #rice wine #tasting

[zombilenium]

Harrison Haines Photography

#gasoline station #art #photography #abandoned places #abandoned #abandoned house #urbexphotography #urbexsupreme #urbex #zombilenium #decay #sea #surreal #canada #trois-pistoles