Welcome
to Vancouver B.C!
Vancouver
is a cosmopolitan city of 1.8 million situated at the mouth
of the Fraser River. Bounded to the north by majestic mountains,
the city is one of the most visited cities in the world.
Vancouver
and
its many suburbs have everything a traveller could want and
more. With mountains less than a 30 minute drive away, the
best of the city's ammenities including parks and skiing are
close at hand.
Stanley
Park
is Vancouver's showcase park, as well as one of the city's
prime attractions. It is only five minutes from downtown on
a peninsula at the entrance to Vancouver Harbour. Almost half
of the park's 405 hectares (1,000 acres) is forested and connected
by a network of footpaths. Other areas of the park feature
an aquarium and many recreational facilities.
Vancouver
is also a gateway city with links by air to all major cities
in North America and the world. Greater Vancouver consists
of many neighbouring cities and municipalities stretching
for over 100 kilometres through the Fraser River Valley to
the east, across the harbour to West
and North Vancouver
and south to the U.S. border .
The Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal in West
Vancouver
services the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island. The Tsawassen
Ferry Terminal south of the Vancouver airport also goes to
Vancouver Island as well as the Gulf Islands and Victoria,
the capital of the province.
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