Bowen Island, British Columbia, is an island municipality in Howe Sound, is part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and is an island included within the jurisdiction of the Islands Trust. Approximately 6 km wide by 12 km long, the island at its closest point is about 3 km west of the mainland. There is regular ferry service from Horseshoe Bay, as well as three water taxi services. The population of 3,402 is supplemented in the summer by roughly 1,500 visitors, as Bowen Island is a popular vacation home location for British Columbians. About 500 workers and over 200 students commute to offices and schools on the mainland each day.
Population: 3,551
Latitude: 49° 23' 4.92" N
Longitude: -123° 20' 10.39" W
The Institute of Asian Research (IAR) at the University of British Columbia is a research institute founded in 1978 and has been the foremost research centre in Canada for the inter-disciplinary study of Asia. With a broad geographic reach extending…
Hastings Community Elementary is a public elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia part of School District 39 Vancouver.
A set of six squatted houses, including one women-only squat, that existed between February and November 27, 1990 in Vancouver in one of the most successful public squats in Canada.
The Electra Building in Vancouver, British Columbia was built in 1957 as the new headquarters for the BC Electric Company, under its president Dal Grauer. A few days after Grauer's death in 1961, it became part of a new provincial crown corporation …
The Defence Islands are two small islands in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of Anvil Island and in the northern reaches of that sound near Porteau Cove. The easterly and smaller of the two comprises Defence Island Indian Res…
Brockton School is an independent, co-educational school located in the Lynn Valley neighbourhood of the district municipality of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Aberthau House (previously known as Rear House) is a spacious heritage mansion in Tudor Revival style, located at the intersection of West 2nd Avenue and Trimble Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, which currently serves as a facility of the neig…
Whytecliff Park is located near West Vancouver's Horseshoe Bay Neighbourhood, the original name of which was White Cliff City, which opened in 1909. In 1914, Colonel Albert Whyte pressed for the spelling change from White Cliff City to Whytecliff. T…
War Memorial Gymnasium is a gymnasium on the University of British Columbia campus. It was officially dedicated on October 26, 1951 to the family members of service personnel who lost their lives in the two world wars. The Memorial walls have since …
The Or Gallery is a non-profit artist run centre based in Vancouver, Canada. The gallery is run by a paid Director/Curator and a voluntary Board of Directors. The Director/Curator of the Or is an appointed working artist who is hired for a limited t…
North Vancouver railway station in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a railway station which is used by the Rocky Mountaineer train service. The station is used on the Whistler Sea-to-Sky Climb route that links Whistler to North Vancouve…
The National Core for Neuroethics at the University of British Columbia was established in August 2007, with support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, the Canada Foundation for Innovation,…
Marpole Loop is part of the TransLink system, it is the southernmost transit exchange in the City of Vancouver.
Kootenay Loop is a major public transit exchange in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Hudson's Bay Company's flagship Vancouver store is a six-storey building in downtown Vancouver.
Hillcrest Park is located in the Riley Park-Little Mountain neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Crown Mountain is a mountain located north of North Vancouver, British Columbia in the North Shore Mountains and is visible from most of Vancouver and area.
Corriente Resources is a multinational corporation based in Canada that plans to open an open-pit copper mine in the Ecuadorian rainforest.