Tourism Vancouver - Official Visitors' Guide

2015/2016

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GASTOWN MOUNT PLEASANT CHINATOWN ROBSON PACIFIC BLVD. MARINASIDE CRES. BEACH AVE. ROBSON ST. BUTE ST. BARCLAY ST. BURRARD ST. SMITHE ST. HOWE ST. ROBSON ST. SEYMOUR ST. RICHARDS ST. HAMILTON ST. MAINLAND ST. NELSON ST. HELMCKEN ST. CANADA PLACE WAY CORDOVA HORNBY ST. HORNBY ST. CAMBIE ST. BEATTY ST. DAVIE ST. DRAKE ST. HARO ST. ALBERNI ST. BAYSHORE DR. GEORGIA ST. HASTINGS ST. PENDER ST. HASTINGS ST. PENDER ST. DUNSMUIR ST. MELVILLE ST. W A T E RFR O N T R D WATER ST. HASTINGS MILROSS NATIONAL KEEFER ST. ABBOTT CAMBIE CARRALL ST. COLUMBIA ST. MAIN ST. TERMINAL QUEBEC ST. 1ST AVE. 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH COOK CROWE WYLIE LORNE MAIN ST. QUEBEC ST. ONTARIO ST. MANITOBA ST. COLUMBIA ST. ALBERTA ST. YUKON ST. ASH ST. 2ND AVE. HEATHER ST. WILLOW ST. LAUREL ST. OAK ST. SPRUCE ST. ALDER ST. M O B E R L E Y C O MMODORE LEG-IN-BOOT KINGSWAY 8TH BROADWAY 10TH AVE. 13TH AVE. 14TH AVE. 11TH AVE. 12TH AVE. 11TH AVE. 2ND AVE. EXPO BLVD. GEORGIA VIADUCT ATHLETES WAY WALTER HARDWICK AVE. WEST EAST False Creek Coal Harbour BRIDGE SeaBus to North Vancouver (Burrard Inlet Passenger Ferry) Vancouver General Hospital BC Place Rogers Arena Charleson Park George Wainborn Park CAMBIE ST. BRIDGE David Lam Park Coopers Park Andy Livingstone Park Portside Park 4 5 6 7 GRANVILLE ST. MALL A B C D E CAMBIE ST. HOMER ST. HAMILTON ST. YALETOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 9 8 FOR A GUIDED TOUR OF VANCOUVER check out the companies listed on page 40 ➔ W A L K I N G T O U R 27 4 GASSY JACK At the intersection of Water and Carrall streets proudly stands a statue of Gassy Jack Deighton, a riverboat captain and innkeeper who erected Vancouver's first significant structure – a saloon, of course – in 1867. Deighton got the nickname "Gassy" because of his propensity to jaw on at length ("gassing," as it was called). In 1870, when the town was officially incorporated as Granville, most folks called it Gastown, after Jack. Steam Clock Gassy Jack

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