Indefatigable Randi-Lee and I walked around the entire perimeter of Vancouver’s downtown peninsula on Saturday. She says that’s 14.5km. (Canada is metric, eh?) It took us all gorgeous day.
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- The day I arrived in East Van. All of Randi-Lee’s neighbors were consulted in advance about my parking in their shared alley. So there was quite a welcoming committee on hand for my arrival!
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- Vancouver Harbor
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- Grass landscaping downtown
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- Komagata Maru Memorial. From Wikipedia: “The Komagata Maru incident involved the Japanese steamship Komagata Maru on which a group of citizens from Punjab, British India attempted to emigrate to Canada in 1914 but were denied entry and forced return to Calcutta, India. There they were fired upon by British police resulting in the deaths of 20 Sikhs. This was one of several incidents in the early 20th century in which exclusion laws in Canada and the United States were used to exclude immigrants of Asian origin.”
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- “Lightshed” is an art piece that models the freight sheds that were common along the waterfront of Coal Harbour when it was an industry hub.
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- Darling house boats in Coal Harbour
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- Coal Harbour Fellowship Bell. From waymarking.com “This bell has been engraved to honour those many companies and individuals who over the years of 1891-1979 were to make up the fabric of Coal Harbour’s long history. Coal Harbour consisted of many services, from shipyards, engine and propeller shops, to all the other trades between. The work force was recognized nation wide for its expertise in construction and repairs to the major portion of Vancouver’s fishing and tugboat fleets.”
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- Urban wetlands
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- Vancouver Rowing Club
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- Princesses at the fountain depicting the Killer Whale, and honoring Indigenous People of western Canada. Stanley Park
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- Stanley Park
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- This was a first for me! A “Kid Dryer” right next to all the water features kids can splash in. Stanley Park
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- Two young otters in the last of the sunshine on the rock, and their mother swimming towards them on the right
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- Seaplane and Lion’s Gate Bridge
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- Cruise ship leaving Vancouver Harbour and heading out to sea
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- Burrard Inlet
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- Second Beach Swimming Pool, Stanley Park
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- English Bay Beach Park
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- Make Way for Canadian Geese
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- Late afternoon light and shadows in False Creek near Granville Island
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- Still smiling after all these kilometres? kilometers?
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- Moon rise and sunset light over David Lam Park and False Creek
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- BC Place stadium on left and me(!) on the right
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- Science World on the left, on False Creek
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- From Wikipedia: “Dude Chilling Park is a sign installation, originally created as a prank, which now has official public art status in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in Guelph Park. In November 2012, the sign was created as a prank by local artist Viktor Briestensky, as a light-hearted reference to Reclining Figure, a public art piece by Michael Dennis installed in Guelph Park in 1991.” ?
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- Queen Elizabeth Park In case anyone is keeping track, I drove here on Sunday, didn’t walk here on Saturday.
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- View of Vancouver from Queen Elizabeth Park
