Stanley Park – Vancouver B.C., Canada

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Stanley Park – Vancouver B.C., Canada
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About the location (from Wiki):
Stanley Park is a 404.9 hectare (1,001 acre) urban park bordering downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was opened in 1888 by David Oppenheimer in the name of Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor-General of Canada. It is more than 10% larger than New York City’s Central Park and almost half the size of London’s Richmond Park. The park attracts an estimated eight million visitors every year, including locals and tourists, who come for its recreational facilities and its natural attributes. An 8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi) seawall path circles the park, which is used by 2.5 million pedestrians, cyclists, and inline skaters every year. Much of the park remains forested with an estimated half million trees that can be as tall as 76 metres (249 ft) and hundreds of years old. There are approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) of trails and roads in the park, which are patrolled by the Vancouver Police Department’s equine mounted squad. The Project for Public Spaces has ranked Stanley Park as the sixteenth best park in the world and sixth best in North America.

Over the years a large collection of monuments has accumulated in Stanley Park, consisting of statues, plaques, and various other memorials commemorating a large variety of things. Among these are statues of Lord Stanley, poet Robert Burns, Olympic runner Harry Jerome, and President Harding; plaques commemorating the wreck of the SS Beaver, the sinking of the Chehalis (a tugboat that collided with the MV Princess Victoria off Stanley Park), Pauline Johnson’s burial site, and the Salvation Army; a replica of the RMS Empress of Japan figurehead; a bronze statue of a Girl in a Wetsuit by Elek Imredy; and a timber-and-stump archway that replaced the original Lumbermen’s Arch built by lumber workers for a visit by the Duke of Connaught, which ultimately succumbed to rot. The original arch was a copy of the Parthenon’s front, using whole trees for the columns and gable, and was originally located on the Duke’s carriage route at Homer and Pender Streets before it was moved to the park. The new Lumberman’s Arch was built with public washrooms and change rooms, with open-air showers adjoining the former Lumberman’s Arch Pool, now a waterpark.

Movies shot at this location:
Gilli Gichi song from Yogi (Telugu)
Dil Ne Pukara song from Shakti
Kaash Aap Hamare Hote song from Kaash Aap Hamare Hote

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  1. Jurgan Turner says:

    January 29th, 2011 at 2:16 PM (#)

    I’ve saluted the statue of Bro. Robert Burns many a time. I love Stanley Park, I skate around it on my rollerblades 4 or 5 times a week in the summer to get my exercise. I would also mention the 9 O’ Clock Gun, a 50 lb cannon that goes off at 9pm every night to let us all know that our harbour is safe. It’s pretty cool to go watch it discharge.

  2. admin says:

    February 9th, 2011 at 6:31 PM (#)

    Thanks for the comment, Jurgan. Agree with what you said about Stanley Park which is easily our most favorite place in Vancouver BC.

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    February 11th, 2011 at 8:41 PM (#)

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