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Spinning Chandelier, BC artist Rodney Graham’s giant chandelier art installation under the north end of the Granville Bridge in Vancouver, illuminates, descends and spins for two minutes at noon, 4 pm and 9 pm daily. The 4.2 metre-wide chandelier is made of stainless steel and over 600 polyurethane faux crystals, and was installed on the underside of Granville Bridge at Beach Avenue in 2019. The $4.8 million piece of public art was sponsored by Westbank Corp, developer of the nearby Vancouver House condo tower.

Yes, you can walk over the Granville Street Bridge in Vancouver. The walk, including bridge approaches is approximately 1 kilometer and offers views of downtown Vancouver, False Creek, and English Bay. Sidewalks on both sides are narrow, and may be shared with cyclists. To reach Granville Island on foot, the best approach is to use the bridge’s east sidewalk, but use the crosswalk at the end to stay on Granville Street. Further along there will be steps on the left leading down to Granville Loop Park and from there walk back under the bridge towards Granville Island.

The Vancouver Canucks ice hockey team plays its home games at Rogers Arena (formerly called GM Place) in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.

For Vancouver Canucks hockey games at Rogers Arena, doors open 1 hour before puck drop. Executive suites are open 2 hours prior to the start of the game.

There is a path going around the whole of False Creek which is part of the longer Vancouver Seaside Greenway, an uninterrupted waterfront pathway running from the Vancouver Convention Centre, along the Stanley Park Seawall to English Bay, and then around False Creek past Granville Island to Kitsilano Beach. The entire False Creek section is approximately 8.5 km (or 5.3 miles) long and has many access points. A good starting point in downtown Vancouver is Sunset Beach Park near Burrard Bridge. From there, the path goes under Burrard Bridge, Granville Bridge and Cambie Bridge, past Science World and the Olympic Village and onwards to Granville Island and Kitsilano Beach Park. Returning to downtown Vancouver over Burrard Bridge is an option, or take one of the frequent ferry boats from Granville Island or Vanier Park Maritime Museum back to Sunset Beach. The path is divided down the centre, with walkers and joggers required to keep on the side closest to the water, and cyclists and inline skaters on the other side.

Vancouver’s Gastown Steam Clock was steam powered but now uses an electric motor to wind the clock mechanism and steam to produce a tuneful whistle every quarter hour.

The first Starbucks in Canada opened in Vancouver on March 1, 1987 at the Waterfront Seabus Skytrain Station. It was the first Starbucks store outside Seattle and the company’s first international location.

Vancouver’s tallest building is the Living Shangri-La skyscraper which is 201.2 metres (or 660 feet) tall.

The Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver is named for The Lions, a pair of pointed peaks along the North Shore Mountains overlooking the city. The bridge’s official name is the First Narrows Bridge.

Arthur Laing was a Canadian politician and Liberal Member of Parliament for Vancouver South between 1949 and 1953, and again from 1962 to 1972. In 1953, he became leader of the BC Liberals and was elected to the British Columbia legislature to represent Vancouver-Point Grey from 1953 to 1956. He was appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as a Senator of Canada in 1972. The Arthur Laing Bridge over the North Arm of the Fraser River and connecting Granville Street in Vancouver with Sea Island in Richmond was named in his honour and officially opened on May 15th, 1976. The south end of the bridge is located close to his birthplace, Eburne, a community that once existed on the northeast corner of Sea Island.

The nearest gas station to YVR airport is Petro-Canada on the airport approach road, just before the terminal buildings and rental car return. Gas prices are more expensive than off-airport gas stations but it is a convenient place to refuel before returning a rental car. The full serve gas station is open 24 hours a day and has a convenience store and ATM.

The Grouse Grind trailhead is near Grouse Mountain’s Valley Station Skyride aerial tramway terminal at 6400 Nancy Greene Way, North Vancouver, British Columbia.

There is no driving range at the Furry Creek golf course in British Columbia. However, there are hitting nets near the first hole, and a practice putting green by the clubhouse and 18th green.

The nearest hotels to the Abbotsford Centre are the Travelodge By Wyndham Abbotsford Bakerview and the Super 8 by Wyndham. They are neighbouring hotels located 2.5 kilometres away (5 minutes by car or 30 minutes on foot) on Sumas Way, Abbotsford, British Columbia.

A complete loop of Thetis Lake can be completed in around 1 hour on foot, assuming ground conditions are good. Located 10 kilometres (or 6.5 miles) west of Victoria, BC, Thetis Lake is split into Upper Thetis Lake and Lower Thetis Lake, connected by a narrow culvert. The 4.8 kilometre (or 3 mile) long main trail encircles both lakes, beginning and ending at the main beach near the parking area. The trail can be shortened to a circuit of just one of the two lakes by returning via the Trillium Trail which intersects the middle of the lake.

You can walk from Creekside to Whistler Village along the Valley Trail, a year-round paved trail that offers a safer alternative route away from the traffic of Highway 99. The scenic trail begins opposite Evolution in Creekside, passing underneath Highway 99 and continues past Nita Lake, through Lakeside Park, eventually emerging in Whistler Village. The well-signposted trail is approximately 5 kilometres (or 3 miles) long and takes under an hour at a moderate pace. The Valley Trail is shared with other walkers and cyclists, so keep right and allow others to pass if necessary.

The capital city of British Columbia is Victoria on Vancouver Island. Originally the capital of the Colony of Vancouver Island, Victoria was designated the capital of the united Colony of British Columbia in 1868 following the 1866 political amalgamation of the island with the mainland. The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is based in Victoria’s Parliament Buildings, which were completed in 1897.

Blackcomb Gondola opens daily at 8:30 am during ski season and at 10 am during the summer sightseeing season, although lift operation is weather dependent and times may vary. The Blackcomb Gondola runs from the base of Blackcomb Mountain by the Blackcomb Daylodge in the Upper Village and the ride takes 18 minutes to the top. Opened in December 2018, the Blackcomb Gondola replaced the old Wizard Express and Solar Coaster chairlifts to offer skiers and non-skiers a fully-enclosed year-round ride up to Rendezvous Lodge and the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola over to Whistler Mountain.

Whistler ski resort in British Columbia is named after the whistling sound made by the hoary marmots native to the area’s alpine environments. Whistler Mountain itself was originally named London Mountain by British naval officers surveying the area in the 1860s. The name Whistler Mountain was officially adopted in the mid-1960s during the early years of its development as a commercial ski resort.

The last major volcanic eruption of lava at Mount Baker occurred some 6,700 years ago. However, it is still an active volcano and there have been significant hydrothermal eruptions as recently as 1880. Since the mid 1970s, reheating has been detected along with increased emissions of hot steam and gases from fumaroles, or vent holes, in the mountain’s Sherman Crater, but no signs that renewed magmatic activity is involved.