From the Coal Harbour marinas around Brockton Point, under the Lions Gate Bridge, past Siwash Rock and along the beaches to English Bay.
مقاطع
- Coal Harbour to Brockton Point
Vancouver Rowing Club ← Brockton Point Lighthouse
Paved seawall path
The seawall leaves the rowing club and follows the harbour past moored yachts and the small wooded islet of Deadman's Island, with the downtown towers and the floatplane terminal across the water. At Brockton Point, turn inland briefly to the collection of totem poles, carved in British Columbia, first brought to the park in the 1920s and moved to this spot in 1962; several of them now replicas with the originals kept in museums. Back on the wall you pass the 9 O'Clock Gun and reach the small lighthouse at the park's easternmost tip. About 50 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Brockton Point is a headland off the Downtown Peninsula of Vancouver, on the north side of Coal Harbour. Named after Francis Brockton, it is the most easterly part of Stanley Park and is home to a 100-year-old lighthouse and several hand-carved totem poles made in British Columbia. Like the rest of Stanley Park coastline, Brockton Point is lined by the Vancouver Seawall.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا - Girl in a Wetsuit and Lumberman's Arch
Brockton Point Lighthouse ← Lumberman's Arch
Paved seawall path
Rounding the point, the view swings north to the North Shore mountains and the port cranes. Look out for Girl in a Wetsuit, a 1972 life-size bronze by Elek Imredy sitting on a rock just offshore, often mistaken for a copy of Copenhagen's Little Mermaid (the sculptor deliberately made her a scuba diver instead). The big meadow at Lumberman's Arch marks the site of Xwáýxway, a large Squamish village that stood here before the park was created. About 25 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Girl in a Wetsuit is a life-size 1972 bronze sculpture by Elek Imredy of a woman in a wetsuit, located on a rock in the water along the north side of Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Bobanny · Public domain - Under the Lions Gate Bridge
Lumberman's Arch ← Below Prospect Point
Paved seawall path below cliffs
The wall narrows along the First Narrows, where ships squeeze in and out of the harbour close enough to read their names. You walk directly beneath the Lions Gate Bridge, a 1938 suspension bridge with a 473-metre main span and towers 111 metres high. Prospect Point, the park's northern tip, sits on the cliff above you; a steep trail climbs to its lookout and café if you want the view from the top. About 25 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
The Lions Gate Bridge, opened in 1938 and officially known as the First Narrows Bridge, is a suspension bridge that crosses the first narrows of Burrard Inlet and connects the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, to the North Shore municipalities of the District of North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver. The term "Lions Gate" refers to the Lions, a pair of mountain peaks north of Vancouver. Northbound traffic on the bridge heads in their general direction. A pair of cast concrete lions, designed by sculptor Charles Marega, were placed on either side of the south approach to the bridge in January 1939.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Steve Voght from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 - Siwash Rock
Below Prospect Point ← Siwash Rock
Paved seawall path below cliffs
Now facing the open water of English Bay, the wall runs under the park's wildest cliffs to Siwash Rock, a 15 to 18 metre basalt sea stack standing alone just off the path, the only one of its kind around Vancouver. In Squamish oral history it is Slhx̱i7lsh, a man transformed into stone. A plaque nearby honours James Cunningham, the stonemason who devoted decades to building the seawall and whose ashes were scattered here. This is the quietest stretch of the loop. About 20 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Siwash Rock is a rock outcropping in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada's Stanley Park. A legend among the Indigenous Squamish people surrounds the rock. It is between 15 and 18 metres tall. It became known to mariners as Nine Pin Rock for its resemblance to a bowling pin.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 - Third Beach
Siwash Rock ← Third Beach
Paved seawall path
The cliffs drop away and the seawall reaches Third Beach at Ferguson Point, a crescent of sand backed by tall trees and lined with driftwood logs. It faces due west, which makes it the park's favourite sunset beach, and in summer it has lifeguards, washrooms and a concession. About 20 minutes, plus as long as you want on a log.
عن هذا المكان
Third Beach is located at Ferguson Point in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Eyewall · CC BY-SA 3.0 - Second Beach to English Bay
Third Beach ← English Bay Beach
Paved seawall path
The last stretch passes Second Beach, with its playground and the large outdoor pool first built in 1932, then leaves the park and runs along the West End's apartment towers to English Bay Beach at the foot of Denman Street. Restaurants, ice cream and buses back downtown are all a block away. If you still have energy, the 1.75-kilometre path around Lost Lagoon, just inland, is an easy add-on for birdwatchers. About 20 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Second Beach is located at Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. The beach features a pool, which was first completed in 1932.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: mattmangum · CC BY 2.0
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