List of attractions and monuments in Stanley Park
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is one of the most popular attractions in the city for both tourists and local residents, drawing an estimated eight million visitors every year. The following is a list of the many statues, monuments, recreational facilities, and natural features that attract visitors to Stanley Park
Stanley Park
Stanley Park is a 404.9 hectare 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....
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Statues
- David OppenheimerDavid OppenheimerDavid Oppenheimer was a successful entrepreneur, the second mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, and a National Historic Person of Canada.-Early life:...
Memorial Bust – Mayor of Vancouver from 1888–1891, this bust was cast in 1911. Located at the English Bay entrance. - Girl in a Wetsuit – Unable to obtain a licence to replicate Copenhagen'sCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
Little Mermaid statue, the city commissioned a modern version with diving maskDiving maskA diving mask is an item of diving equipment that allows scuba divers, free-divers, and snorkelers to see clearly underwater. When the human eye is in direct contact with water as opposed to air, its normal environment, light entering the eye is refracted by a different angle and the eye is unable...
, wetsuitWetsuitA wetsuit is a garment, usually made of foamed neoprene, which is worn by surfers, divers, windsurfers, canoeists, and others engaged in water sports, providing thermal insulation, abrasion resistance and buoyancy. The insulation properties depend on bubbles of gas enclosed within the material,...
, and swimfins. It was created by Elek Imredy and placed on 9 June 1972. - Harry JeromeHarry JeromeHenry "Harry" Winston Jerome, was a Canadian track and field runner. He was the grandson of John Howard, a railway porter who represented Canada in the 1912 Summer Olympics....
– OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
runner from Vancouver. - Lord Stanley – Located at the entrance to the park.
- President HardingWarren G. HardingWarren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator...
Memorial – USUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
President, commemorating his visit. Located between the Pavilion and Malkin Bowl - Robert BurnsRobert BurnsRobert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...
– Located at the entrance to the park.
Monuments and plaques
- SS BeaverBeaver (steamship)Beaver was the first steamship to operate in the Pacific Northwest of North America. She made remote parts of the west coast of Canada accessible for maritime fur trading and was chartered by the Royal Navy for surveying the coastline of British Columbia....
tablet and cairn – the first steamship in the Pacific NorthwestPacific NorthwestThe Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
that wrecked on the shore below Prospect Point in 1888. - SS Beaver Walking Beam – Located at Prospect Point.
- Brockton PointBrockton PointBrockton Point is located in Vancouver harbour at the east end of Stanley Park. It is named after Francis Brockton. Brockton Point Lighthouse, an automated light, is located at the point....
lighthouseLighthouseA lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.... - Chehalis Cross – The Chehalis tugboat sank off Stanley Park after colliding with the MV Princess VictoriaMV Princess VictoriaMV Princess Victoria was one of the earliest roll-on/roll-off ferries. Built in 1947, she operated from Stranraer to Larne. During a severe European windstorm on 31 January 1953, she sank in the North Channel with the loss of 133 lives, the deadliest maritime disaster in United Kingdom waters...
. Located west of Brockton Point. - Edward StampEdward StampEdward Stamp was an English mariner and entrepreneur who contributed to the early economic development of British Columbia and Vancouver Island...
– Located beside the seawall between Brockton Point Lighthouse and the Brockton Oval, marking the site of the first logging operations in the park. - HMS EgeriaHMS Egeria (1873)HMS Egeria was a 4-gun screw sloop of the Fantome class launched at Pembroke on 1 November 1873. She was named after Egeria, a water nymph of Roman mythology, and was the second ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name...
Benchmark – An inscribed concrete slab, which was set by the Royal EngineersRoyal EngineersThe Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....
in 1865 and used as a survey point in 1898 by the Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
survey ship, HMS Egeria. Located west of the 9 O'Clock Gun. - RMS Empress of JapanRMS Empress of Japan (1891)RMS Empress of Japan, also known as the "Queen of the Pacific", was an ocean liner built in 1890-1891 by Naval Construction & Armament Co., Barrow, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships...
– Replica figurehead of what was once the fastest ship on the PacificPacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
that operated between 1891 and 1922. - Ferguson Point (Battery) Monument – Ferguson Point
- Garden of Remembrance – Garden containing Air Force memorial plaques.
- Hallelujah Point Monument – Marking the site used by the Salvation ArmySalvation ArmyThe Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church known for its thrift stores and charity work. It is an international movement that currently works in over a hundred countries....
. - Japanese Canadian War Memorial – Located near the Aquarium, erected in memory of Japanese Canadians that served in the First World War.
- James Cunningham – Plaque inlaid cliffside on the seawall near Siwash Rock in remembrance of Jimmy Cunningham, the master stonemason who directed construction of the seawall for years. Stones were left out of the seawall near this spot, where Cunningham's ashes were laid to rest.
- Jubilee Fountain – Purchased from ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
after its World's FairWorld's FairWorld's fair, World fair, Universal Exposition, and World Expo are various large public exhibitions held in different parts of the world. The first Expo was held in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, in 1851, under the title "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All...
in 1934 to commemorate Vancouver's fiftieth anniversary in 1936. Located in the east end of Lost Lagoon. - Lumberman's Arch – A structure made from wooden beams erected in 1952 in the place of the original Bowie Arch, which was built by lumber workers in 1912 as organized labour's contribution to the celebration of a visit by the Duke of ConnaughtPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and StrathearnPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation.Born the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and...
. - Pauline JohnsonPauline JohnsonEmily Pauline Johnson , commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century...
(Tekahionwake) Memorial – Located in the woods near Third Beach. - Port of VancouverPort of VancouverThe Port of Vancouver was the name of the largest port in Canada, the largest in the Pacific Northwest, and the largest port on the West Coast of North America by metric tons of total cargo, with 76.5 million metric tons...
– Explains port of Vancouver landmarks - Queen Victoria Memorial Fountain – Placed to commemorate her death. Located across from the Rowing ClubVancouver rowing clubVancouver Rowing Club is a rowing club in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,Originally formed in 1886 as the Vancouver Boating Club, the first clubhouse was built a year later. In 1890 one of the city's early athletic rivalries began when the Burrard Inlet Rowing Club built its headquarters just...
. - Stanley Park Centennial – Plaque placed in 1988 to commemorate the official opening of the park. Located off the seawall between Beaver Lake trail and Lions Gate Bridge.
- ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
Monument and Gardens – Located near the maintenance yard, this garden consists of plants mentioned in the Bard's plays. - Totem poleTotem poleTotem poles are monumental sculptures carved from large trees, mostly Western Red Cedar, by cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America...
s – Located at Brockton Point, this is the most visited tourist attraction in British Columbia. The original poles were moved to museums in order to preserve them. The existing poles in the park were commissioned or loaned to the park board between 1986 and 1992. - Two Spirits Sculpture – Slightly hidden, this sculpture is found just west of the crossroads of trails that enter into Stanley Park from the swimming pool located at Second Beach. The sculpture was created in the mid-1990s and depicts the silhouetted head of an aboriginal person against its own image. The sculpture was chiseled into a stump that remains from one the large trees in the area.
Recreation/entertainment
- Aquarium
- Brockton Oval
- Children's Farmyard
- Malkin Bowl – This is the venue for Theatre Under the StarsTheatre Under the Stars (Vancouver)Theatre Under The Stars, commonly referred to as TUTS, is one of Vancouver's largest musical theatre companies. The society presents two musicals during the summer season at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park, British Columbia.-History:...
. - Miniature Railway: The trainTrainA train is a connected series of vehicles for rail transport that move along a track to transport cargo or passengers from one place to another place. The track usually consists of two rails, but might also be a monorail or maglev guideway.Propulsion for the train is provided by a separate...
is a replica of Locomotive Engine #374, which pulled the first transcontinentalTranscontinental railroadA transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders. Such networks can be via the tracks of either a single railroad, or over those owned or controlled by multiple railway companies...
passenger train into Vancouver in 1886. - Nature House – Headquarters of the Stanley Park Ecology Society, located on the south shore of Lost Lagoon.
- Pitch and puttPitch and puttPitch and putt is an amateur sport, similar to golf. The maximum hole length for international competitions is with a maximum total course length of . Players may only use three clubs; one of which must be a putter...
golfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
course - Vancouver Rowing ClubVancouver rowing clubVancouver Rowing Club is a rowing club in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,Originally formed in 1886 as the Vancouver Boating Club, the first clubhouse was built a year later. In 1890 one of the city's early athletic rivalries began when the Burrard Inlet Rowing Club built its headquarters just...
- SeawallSeawall (Vancouver)The seawall in Vancouver, Canada is a stone wall that was constructed around the perimeter of Stanley Park to prevent the erosion of the park's foreshore. Colloquially, the term also denotes the pedestrian, bicycle, and roller blading pathway on the seawall, and which has been extended far outside...
- Second Beach Pool
- Water Park
Places
- Air ForceCanadian Forces Air CommandThe Royal Canadian Air Force , formerly Canadian Forces Air Command, is one of three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
Garden of Remembrance – Located on the knoll west of the Pavilion. - Brockton Point
- Ceperley Meadow – Children's play area that will be the site of a new playground commemorating victims of the Air India flight 182Air India Flight 182Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Montreal–London–Delhi route. On 23 June 1985, the airplane operating on the route a Boeing 747-237B named after Emperor Kanishka was blown up by a bomb at an altitude of , and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while in Irish airspace.A...
bombing. - Deadman's IslandDeadman's Island (Vancouver)Deadman Island is a 3.8 ha island to the south of Stanley Park in Coal Harbour in Vancouver, British Columbia. The indigenous Sḵwxwú7mesh name is "skwtsa7s", meaning simply "island." Officially designated "Deadman Island" by the Geographical Names Board of Canada in 1937. it is commonly referred to...
- Ferguson Point
- Lumberman's Arch picnic area
- Prospect Point
- RhododendronRhododendronRhododendron is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers...
Garden - RoseRoseA rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...
Garden - ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
Garden – Consists of trees mentioned in his work. - Stanley Park Pavilion
Natural attractions
- Beaver Lake
- Second and Third Beaches
- Hollow Tree
- National Geographic Tree – A large western redcedar named because it was pictured in the magazine's October 1978 issue.
- Siwash RockSiwash RockSiwash Rock is a famous rock outcropping in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada's Stanley Park. A legend among the Indigenous Squamish surrounds the of the rock...
- Lost LagoonLost LagoonLost Lagoon is an artificial, captive 16.6-hectare body of water, west of Georgia Street, near the entrance to Stanley Park in Vancouver, Canada. Surrounding the lake is a trail, and it features a lit fountain that was erected by Robert Harold Williams to commemorate the city's golden jubilee...
External links
- Stanley Park Landmarks, Vancouver Park Board, Park and Gardens.
- Heritage Register Information: Landscape Resources, City of Vancouver, Community Services.