Vancouver - 100 Summer Days in the year 2004

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you’ll never run out of things to do in Spectacular by Nature®

Vancouver this Summer. To inspire you, we’ve put together

this calendar full of inspirational ideas on how to spend your

summer days and nights. There’s a variety of fun and exciting

activities including outdoor adventure, attractions, festivals,

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get out and enjoy the fun right in your own backyard.

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Playland, BC’s premier

amusement park, features

over 30 exhilarating

amusement rides and

attractions. Open from

April-September, with

three new attractions!

604.253.2311 www.pne.bc.ca

Come see the Vancouver

Canadians Professional

Baseball Club, future stars

of the Oakland A’s, in the

greatest little ballpark in the

world - Nat Bailey Stadium.

604.872.5232www.canadiansbaseball.com

Check out Storyeum, located

in historic Gastown. In a

series of underground

theatres, Storyeum conveys

the legends of BC. Tours run

7 days a week, every half

hour. 604.687.8142

www.storyeum.com

Kitsilano’s Community

Celebration! June 25th - 27th,

family entertainment and

delicious outdoor cooking!

Featuring the 14th Annual

Kitsilano Soapbox Derby on

Sunday, 9am - noon.

www.kitsilano4thavenue.com

Spend the afternoon at one

of the Fraser Valley’s

strawberry farms picking

your very own vine-ripened

strawberries. Don’t forget

your ice cream pail!

Stroll past historical

canneries and boatyards

on the new Steveston

boardwalk.

Parking is Easy!

When you’re enjoying Summer’s long days and nights, you don’t want

to worry about parking. Enjoy the convenience of parking at one of the

EasyPark lots and take advantage of the Super Value Sunday $3.00 flat

parking rate. Visit the Tourism Vancouver Touristinfo Centre at Plaza Level,

200 Burrard Street to purchase your EasyPark $3.00 parking passes. You

will find an EasyPark map within these pages for you to use when hitting

the town this summer.

Enter to Win!

Don’t forget to visit www.tourismvancouver.com to enter to win

to be given away every Friday commencing June 21 through to

September 28, 2004*. Prizes include tickets to fun Vancouver experiences

from festivals to activities.

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juneCelebrating its 15th season,

Bard on the Beach proudly

presents Much Ado About

Nothing, The

Merry Wives

of Windsor

and

Macbeth in

Vanier Park.

604.739.0559

www.bardonthebeach.org

Vancouver Canadians

Vancouver TheatreSports®

League CSI:

British Columbia, Crime

Scene Improvisation. Their

world renowned

improvisers will instigate,

investigate and litigate the

heinous crime. The audience

plays judge and jury.

604.738.7013 www.vtsl.com

Learn a little more about

Vancouver’s birthplace by

taking one of the Gastown

Business Improvement

Society’s free guided

walking tour of Gastown.

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Pay a visit to the Yaletown

Farmer’s Market and stock up

on farm fresh berries, breads,

pickles and honeys.

Storyeum

Look for the Orange

Playland

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Don your water

wings and hit the

Granville Island

Waterpark.

Mountain bike through one

of Burnaby Mountain’s trails

and enjoy the spectacular

view from the top.

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See one of the great life-cycle

stories in nature at the

Capilano Salmon Hatchery.

Pick up some

of the day’s freshly

caught seafood

for dinner at the

Steveston Pier -

or take it easy

and indulge

in locally made

delicious fish

n’ chips.

See Killer whales,

Dall’s porpoises,

eagles and other wildlife up

close while you travel through

the spectacular Gulf Islands on a

Vancouver Whale Watch tour.

604.274.9565www.vancouverwhalewatch.com

Visit the CN IMAX Theatre at

Canada Place for a larger

than life experience. Travel to

remote corners of the world

without leaving the comfort

of your seat. 604.682.4629

www.imax.com

Visit the H.R. MacMillan

Space Centre and soar to

adventure in BC’s first

Virtual Voyage Full

Motion Simulator ride.

Don’t miss seeing The

Quest for Origins!!

604.738.7827www.hrmacmillanspacecentre.com

11 13 15 16The West

Coast

Railway Heritage Park in

Squamish is open 10-5 daily

all year. Scheduled events

include, A Day Out With

Thomas (June 11-13 and 18-

20) as well as 10th anniver-

sary celebrations on July 10th

featuring ceremonies and two

live music shows, “Abba-

Cadabera” and the “Shania

Experience”. 604.898.9336

Catch a ferry over to

Granville Island for a

great day of shopping

and adventure.

Enjoy a day trip

to beautiful

White Rock to

build sand

castles, shop and eat.

Join 30,000 music-lovers

and musicians from around

the world and across the

street for the Vancouver Folk

Music Festival, an annual

celebration of traditional and

contemporary folk and roots

music. 604.602.9798

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Wave a flag at the

Canada Day celebrations

at Canada Place or visit

Granville Island and enjoy

non-stop fun for all.

Celebrate 100 years of

Britannia Beach mining

history. July 2nd- 4th at the

BC Museum of Mining.

August 7th, explore their

copper connections with the

Copper and Fire event.

1.604.896.2233

www.bcmuseumofmining.org

Enjoy the sounds of

Canadian and International

bands of the 19th TD Canada

Trust Vancouver Int’l Jazz

Festival at the Roundhouse,

July 3rd-4th.

Pack a picnic and set out to

explore the diversity and

natural beauty of our North

Shore parks, each offering a

wide range of walking trails,

landscapes and facilities.

Experience a spectacular

35 minute scenic flight to

Victoria with Helijet in their

comfortable 12 passenger

Sikorsky S76 twin-engined

helicopters. From Vancouver

Harbour or Vancouver Airport.

Fares start at $119 one way.

Call 1.800.665.4354 to book.

Spot a celebrity in the hustle

and bustle of Robson Street,

Vancouver’s trendy place to

shop, see and be seen.

Come to Granville Island

for a sumptuous West Coast

casual dinner at The

Dockside Brewing Company

followed by ‘The Number 14’,

a fast-paced, satirical show

at the Arts Club Granville

Island Stage.

Savour the

tastes of

summer at the

East Vancouver

Farmer’s Market

at Trout Lake.

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Don your swimming

trunks and dive

into one of

Vancouver’s

fresh outdoor pools.

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Experience the excitement

of rollerblading around the

Stanley Park Seawall.

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8Catch breathtaking

contemporary dance

performances by

established and emerging

choreographers in

a number of

Vancouver venues

at the 16th

Annual Dancing on

the Edge Festival

of Contemporary

Dance. 604.689.0926

www.dancingontheedge.com

Three fast and

furious days

at the Molson

Indy Vancouver! Cheer on

Canadian favourites

when the cars

and stars take

to the streets

of Concord

Pacific Place.

604.280.INDY

www.molsonindy.com

Catch competitive volleyball

at Jericho Beach while

soaking up a few sun rays.

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HSBC Celebration of Light

Barbeque. Fireworks festival

competition featuring China

at English Bay at 10pm. BBQ

Tickets at ticketstonight.ca

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Play open-air

chess on the

steps outside

the Vancouver

Art Gallery.

Hunt for seashells

on Spanish Banks.

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competition featuring Sweden,

English Bay at 10pm. BBQ

Tickets at ticketstonight.ca.

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Become a trainer at the

Vancouver Aquarium

and find out what

it’s like to feed

and train the

animals on a

45-minute tour.

604.659.3550

www.vanaqua.org

Take the family for a picnic at

Burnaby’s Barnet Beach Park

and enjoy the fantastic view.

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VanDusen

Botanical

Garden

This 55-acre botanical

garden is a living

museum of world-

wide plants

displayed in a

spectacular

setting. Free parking,

wheelchair accessible,

gift shop and restaurant.

604.878.9274

www.vandusen.org

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Super Value Sunday parking passes available at Tourism Vancouver’s Touristinfo Centre.

Granville Island

Escape to the North Shore

Mountains with Eco Trail

Escapes. Your professional

hiking guide will introduce

you to the spectacular

natural setting of Vancouver’s

Coast Mountains. Hike of the

day is ‘Deep Cove’.

604.929.5751,

www.ecotrailescapes.com

29 30 31Visit Vancouver’s

Punjabi Market

(Main Street,

between 48th

and 51st

Avenues),

and take home

some tasty treats.

Enjoy free entertainment

during an evening with the

English Bay Buskers - magic

tricks, fire dancing, escape

artists and more.

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Spend the afternoon in

Richmond picking fresh BC

grown blueberries, then

pick-up a pint of ice-cream on

the way home!

Spend the day swimming and

laying in the sun at Rocky

Point Park in Port Moody.

Take an Aquafit

class at Kits

Pool, the

largest

saltwater,

outdoor

pool

in Canada.

16 18 19 20Try real rock climbing at

Slipstream. No experience

necessary! Specializing in

programs for families, friends

and groups, and guided

climbing on the Squamish

Chief. 1.800.616.1325

www.getclimbing.com

Take a hike through one of

Garibaldi Provincial Park’s

trails and enjoy the scenery.

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Limojet Gold Limousine

Service is the official

limousine supplier at

Vancouver Int’l Airport. All

kinds of luxurious but afford-

able limousine transfers or

charter services are available.

604.273.1331 or toll free:

1.800.278.8742.

See ‘Vancouver by water’.

Simplicity Sailing offers

private, skippered

sailing tours on

English Bay and

Vancouver’s outer

harbour. Hourly and

daily rates available;

reservations required.

604.765.0074www.simplicitysailingcharters.com

Pack your sun tan lotion

and sun glasses and head to

2nd Beach in Stanley Park

for a day of sun tanning and

swimming in the ocean.

Become a culture vulture!

Purchase same day,

half-price show tickets at the

Tickets Tonight booth at the

200 Burrard Street Touristinfo

Centre. www.ticketstonight.ca

The fun begins on the

swaying planks of Capilano

Suspension Bridge and

continues among majestic

evergreens. Experience

Treetops Adventure, seven

suspension bridges through

the trees. 604.985.7474

www.capbridge.com

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Experience some of

the best classical, jazz

and world music from

around the globe during

Festival Vancouver, August

2nd - 15th. Festival audiences

will experience glorious

voices, exhilarating rhythms

and great chamber/orches-

tral works. 604.605.8284,

www.festivalvancouver.bc.ca

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competition featuring Spain

at English Bay at 10pm. BBQ

Tickets at ticketstonight.ca.

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Cheer on the winner of

tonight’s HSBC Celebration

of Light Finale at English

Bay at 10pm. BBQ Tickets at

ticketstonight.ca.

7Discover spectacular

Howe Sound, our

ocean playground,

with Sewell’s Marina

in Horseshoe Bay.

Take an exciting

high-speed Sea

Safari wildlife

eco-tour, or

explore the

islands in your

own speedboat.

604.921.3474

www.sewellsmarina.com

Strip down to your birthday

suit and go skinny dipping at

Wreck Beach.

Grouse

Mountain

is Vancouver’s

most popular escape

to adventure. Enjoy a

range of activities

from a one-mile

aerial tram ride

to acclaimed

dining to grizzly

bear encounters to

lumberjack shows,

and more. 604.980.9311

www.grousemountain.com

Now’s the time

for fresh, wild BC

salmon - grab a

seat on a patio at

one of Vancouver’s

restaurants for some truly

innovative seafood.

Experience

authentic

dim sum at

one of the

restaurants

in the bustling,

colourful

neighborhood

of Chinatown.

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21Rediscover the 2004 Fair at

the PNE! From August 21st –

September 6th, experience

live shows, exciting exhibits,

over 40 exhilarating rides and

much more. 604.253.2311

www.pne.bc.ca

Visit Uniglobe

Advance

Travel located inside

Tourism Vancouver’s

Touristinfo Centre

at Plaza Level,

200 Burrard Street,

Downtown

Vancouver to

extend your stay

or book a last

minute Alaskan

Cruise special.

Take the

family to

Maplewood

Farms -

the kids love it!

Take a

sunset

stroll along Sunset Beach

and steal a kiss or two.

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Pack a lunch and go

canoeing, fishing, hiking,

or horseback riding at

Buntzen Lake.

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Charter a sailboat and cruise

the waters of English Bay.

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Head to South Granville’s

shopping district and enjoy

great shopping and dining.

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The Orcas have surfaced!

Spend the day strolling

the streets of

Vancouver and spot

these majestic Orcas

designed by BC artists.

Peruse the Sunday morning

paper over a cappuccino at

one of the many Vancouver

coffee houses.

22Stay out late and groove to

the beat at one of

the night clubs

on Granville

Street,

Vancouver’s

Entertainment

District.

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fishing village of Steveston,

the Gulf of Georgia

Cannery is a 110 year

old landmark that

has been converted

into a dynamic

museum celebrating

the West Coast fishing

industry. 604.664.9009 www.gulfofgeorgiacannery.com

Peruse n Visit Yaletown’s

First Nations

art galleries

for great gift

ideas for out-

of-towners

and

Vancouverites

alike.

Yuk it up at one of

Vancouver’s fun comedy

clubs and festivals.

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Experience a virgin rainforest

on a day trip to West

Vancouver’s Lighthouse Park.

Rent a speedboat and take a

day-trip over to laid-back

Bowen Island – keep your

eyes open for wildlife along

the way.

Strap on some

rollerblades and

glide along

the new Coal

Harbour Seawall.

Find a friend and take a

tandem bike ride through

Vancouver’s many green

spaces.

12 13 14 15 17Visit Tickets Tonight at the

Burrard Street Touristinfo

Centre, and purchase tickets

sold by Ticketmaster as well

as tickets for shows from

independent producers.

www.ticketstonight.ca

Discover the innovation,

beauty and diversity of

Vancouver’s dance scene at

The Dance Centre’s Annual

Open House, September 17th

and 18th. Open rehearsals,

classes, workshops, perform-

ances and presentations.

604.606.6400

www.thedancecentre.ca

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For a refreshing taste of Italy,

head to ‘The Drive’ for

gelato. Need a little pick-me-

up? Enjoy a robust Italian

espresso.

Spend the afternoon

viewing the many

inspiring art galleries

along South Granville’s

Gallery Row.

Let your taste

buds enjoy

one of many

flavoured ice

creams at one

of Vancouver’s

ice cream parlors.

Bring your picnic along to

Cypress Provincial Park and

enjoy the view of Vancouver,

Mount Baker, the Gulf

Islands, and Vancouver

Island.

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time hiking the

Grouse Grind,

and enjoy the

view from

the top.

Head to the market for

local produce and BC wines,

and throw a BBQ to celebrate

the season’s bounty.

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Pick out the perfect summer

novel–peruse one of the 1.2

million books at the

Coliseum-like Vancouver

Central Library.

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Lighthouse Park

Visit the bustling Asian

mega malls in Richmond for

some chic, Hong Kong-style

shopping.

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Grab your mountain bike and

explore the trails through the

UBC Endowment Lands.

Enjoy food from local

restaurants and

entertainment for the whole

family at the ‘Nibbles and

Bites of Richmond’ event.

Paddle your way

through English Bay on

a kayak adventure.

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Tee off at one

of Vancouver’s

spectacular

golf courses,

and enjoy a side

serving of scenery with

your round of golf. Fore!

Immerse

yourself in the

sights, sounds

and smells of

the Chinatown

Night Market.

Stroll South Main

Street for a mix of

old and new: discover

hip new clothing

designers and shop

for classic antiques.

For a new perspective on life,

and a great view of Howe

Sound, hike the Stawamus

Chief in Squamish.

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Get into the swing of summer

and swing your racket at

one of Vancouver’s 180 free

public tennis courts.

Hop on the SeaBus for a

view of the harbour and the

bustling port, then hit the

shops at Lonsdale Quay on

the North Shore.

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touch to your

summer

correspondence,

buy Chinese

stamps at the

Chinese Post Office.

Grab a seat on a park

bench at Ambleside

Beach and get a prime

view of the cruise ships

as they sail by.

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Enter to Win!Don’t forget to visit www.tourismvancouver.com to enter to win

to be given away every Friday commencing June 21 through to

September 28, 2004*. Prizes include tickets to fun Vancouver experiences

from festivals to activities.

Here is a sampling of what you could win:

• Whale Watching Expedition

• Transportation for two people on Helijet’s service between Vancouver and Victoria

• Festival Vancouver Tickets

• H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Passes

• Vancouver Folk Music Festival Tickets

• Capilano Suspension Bridge Passes

• Family Pass for four to the Gulf of Georgia Cannery

*Full contest rules and regulations available online at tourismvancouver.com.

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