Vancouver’s Stanley Park

Vancouver’s Stanley Park

Vancouver, originally an 1870s small sawmilling settlement, is the largest city in British Columbia. It has a natural harbour on a site facing the sea and mountains. Hudson’s Bay Company set up a trading post there in 1827, but it wasn’t until the gold rush, that, like Victoria, the city flourished. Today, it’s quite cosmopolitan and has lots to offer, but the city’s #1 tourist attraction is its urban forest, Stanley Park, and we were keen to visit.

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