Vancouver’s Stanley Park

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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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Two Days in Vibrant Victoria

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Two Days in Vibrant Victoria

A side trip we had planned while in the Vancouver area was a visit to Victoria, British Columbia’s vibrant capital city. The city is located on Vancouver Island and requires a ferry ride to get there.

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Olympic National Park & Into Canada

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Olympic National Park & Into Canada

Just before crossing the US-Canadian border in Blaine, Washington, we stopped at the Peace Arch Historical State Park. The park ‘celebrates the unguarded US/Canada border that stretches from the Strait of Juan de Fuca (right here) to the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia’.

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