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Vancouver Links
The following is a collection of useful links for starting your exploration of Vancouver, BC.
General
- CANADA.COM - Best starting point for almost anything and everything in Canada! Including news, city guides, shopping, TV etc
- canoe.ca - Another canadian guides / search engine thingy
- MyTelus - And another one, this time by Telus, the western Canadian telecom company
- Telephone Directory (with direct link to maps) – residential and yellowpages
- The Georgia Straight - THE source of information for Vancouver. Published Thursdays and it’s FREE! Pick it up anywhere in the city… the web page shows only a fraction of the contents!
- VANCOUVER Magazine - Another free magazine. Great tips, especially in the restaurants section! Look for the “Best of…” and “Wine Awards” sections
- Vancouver Public Library - Good source for most books… beautiful building!!!
- UBC Library - Very good source for virtually every scientific and non-scientific reference
- Canada – A People’s History - CBC production outlining Canada’s history
- BC Archives - Whateveryoueverwantedtoknow about B.C.’s past. Great pictures and even videos are available
- BC Archives Time Machine - Really nice overview of B.C.’s past in pictures and videos
- Virtual Vancouver - VR Tour of Vancouver’s downtown
Tourism
- Tourism BC - The official tourism page for B.C.
- Tourism Vancouver - Dito for Vancouver
- Adventure British Columbia - A little more outdoorish… Lists Lodges etc.
- BC Parks - Information about state-run parks throughout B.C.
- Greater Vancouver and Victoria Parks - Very nice picture and information site for parks in greater Vancouver
- Vancouver Airport - Vancouver’s international airport. Features real-time Flight Information
- Air Canada - Canada’s airline
- BC Ferries - Chances are you’ll need this service while you’re here
- VIA Rail Canada - Beautiful and relaxed way to cross the continent
- BC Transit - Has links to all public transit authorities throughout BC
- Vancouver Hotels - This seems to be a good page for booking hotels in Vancouver. Haven’t tried it, though
- Vancouver Hotels #2 - Here’s another one…
- HighStreet Corporate Rentals - Corporate apartment rentals
- YH Jericho Beach - This hostel is a great place to spend your first night(s) in Vancouver
- BBCanada: British Columbia - Bed and Breakfasts in BC
- Ticketmaster Canada - Just in case you want to do something this evening…
- The Canadian Wine Home Page - Yes! There are great wines from Canada!!! Surf and sip…
- BCWine.ca - Forget Napa! Plan your BC winery-tour here
- Home Winemakers’ Manual - Learn how it goes… Taxation-forced pastime in B.C.!!!
- Canadian Coast Guard Pacific Region - For the boaters among us…
- NOTMAR - Notices to Mariners
- Mapping Tool - Very good atlas of Canada
- BaseMap – A bit more in depth about B.C.’s geography
- Whistler-Blackcomb – Great skiing 2 hrs. north of Vancouver
- Cypress Bowl - Definitely the nicest skiing within the immediate Vancouver area… GREAT views of Howe Sound and Vancouver
- Grouse Mountain - The closest skiing area. 15 min. (to 1 1/2 hrs. depending on the BRIDGE!) from Downtown. Great views of the city and nice restaurant
- Mount Seymour - A little further away and featuring the easier runs
- Gulf Islands Guide - Great getaways!!! Only a short ferry ride from Vancouver
- Gulf Islands BC - More infos…
- Gulf Islands Online - And even more…
- Mountain Equipment Co-Op - You either wear stuff from this outdoor supplier already, or you will very soon…
News / Weather
- Vancouver @ Canada.com - The Vancouver page on Global’s Canada.com Network
- Vancouver Sun - The better half of Vancouver’s daily publishing. All the news from around town and BC
- Vancouver Province - The other half
- National Post - The big brother of the aforementioned two… A more fashionable competition to the next one
- The Globe and Mail - A little more traditional…
- UBC Library: British Columbia Newspapers - If you need some more…
- Canadian Stock Quotes - For specific financial information look here
- Toronto Stock Exchange - The direct link to the main Canadian Stock Exchange
- Weather for Vancouver - Oh, yeah… REALLY important!!! One of the two ways to find out if it rains outside…
- Avalanche Advisory - Some nice, super-important, lifesaving pages for the great winter outdoors… daily updates!
- The Kat Kam - Shows live-pix of Vancouver’s beautiful beaches. Located at the edge of False Creek. Also has links to other Lower Mainland Webcams
- Kat Kam Image - Live shot of Burrard Street Bridge / False Creek / English Bay / Kitsilano
- CBC British-Columbia - The great, traditional, public Radio and TV station’s British-Columbia site
- CTV - Another local TV station
Administrative / Misc. Infos
- City of Vancouver - The official City page. Good if you need facts about living here or any official help when you have arrived. Features a GIS Map of Vancouver
- Vancouver 2010 – Official Olympics site for the winter games in 2010
- Government of British Columbia - Oh, yeah… a loooong story… But full of information and links!
- Canada Post Corporation - Just in case you forgot which stamps to put on that letter…
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada – For those who like this place as much as I do…
- RealtyLink – Find a home in the Greater Vancouver area if you have the money for it…
- University of British-Columbia (UBC) – Yes, and that is THE university in Vancouver, my Alma Mater
- Simon Fraser University (SFU) – One more, this one is in Burnaby
- British-Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) – A technical college, also in Burnaby
- VCN Community Pages Index - Some local homegrown web stuff…
Art
- Vancouver Art Gallery - Vancouver’s main art gallery… Features mostly contemporary local or classic temporary exhibits, has a permanent Emily Carr exhibition
- Contemporary Art Gallery - Small but contemporary
- Museum of Anthropology - Great collection of Pacific-coast native art
- Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design - Art school on Granville Island…
- Spirits of the North - Native art gallery on Granville Street
Literature
The following list is by far not exhaustive. It should give you some interesting suggestions, though:
- British-Columbia Handbook
by J. King and A. Hempstead – This is a great travel guide for entire BC as well as Vancouver
- City of Glass
- Dream City: Vancouver and the Global Imagination
- Vancouver and its Region
- A History of Canadian Architecture
- Adbusters Magazine – Although its topics are certainly more focused on the US mass media and consumer market, this magazine represents a large portion of Vancouver thinking
I am taking suggestions for more links, but I HATE link exchanges, so don’t even try. Post any useful links with a short description as a comment below:
