Canada Day Foray - Vancouver

raggedy13 · #1 Posted **Jul 3, 2008, 1:44 AM**

Hi all, here are some pics I took on a brief excursion downtown yesterday to check out some of the Canada Day festivities:

Boat traffic under the Granville Street Bridge as I walked toward downtown over the Burrard Street Bridge

Looking down Cordova Street towards Waterfront Station and the u/c Woodward's development

There were all sorts of Canada Day events at Canada Place

Bill Good - a long-time local news anchor/radio show host

I think they were going to be making some maple taffy here

There was a "Quebec Zone" to celebrate its 400th anniversary

An ice sculpture

A military display

Some sort of ski jump

Some cultural performances

And now I wander over to the Vancouver Art Gallery to check out the "Cannabis Day" celebrations

It seems somebody put soap in the fountain

This guy was apparently smoking a little more than just pot

And some more boat traffic as I walked away from downtown

OhioGuy · #2 Posted **Jul 3, 2008, 2:03 AM**

Looks like a gorgeous day to be out & about in Vancouver for Canada Day. Thanks for the nice pics.

ColDayMan · #3 Posted **Jul 3, 2008, 3:07 AM**

Yay Canada!

NYC4Life · #4 Posted **Jul 3, 2008, 3:36 AM**

Great pictures. Vancouver deserves its moments for the 2010 Olympic games

dktshb · #5 Posted **Jul 3, 2008, 4:22 AM**

Wonderful pictures, thanks.

crazyjoeda · #6 Posted **Jul 4, 2008, 2:01 AM**

Looking at your last pics it looks like another crane is being added to our port.

entheosfog · #7 Posted **Jul 5, 2008, 2:20 AM**

Nice pics! The weather was perfect that day.

I took an eerily similar picture to yours, third from the bottom. I think I was there a bit earlier than you:

Kingofthehill · #8 Posted **Jul 5, 2008, 2:24 AM**

Cool.

Vancouver seems to to have a good track record of being open to new things.

excel · #9 Posted **Jul 5, 2008, 7:38 AM**

nice photos.

LotusLand · #10 Posted **Jul 5, 2008, 10:22 PM**

Downtown Vancouver always has lots going on! This Canada day was awesome and lots more people were out and about. Every day is Cannabis day in Van

Pinion · #11 Posted **Jul 6, 2008, 3:37 AM**

Some more Canada Day photos not worthy of their own thread. Taken with my cell phone as usual.

10101000 · #12 Posted **Jul 7, 2008, 4:09 PM**

Loved it. Splended