Canada Day Foray - Vancouver

[raggedy13]

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
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Looking down Cordova Street towards Waterfront Station and the u/c Woodward's development
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There were all sorts of Canada Day events at Canada Place
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Bill Good - a long-time local news anchor/radio show host
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I think they were going to be making some maple taffy here
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There was a "Quebec Zone" to celebrate its 400th anniversary
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An ice sculpture
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A military display
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Some sort of ski jump
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Some cultural performances
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And now I wander over to the Vancouver Art Gallery to check out the "Cannabis Day" celebrations
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It seems somebody put soap in the fountain
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This guy was apparently smoking a little more than just pot
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And some more boat traffic as I walked away from downtown
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[OhioGuy]

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

[ColDayMan]

Yay Canada!

[NYC4Life]

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

[dktshb]

Wonderful pictures, thanks.

[crazyjoeda]

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

[entheosfog]

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:
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[Kingofthehill]

Cool.

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

[excel]

nice photos.

[LotusLand]

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]

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

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[10101000]

Loved it. Splended