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Dunbar-Southlands

Dunbar–Southlands is a neighbourhood situated on the western side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, that stretches north from the Fraser River and covers most of the land between the mouth of the Fraser and English Bay.

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The place

Dunbar–Southlands is a neighbourhood situated on the western side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, that stretches north from the Fraser River and covers most of the land between the mouth of the Fraser and English Bay.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Dunbar-Southlands

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    VanDusen Botanical Garden

    VanDusen Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in Vancouver, British Columbia, in the Shaughnessy neighborhood. It is located at the northwest corner of 37th Avenue and Oak Street.

    4 km · botanical garden in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Marine Building

    The Marine Building is a skyscraper located at 355 Burrard Street in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada near the Financial District. Completed in 1930, at the time of its opening it was the city's tallest skyscraper and it is listed among the best Art Deco buildings in the world.

    3 km · skyscraper in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Jericho Beach

    Jericho Beach a Vancouver beach, is located west of the seaside neighbourhood of Kitsilano. It is surrounded by Jericho Beach Park, a grassy area with a pond, which is a picnic destination.

    2.5 km · beach in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Kitsilano Beach

    Kitsilano Beach is a beach on English Bay in the Kitsilano neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the most popular beaches in the city.

    3.4 km · beach in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Locarno Beach

    Locarno Beach is one of the beaches that line English Bay in Vancouver. It is situated in the West Point Grey neighbourhood, between Jericho Beach and the Spanish Banks beaches.

    3.2 km · beach in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Spanish Banks

    Spanish Banks are a series of beaches in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located along the shores of English Bay in the West Point Grey neighbourhood. Spanish Banks is located between Locarno Beach to the east and the grounds of the University of British Columbia to the west.

    3.8 km · beach in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Aberthau House

    Aberthau House is a spacious heritage mansion in Tudor Revival style, located at the intersection of West 2nd Avenue and Trimble Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, which currently serves as a facility of the neighbourhood's community centre. Situated on the highlands of the Point Grey neighbourhood, it overlooks English Bay, the Gulf of Georgia, and the City of Vancouver.

    2.8 km · building in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Pacific Spirit Regional Park

    Pacific Spirit Regional Park is a 860-hectare park located in Point Grey to the west of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Located in Electoral Area A, it surrounds the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus on the shores of Georgia Strait in the Pacific Ocean.

    1.8 km · park in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia

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Getting to Dunbar-Southlands

Airports
Vancouver (YVR), 6 km · Victoria (YYJ), 69 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 211 km
  • Victoria → Dunbar-Southlands
    90 km · quickest by road, 5h 1m · C$19–26
  • Kelowna → Dunbar-Southlands
    276 km · quickest by air, 4h 7m · C$120–190
  • Calgary → Dunbar-Southlands
    679 km · quickest by air, 4h 24m · C$160–250
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Dunbar-Southlands

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dunbar-Southlands. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are multiple ferries (operated by False Creek Ferries and Aquabus) in Vancouver that can take you to the two ferry stations on Granville Island.
  • Get aroundTwo ferry operators provide similar service to Granville Island, Yaletown, Science World and the Olympic Village.
  • Get aroundTrips connecting with Kitsilano are only offered by False Creek Ferries.
  • Get aroundTrips by both ferry operators generally depart on a schedule of every 15 minutes from roughly 7:30 am to 8:00 pm.

From Wikivoyage: Vancouver/Kitsilano-Granville Island, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Gibsons and the Sunshine CoastCA

    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

    29 km
  2. 0253 km
  3. 03
    NanaimoCA

    11 ways of moving, 41 sources

    56 km
  4. 04
    Powell River and the upper Sunshine CoastCA

    12 ways of moving, 22 sources

    117 km
  5. 05
    Port Townsend and the Olympic PeninsulaUS

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    130 km

If you know how people move in Dunbar-Southlands – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Dunbar-Southlands

Dunbar-Southlands is 5 km from Vancouver, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Kitsilanohuman settlement in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada2.3 km
  • West Point Greyneighbourhood in the western side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada2 km
  • Arbutus Ridgeresidential neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada1.2 km
  • South Granville Riseneighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada3.6 km
  • Vancouver Quadrafederal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada (Since 1949)1.6 km
  • Greektownneighborhood of Vancouver, Canada2 km