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Marpole

Marpole is a mostly residential neighbourhood of 23,832 in 2011, located on the southern edge of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, immediately northeast of Vancouver International Airport, and is approximately bordered by Angus Drive to the west, 57th Avenue to the north, Ontario Street to the east and the Fraser River to the south.

Marpole
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The place

Marpole is a mostly residential neighbourhood of 23,832 in 2011, located on the southern edge of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, immediately northeast of Vancouver International Airport, and is approximately bordered by Angus Drive to the west, 57th Avenue to the north, Ontario Street to the east and the Fraser River to the south. It has undergone many changes in the 20th century, with the influx of traffic and development associated with the construction of the Oak Street Bridge and the Arthur Laing Bridge.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Marpole

10 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
    Queen Elizabeth Park

    Queen Elizabeth Park is a 130-acre municipal park located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on top of Little Mountain approximately 125 metres above sea level and is the location of former basalt quarries dug in the beginning of the twentieth century to provide materials for roads in the city.

    3 km · city park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    3 km · botanical garden in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Langara College

    Langara College is a public degree-granting college in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Langara College started in 1965 as part of Vancouver City College and in 1970, it opened its West 49th Avenue campus.

    1.1 km · public college in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Khalsa Diwan Society Vancouver

    The Khalsa Diwan Society Vancouver is a Sikh gurdwara organization in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1906, it is the oldest Sikh society in Greater Vancouver, and its original location was the largest gurdwara in North America.

    2.3 km · Gurdwara in Vancouver · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Little Mountain

    Little Mountain, elevation 125 m, is a mountain in the central part of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is home to Queen Elizabeth Park, which sits at the top of the mountain, and Nat Bailey Stadium, which is located near the base.

    2.9 km · mountain in Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium

    Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium, also known as The Nat, is a baseball stadium in western Canada, located in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is home to the Vancouver Canadians of the High-A classification Northwest League.

    3.1 km · building in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Knight Street Bridge

    The Knight Street Bridge is a crossing over the north arm of the Fraser River, the Canadian National Railway line, and several roads, in Metro Vancouver.

    2.9 km · cantilever bridge connecting the cities of Vancouver and Richmond · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Aberdeen Centre

    Aberdeen Centre is a shopping mall in Richmond, British Columbia. It is located in the Golden Village district on Hazelbridge Way, bordered by Cambie Road to the north.

    3.8 km · building in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Mountain View Cemetery

    Mountain View Cemetery is the only cemetery in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia. Opened in 1886, it is located west of Fraser Street between 31st and 43rd Avenues.

    2.7 km · cemetery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver Airport

    McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver Airport is an outlet mall on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia. It is located in close proximity to Vancouver International Airport.

    2.8 km · shopping mall in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Marpole

Airports
Vancouver (YVR), 6 km · Victoria (YYJ), 67 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 205 km
  • Victoria → Marpole
    88 km · quickest by road, 4h 48m · C$19–25
  • Kelowna → Marpole
    273 km · quickest by air, 4h 7m · C$120–180
  • Calgary → Marpole
    676 km · quickest by air, 4h 24m · C$160–250
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Marpole

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 Marpole. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get in{{go | name | url customercallcentre@yvr.ca | address 49.194993 | long Sea Island in Richmond | phone | hours | wikipedia Q321224 | content=The Domestic and International Terminal is the main terminal that most travellers will use, while the South Terminal has prop, small jet, and seaplane service to local communities in British Columbia and Yukon.
  • Get inSee Vancouver International Airport for seaplane flights that land at that airport.
  • Get inSeaplane airlines operating to downtown Vancouver: There are heliport facilities at YVR's South Terminal, though most flights operate to: {{go | name | url | address 49.022837 | long Abbotsford | phone | hours | wikipedia Q969671 | content=Around about east of Vancouver in Abbotsford is Vancouver's alternate airport.
  • Get inTo reach the Vancouver area from other coastal communities, travellers need to reach either of the following ferry terminals: , in West Vancouver.
  • Get inFerries travel between this terminal, and Bowen Island (Snug Cove) in 20 minutes, Nanaimo (Departure Bay) in 1 hour 40 minutes, and the Sunshine Coast (Langdale) in 40 minutes.

From Wikivoyage: Vancouver, 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

    35 km
  2. 0252 km
  3. 03
    NanaimoCA

    11 ways of moving, 41 sources

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

    12 ways of moving, 22 sources

    123 km
  5. 05
    Port Townsend and the Olympic PeninsulaUS

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    125 km

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Around it

Next door to Marpole

Marpole is 4 km from Vancouver, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.