West Vancouver
West Vancouver is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada.
West Vancouver is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District, West Vancouver is situated on the north shore of Burrard Inlet to the northwest of the city of Vancouver. With the District of North Vancouver and the City of North Vancouver, West Vancouver is part of a regional grouping known as the North Shore municipalities. It is among the wealthiest municipalities in Canada by average household net worth.
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Worth seeing in and around West Vancouver
One place 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.
- 01Capilano Lake
Capilano Lake is a manmade lake located in the District of North Vancouver and West Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.
3.6 km · lake in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Lighthouse Park
Beacon Lane (follow Marine Dr west from Dundarave, turn left onto Beacon Lane and follow it to the park parking lot), for information about recreation programs and facility rentals).
- 02Cypress Falls Park
- 03Whytecliff Park
Marine Dr (7000 block of Marine Drive just west of Horseshoe Bay).
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Things to do
- 01Ambleside Beach
Probably the nicest sandy beach on the North Shore, though with lots of pebbles mixed in on much of the beach, unlike the almost fully sand beaches in Delta, Vancouver, and White Rock.
- 02Dundarave Beach
A small pleasant beach on the west end of the sea wall.
- 03Cypress Mountain
- 04West Vancouver Sea Wall
A mostly paved walkway along the ocean that runs between Ambleside Park and Dundarave Village.
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Where to eat
- 01The Beach House
150 25th St (at the Dundarave Pier in West Vancouver),.
- 02The Boathouse
6695 Nelson Ave (on the waterfront in Horseshoe Bay),.
- 03Carmelo's
1448 Marine Dr (Ambleside), fax: +1 604-922-4613.
- 04Osaka Supermarket
If you are looking for fresh food & grocery, it's a great place to shop!
- 05Zen Japanese Restaurant
A broad menu of Japanese food styles — sushi, sashimi, robata, plus fusion, and westcoast cuisine — executed with creativity and flair.
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Getting to West Vancouver
- Airports
- Vancouver (YVR), 19 km · Victoria (YYJ), 82 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 223 km
- Victoria → West Vancouver100 km · quickest by road, 5h 21m · C$21–28
- Kelowna → West Vancouver272 km · quickest by air, 4h 34m · C$140–210
- Calgary → West Vancouver673 km · quickest by air, 4h 51m · C$180–270
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for West Vancouver
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 West Vancouver. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inDestinations served by this terminal, all using ferries that carry vehicles and foot passengers: Bowen Island (Snug Cove) ferry terminal (20 minute crossing), operating every 1.25 to 2 hours.
- Get inNanaimo (Departure Bay) ferry terminal on Vancouver Island (1 hour 40 minute crossing), operating slightly less frequently than every 2 hours.
- Get inSunshine Coast (Langdale) ferry terminal (40 minute crossing) near Gibsons, operating slightly less frequently than every 2 hours.
- Get inReservations Reservations can be completed on BC Ferries' website or by phone.
- Get inReservations are a generally good idea, as ferries can fill up.
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If you know how people move in West Vancouver – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to West Vancouver
West Vancouver is 13 km from Vancouver, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- British Propertieshuman settlement in British Columbia, Canada3 km