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BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek , it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), a crown corporation of the province.
West Building interior West Building entrance Olympic Cauldron at Jack Poole Plaza. The West Building is directly adjacent to Canada Place and consists of 110,000 m 2 (1,200,000 sq ft) total interior space including 20,490 m 2 (220,500 sq ft) of convention space, 8,400 m 2 (90,000 sq ft) of retail space along a public waterfront promenade, and 450 parking stalls.
Howe Street entrance: serves Canada Place, with underground connection to Sinclair Centre and Waterfront Centre at concourse level. No elevator is available at this entrance. Granville Street entrance : a new entrance opened 2009 in conjunction to the opening of the Canada Line. Located at the south end of platform 3 and 4 (Canada Line).
It was once a favorite place to smuggle alcohol from the US into Alberta during its period of prohibition from 1916 to 1923, then from Canada during the US prohibition, which ended in 1933. [ 28 ] 48°59′54.60″N 113°5′46.68″W / 48.9985000°N 113.0963000°W / 48.9985000; -113.0963000
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia. As of 2024, British Columbia has 161 municipalities, [1] out of which 53 are classified as cities. [2] According to the 2021 Canadian census, British Columbia is the third most populous province in Canada, with 5,000,879 inhabitants, and the second largest province by land area, covering 920,686.55 square kilometres (355,479.06 square miles).
In 2024, Canada Place was co-named Komagata Maru Place in honor of a 1914 incident when the Komagata Maru steamship (also known as the Guru Nanak Jahaaz) brought 376 Punjabis (337 Sikhs, 27 Muslims and 12 Hindus) to Vancouver, most of whom were denied entry, detained for two months with a lack of medical aid, food or water, and then forced to ...
The station is located at the intersection of Cambie Street and King Edward Avenue in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and serves the neighbourhoods of Riley Park–Little Mountain and South Cambie. [2] The station is within walking distance of BC Children's Hospital, Nat Bailey Stadium, and Queen Elizabeth Park.
The first major public building constructed by the provincial government after union with Canada, built to house the Supreme Court of British Columbia; previously served as the home of the Maritime Museum of BC; now standing empty and in need of significant repairs. Fort Alexandria [38] 1821 (established) 1925 Alexandria