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Bright Nights in Stanley Park 2011

December 2nd, 2011 @ 2:21pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Bright Nights in Stanley Park light up the park starting tonight and running until January 2, 2012. It’s the 14th annual event that sees millions of lights decorate the park and the miniature railway. Photo credit: jelee_unleashed on Flickr View animated displays, listing to holiday music, enjoy hot chocolate, and try the fresh popcorn and [...]

Stanley Park, National Historic Site

October 17th, 2011 @ 3:38pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The Stanley Park Ecology Society is hosting a special event during their Annual General Meeting next week. They’re inviting their members and the public to sit in on a presentation from Lyle Dick, Parks Canada Historian. The talk will be about the evolution of Stanley Park as a National Historic Site (designated in 1988) along [...]

Stanley Park Halloween Ghost Train 2011

September 21st, 2011 @ 11:00am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Grocery stores have had their Halloween candy out since the last week of August so I figure with autumn arriving on Friday, it’s fair to announce this year’s Stanley Park Ghost Train. Running from October 7th to 31st, the theme this year is Circus of Disaster. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr Just reading about [...]

On This Day in History: Stanley Park Seawall

September 21st, 2011 @ 9:40am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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On this day in history, September 21, 1980, the Stanley Park seawall loop was officially completed. To avoid erosion around Stanley Park, work began on the first part of the seawall in 1917 thanks to the vision of W.S. Rawlings and James Cunningham’s initiatives with the Vancouver Park Board. Over the next several decades it [...]

Vancouver History: Lumberman’s Arch

August 29th, 2011 @ 10:05am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Lumberman’s Arch is a popular meeting place and landmark on the North side of Stanley Park, West of Brockton Point. The single log propped up by two others is a monument to the major industry that built up our province and was installed by the Park Board and the BC Lumber Manufacturers Association almost 60 [...]

Stanley Park Bioblitz 2011

August 17th, 2011 @ 1:10pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Stanley Park will host its first-ever BioBlitz this weekend. According to the organizers at the Stanley Park Ecology Society, a Bioblitz is “an extravaganza of many hands-on exploratory inventories of nature.” Participants will be in specific groups alongside science experts and given a designated amount of time to identify as many plants, insects, birds, amphibians, [...]

Theatre Under the Stars in Stanley Park 2011

July 11th, 2011 @ 5:45pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Theatre Under the Stars (“TUTS”) first premiered at the Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park in 1940 and it’s still going strong. On stage for July and August 2011 TUTS presents Bye Bye Birdie and Anything Goes. Bye Bye Birdie “Rock and roll returns to Malkin Bowl as Bye Bye Birdie, written by Michael Stewart with [...]

Summer Live 2011 Photos

July 11th, 2011 @ 1:44pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Vancouver 125 presented Summer Live this weekend in Stanley Park that saw dozens of local acts take to two stages in our city’s most beautiful setting. Hoola hoops, mini donuts, Frisbees, dancing, and more took place on the lawn with a backdrop of evergreens, surrounded by water. Since we were away most of the weekend [...]