With 4 days to go, Huub and I met Geoff and Joanne at Granville Island.I like Granville Island for its industrial warehouse heritage architecture (most of the island's old industrial buildings have been retained). And for its location- underneath the Granville Street bridge on False Creek and close proximity to where I live (just down the hill). At Christmas time, there's lots going on. My fav spots there are Paper-Ya, Edible BC (did a great kayak trip through them a couple of years ago to Gulf Islands) and the many local arts and crafts studios. Fun to just walk around and explore.
Originally called Industrial Island, the island was reclaimed in 1915 to create an industrial area near the City. It consisted mainly of corrugated-tin factories serving the forest, mining, construction and shipping sectories. By 1920, over 1200 workers were employed on the island mostly arriving to work by street car.
For the Olympics, a streetcar has been brought in from Belgium (Bombardier) running from the Canada Line station at Olympic Village to Granville Island which will be great.
