Granville Island
Vancouver
Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, across False Creek from Downtown Vancouver, under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge. Formerly an industrial manufacturing area, it was named after Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.
The area is managed by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and includes a public market, restaurants, a marina, a hotel, the False Creek Community Centre, numerous artists' studios and workshops, and various performing arts theatres, including the Arts Club Theatre Company and Carousel Theatre.
Photo: Jay Esplana (CC BY 4.0); DanDavidCook (CC BY-SA 4.0); Canuckle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The area is managed by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and includes a public market, restaurants, a marina, a hotel, the False Creek Community Centre, numerous artists' studios and workshops, and various performing arts theatres, including the Arts Club Theatre Company and Carousel Theatre.
Photo: Jay Esplana (CC BY 4.0); DanDavidCook (CC BY-SA 4.0); Canuckle (CC BY-SA 4.0)