Scottish engineer George Mackay extended a rope and plank bridge 137m (450ft) over the Capilano River in 1889 with the help of two men and a team of horses....

A popular double attraction inside Stanley Park where children can pet goats, sheep and pigs - as well as the odd reptile and llama - before taking a...

Grouse Mountain is easily accessible, a 25-minute drive over the Lions Gate Bridge from the city centre, or a short bus ride from Lonsdale Quay. There's a...

Another suspension bridge - this time free - in a park with plentiful trails and picnicking areas.

With some 200 farm animals, milking displays, pony rides and a large canopied area for stroking and feeding the rabbits, this North Shore attraction (once a...

All the fun of the fair, with a roller-coaster, Ferris wheel and some 35 other gravity-defying rides. A bus ride out of town, Playland opens from late April...

On the site of the former Canadian Pacific Railway's switching yard, this community centre is home to the original Engine 374 that pulled the first...

Stanley Park has been called the soul of the city and the envy of the world. At 400 hectares (1,000 acres) it's slightly bigger than New York's Central...

The UBC Botanical Garden is a somewhat hidden (but sizeable) jewel at the intersection of SW Marine Drive and W16th Avenue. The garden sprawls over 110...

Despite public qualms over the display of captive marine mammals no one seems to care much for the feelings of fish. The regular beluga show (three daily)...

The central Library Square branch offers a well-stocked children's section downstairs, with multimedia computer stations, listening stations, internet...

Downtown may have Stanley Park on its doorstep, but the West Side boasts the highest concentration of spectacular public gardens in Canada, including the...