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Southeast False Creek (SEFC) is the neighbourhood designated by Cambie, Main, West 2nd Avenue, and False Creek. [16] The 2010 Olympic Village , for athlete housing and logistics of the Winter Olympics , is found in Southeast False Creek.
In 1984 the "Tymac II" was leased by False Creek Ferries for the newly created Maritime Museum run to Kitsilano pending completion of the remaining three Spirit class ferries, "Spirit of False Creek 3", "Spirit of False Creek 4" and "Spirit of False Creek 5". [6] In 1985, George Pratt sold his share in Granville Island Ferries to George McInnis.
Map of New Westminster District, 1877. Senakw is marked "I.R." ("Indian Reserve") near False Creek. Sen̓áḵw was a seasonal village site of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) people, located at the head of False Creek, an area abundant in natural resources such as cedar, salmon, and shellfish.
Being fixed, it blocked the flow of marine traffic into False Creek and was replaced in 1905 with a second bridge with a swinging span. After World War II, industry began to leave False Creek, meaning the CPR used the Arbutus Corridor less. The second trestle was demolished in 1982, in anticipation of the World's Fair of 1986 (Expo 86).
The False Creek Indian Reserve No. 6, also known as the Kitsilano Indian Reserve, is an Indian Reserve developed by the colonial government in 1869. The reserve is located on the former site of a Squamish village, known as "sən’a?qw" in hən’q’emin’əm’, the language of the Musqueam people, and as "Sen’ákw" in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh ...
Vancouver-False Creek is a former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, in use from 2009 to 2024.The riding took in most of Downtown Vancouver (the eastern part of Downtown is part of the Vancouver-Mount Pleasant riding) and the area around the north shore of False Creek, including Yaletown.
Often referred to as the Cambie Street Bridge, it connects Cambie Street on the south shore of False Creek to both Nelson and Smithe Streets in the downtown peninsula. It is the easternmost of False Creek's fixed crossings; the Burrard and Granville bridges are a little more than a kilometre to the west, and the new Canada Line SkyTrain tunnel ...
Moored on Expo grounds in Vancouver's False Creek, it was the second floating McDonald's location in the world (the first being in St. Louis, Missouri), intended to showcase future technology and architecture.