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The 2023 property assessment is $153 million. There was an observation deck, but during the depression in the 1930s the 25-cent admission price proved unaffordable for most. Currently, there are no public galleries in the building. Inside the massive brass-doored elevators the walls are inlaid with 12 varieties of local hardwoods. All over the ...
Canada Place was built on the land which was originally the Canadian Pacific Railway's Pier B–C. Built in 1927, its primary purpose was to serve CPR and other shipping lines trading across the Pacific Ocean. [2] In 1978 Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments commenced planning for development of convention, cruise ship and hotel ...
White Rock Pier is a 470-metre-long (1,540 ft) pier in White Rock, British Columbia.The pier has a sign identifying it as Canada's longest pier. However, the title is disputed with the Quai de Portneuf in Portneuf, Quebec, [1] which is built in the same manner as the longer causeway at the nearby Tsawwassen ferry terminal.
Ballantyne Pier (also called the Ballantyne Cruise Terminal) was a commercial and passenger dock of the Port of Vancouver, Canada, located at 851 Centennial Road. It sat at the west side of Rogers Sugar across the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks from Powell Street. Passenger terminal access was via Clark Drive or McGill Street Overpass only.
Pier, a raised structure over a body of water; Pier (architecture), an architectural support; Piers (name), a given name and surname (including lists of people with the name) Piers baronets, two titles, in the baronetages of Ireland and Nova Scotia; Piers Island, British Columbia, Canada
The Pont du Gard (c.19 BC), Nîmes; 3 rows of piers with arches springing from them to support the bridge. A pier, in architecture, is an upright support for a structure or superstructure such as an arch or bridge. Sections of structural walls between openings (bays) can function as piers.
British Columbia building and structure stubs (3 C, 168 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in British Columbia" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
Piers Island. Piers Island is a small island in Satellite Channel, British Columbia, Canada.The channel joins Saanich Inlet on the west with Colburne Passage to Haro Strait on the east, which is the section of the Canada–US border separating the Gulf Islands in British Columbia, of which Piers is a part, from the San Juan Islands of Washington state.