Marina

WELCOME TO THE

True or False Creek
Walking Game 3.7 KM

Marina

The Game promotes understanding of sustainability & experiencing community in this place!
Follow 6 signs between Science World & Fishermen’s Wharf.
The trail takes you to 2 community centres, an artisan’s studio & a cooperative marina also.

BE A DETECTIVE AND FIND ALL 6 QUESTIONS:…

Science World
Creekside Community Centre
Claytek Studios
Marina
False Creek Community Centre
wharf

CONCEPT: Alexa Bailey. Thanks to participating groups who provided questions & answers.
Thanks also to those who act as stations for this Walk, posting our signage. You all make it possible!

The False Creek community includes marinas chiefly for recreation.

Photo Credit: Nicola Lott. (Fishermen’s Wharf, a popular place! Seagulls lined up on both sides of a ramp.)

Photo Credit: Nicola Lott. (Fishermen’s Wharf, a popular place! Seagulls lined up on both sides of a ramp.)

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Marinas in False Creek vary in their policies about who can keep a boat there and for what purpose. For example, 2 marinas have “civic” in their name as City marinas. The Burrard Bridge Civic Marina focuses on recreation. The Heather Civic Marina can have “live-aboards”.
The False Creek Harbour Authority (Fishermen’s Wharf) is Vancouver’s only commercial fishing harbour. You can buy fresh seafood there. (Look for our Game signage down their ramp, thanks to their support.) They also support a herring restoration project. – Watch for the Game’s question about herring spawning by Habitat Island in 2009 & a reference to the project at Fishermen’s Wharf.

Did You Know…

The place where you see the signage for this question turns out to be a co-operative whose members live on their own boats. Like a housing co-op, members run the co-op. So, the Spruce Harbour Marina is owned by Greater Vancouver Floating Home Co-operative (GVFHC). As far as is known it is the only live-aboard co-op in Canada. This is their 50th year! We also thank them for their signage support and wish their Environment Committee well. They work with others to return, as far as is possible, False Creek’s waters to their natural state!

Photo Credit: Mike Talbot - (Baby seal born on Spruce Harbour Marina’s dock, July 2023).

Photo Credit: Mike Talbot - (Baby seal born on Spruce Harbour Marina’s dock, July 2023).

Take Time to Observe…

How many marinas do you see on both sides of False Creek up to and beyond Burrard bridge? You could see 8 or 9, not counting docks! See below for the list we found.

In Case You’re Wondering…

Many of the marinas include sewage pump-out facilities as per  this map of several of them.

Image Credit: Map depicting anchoring in False Creek with pump out locations

Image Credit: Map depicting anchoring in False Creek with pump out locations

Online searches, March 2024, for False Creek Marinas showed these:

• Burrard Bridge Civic Marina
• False Creek Harbour Authority (by Burrard Bridge)
• Pier 32 (behind Granville Island)
• False Creek Yacht Club (across from Granville Island)
• Pelican Bay Marina (Granville Island)
• Spruce Harbour Marina (Greater Vancouver Floating Home Co-operative GVFHC)
• Quayside Marina (Yaletown)
• Heather Civic Marina (Stamps Landing)
• Pacific Boulevard Marina

There are also houseboats in the False Creek community. But that’s another “storey”!

THANK YOU

Thank you to the Station Host Spruce Harbour Marina & content contributors, Greater Vancouver Floating Home Co-operative & False Creek Harbour Authority.

We gratefully acknowledge that False Creek is located on the traditional and unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Səlí ̓ lwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

HOST: False Creek Community Centre

Clue for Next Question

GOING WEST

Find the waterpark. Right beside it is a community centre. Your next clue can be found in a window.

GOING EAST

Find the next question where plates and bowls are made.