British Columbia
Not all of the city of Vancouver is by the water, but when I am walking around there, the ocean and the mountains are never very far away. And the people of Vancouver always seem to be jogging or riding their bikes. Granville Island is as much for the tourists as it is for the [...]
We hooked up with Cathryn Wellner on Twitter. She’s a foodie, environmentalist and blogger living in the Okanagan Valley, in the province of British Columbia, one of the most picturesque places in Canada. You can follow her on Twitter @Storyroute. Here’s what she sent us about her part of the country. Background When Kelowna sun [...]
In February, 2009, I visited Steveston, a historic fishing village in the southwest corner of Lulu Island, British Columbia. It’s not far from the Vancouver International Airport and the city of Vancouver. The village looks out on the south arm of the Fraser River delta. Steveston was founded in the 1880s and became a thriving [...]
YVR offered a tour to members of the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC) when the association held its annual conference in Richmond a couple of years ago. Richmond is a suburb of Vancouver and YVR was one of several Richmond sites we were invited to visit. I learned a lot about Canada’s second busiest [...]