Stanley Park
Aerial view of Stanley Park
Type	Municipal
Location	Vancouver
Coordinates	49.303748° N 123.145237° W
Size	404.9 hectare (1,000 acre)
Opened	1888
Operated by	Vancouver Park Board
Status	Open all year

Location of Stanley Park within Vancouver.

Stanley Park is a 404.9 hectare (1,000 acre) urban park bordering downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.^[1] It is the largest city-owned park in Canada and the third largest in North America.^[2] The park attracts an estimated eight million visitors every year, including locals and tourists, who come for its recreational facilities and its natural attributes. An 8.8 kilometre (5.5 mile) seawall path circles the park, which is used by 2.5 million pedestrians, cyclists, and inline skaters every year.^[3] Much of the park remains forested with an estimated half million trees that can be as tall as 76 metres (250 feet) and hundreds of years old.^{[4] [5]} There are approximately 200 km (125 miles) of trails and roads in the park, which are patrolled by the Vancouver Police Department's mounted squad.^[6] The Project for Public Spaces has ranked Stanley Park as the sixteenth best park in the world and sixth best in North America.^[7] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1165x646, 488 KB) Labelled version of Stanley Park Aerial. ... Motto: By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper Location of Vancouver within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  British Columbia Region Lower Mainland Regional District Greater Vancouver Incorporated 1886 Government  - Mayor Sam Sullivan (NPA)  - City Council List of Councilors Suzanne Anton (NPA) Peter... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Image File history File links Vancouver_Stanley_Park-map. ... Image File history File links Vancouver_Stanley_Park-map. ... A child running in a urban park An urban park, also known as a municipal park, is a park that is built in cities and other incorporated places to offer recreation and green space to residents of and visitors to the municipality. ... Downtown Vancouver is the commercial centre of Vancouver, as well as the Greater Vancouver area. ... Motto: By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper Location of Vancouver within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  British Columbia Region Lower Mainland Regional District Greater Vancouver Incorporated 1886 Government  - Mayor Sam Sullivan (NPA)  - City Council List of Councilors Suzanne Anton (NPA) Peter... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... The seawall in Stanley Park. ... Vancouver Police Department Coat Of Arms VPD Patch The Vancouver Police Department is the police force for the City of Vancouver. ... Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities. ...

History

A statue of Lord Stanley at the quoted moment.

Squamish inhabitants of the park were the first people encountered by Captain George Vancouver when he explored the area in 1792. In his A Voyage of Discovery, Vancouver describes the area as “an island … with a smaller island [Deadman's Island] lying before it,” indicating that it was originally surrounded by water, at least at high tide. “Here we were met by about fifty Indians, in their canoes," he continued, "who conducted themselves with the greatest decorum and civility,” and who presented the visitors with cooked fish.^[8] No other contact was recorded for decades, until around the time of the Crimean War when British admirals arranged with Squamish Chief Joe Capilano that in the case of an invasion, the British would defend the south shore of Burrard Inlet and the Squamish would defend the north.^[9] According to Capilano’s daughter, the British gave him and his men 60 muskets, which were the first guns owned by natives on the BC coast. Although the attack anticipated by the British never came, the guns were used by the Squamish to repel an attack by an Indigenous raid from the north. Stanley Park was not attacked but this was the beginning of it being considered a strategic military location by the British.^[10] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1752x2742, 1057 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Stanley Park Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1752x2742, 1057 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Stanley Park Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... The 16th Earl of Derby Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC (15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908), known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as The Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served... For details of the Indian Act government, see Squamish Nation. ... A life sized statue covered in gold of George Vancouver on top of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings Captain George Vancouver RN (June 22, 1757 – May 12, 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of North America, including the Pacific coast along the modern... Combatants Allies: Second French Empire British Empire Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Russian Empire Bulgarian volunteers Casualties 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 17,500 British 2,194 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of disease ~134,000 killed, wounded and died of disease The Crimean War (1853–1856) was fought... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Indian Arm extends north (to the upper right of the photo) from Burrard Inlet, in this view from the southeast at Burnaby Mountain. ... Muskets and bayonets aboard the frigate Grand Turk. ... A Hupa man, 1923 The scope of this indigenous peoples of the Americas article encompasses the definitions of indigenous peoples and the Americas as established in their respective articles. ...

The peninsula was designated as a military reserve in the early 1860s in a survey conducted by the Royal Engineers. It was again considered a strategic point in case Americans might attempt an invasion and launch an attack on New Westminster (then the colonial capital) via Burrard Inlet. Although the area was logged by six different companies between the 1860s and 1880s, this military designation saved the land from development.^[11] In 1886, as its first order of business, Vancouver’s City Council voted to petition the Dominion government to lease the reserve for use as a park. A peninsula in Croatia A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered on three or more sides by water. ... The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ... The Pattullo Bridge (centre) connects New Westminster (left) with Surrey (right) across the Fraser River. ... Bold text The Canada wordmark, used by most agencies of the Canadian federal government. ...

View of Siwash Rock, taken from the hiking trail above.

To manage their new acquisition, city council appointed a six-man park committee, which was replaced with the Vancouver Park Board in 1890 that was to be elected rather than appointed (a rarity in North American cities). The Vancouver Park Board manages 192 parks on over 12.78 km² (3,160 acres) of land, but Stanley Park remains by far the largest.^[12] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1923x2363, 568 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Stanley Park Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1923x2363, 568 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Stanley Park Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to...

On 27 September 1888 the park was officially opened, where it was named after Lord Stanley, Governor General of Canada at the time. The following year, Lord Stanley became the first Governor General to visit British Columbia when he officially dedicated the park. An observer at the event wrote: is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The 16th Earl of Derby Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC (15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908), known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as The Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served... Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      The Governor General of Canada (French: Gouverneure générale du Canada or Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative in Canada of the Canadian Monarch, who is the Head of State; Canada is one of... The 16th Earl of Derby Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC (15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908), known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as The Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km...

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Lord Stanley threw his arms to the heavens, as though embracing within them the whole of one thousand acres of primeval forest, and dedicated it 'to the use and enjoyment of peoples of all colours, creeds, and customs, for all time.'[13]

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Vancouver Province photo of debris left by 1935 storm and warning of the fire hazard if not cleaned up.

When Stanley made this declaration, there were still a number of indigenous people living on lands he had claimed for the park. Some, who had built their homes less than twenty years earlier, would continue to live on the land for years. Most of the dwellings at the Squamish village of Xwayxway (near today's Lumberman's Arch) were reported as vacant by 1899, and in 1900, two of such houses were purchased by the Parks Board for $25 each and burned. One Squamish family, “Howe Sound Jack”, and Sexwalia “Aunt Sally” Kulkalem, continued to live at Xwayxway until Sally's death in 1923. Sally's ownership of the property surrounding her home was accepted by authorities in 1920s, and following her death, the property was purchased from her heir, Mariah Kulkalem, for $15,500 and resold to the Federal government.^[14] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 640 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2157 × 2022 pixel, file size: 926 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 640 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2157 × 2022 pixel, file size: 926 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Province is a daily tabloid newspaper published in British Columbia by the Pacific Newspaper Group Inc, a CanWest Global Communications Company. ...

In 1908, 20 years after the first petition for the lease, the federal government renewed the lease of Stanley Park to Vancouver for 99 years, renewable in 2007. Motto: By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper Location of Vancouver within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  British Columbia Region Lower Mainland Regional District Greater Vancouver Incorporated 1886 Government  - Mayor Sam Sullivan (NPA)  - City Council List of Councilors Suzanne Anton (NPA) Peter...

Deadman's Island, a small island off Stanley Park and now the site of the naval reserve unit HMCS Discovery, had been used as a burial ground by the Squamish, possibly a reason for its macabre name. During the 1860s to early 1880s, early settlers along Burrard Inlet also used the island, along with Brockton Point, as a burial ground and cemetery. Burials ceased when the Mountain View Cemetery opened in 1887, just after Vancouver had become a city. During a small pox outbreak in the late 1880s, Deadman's Island became a "pest house" for quarantined victims of the disease and burial site for those who did not survive.^[15] Deadmans Island (c. ... HMCS DISCOVERY is Canadas longest serving Naval Reserve Division. ... For details of the Indian Act government, see Squamish Nation. ... One of the notable grave sites at Mountain View. ... Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans. ...

The park was designated a National Historic Site by the federal government in 1988. It was deemed significant because the relationship between its "natural environmental and its cultural elements developed over time" and "it epitomizes the large urban park in Canada."^[16] National Historic Site is a designation for a protected area of historic significance. ...

Attractions

Further information: List of attractions and monuments in Stanley Park

Stanley Park contains numerous natural and man-made attractions that lure visitors to the park. Unlike other large urban parks, Stanley Park is not the product of a landscape architect, but has evolved into its present, mixed-use configuration.^[17] Robert Burns statue. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Landscape architecture. ...

Forest

Trees growing out of stumps show the regeneration of the park forest.

The forest gives the park a more natural character than most other urban parks, leading many users to consider it an urban oasis.^[18] It is primarily second and third growth and contains many huge Douglas-fir, Western Redcedar, Western Hemlock, and Sitka Spruce trees. The Fifth Doctor regenerates (from The Caves of Androzani). ... The Fifth Doctor regenerates (from The Caves of Androzani). ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Secondary forest. ... Species See text. ... Binomial name Thuja plicata Donn ex D.Don Thuja plicata (Western Redcedar) is a species of thuja, an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada, from southern Alaska and British Columbia south to northwest California and inland to western Montana. ... Species Eastern Hemlock Carolina Hemlock Taiwan Hemlock Northern Japanese Hemlock Himalayan Hemlock Forrests Hemlock Western Hemlock Mountain Hemlock Southern Japanese Hemlock Tsuga is a genus of conifers in the family Pinaceae. ... Binomial name Picea sitchensis (Bong. ...

One of the large trees knocked down by the wind storm on 15 December 2006.

In addition to logging in the nineteenth century, large swathes of the park were deforested by natural causes on three occasions in the city’s history. The first was a combination of an October windstorm in 1934 and a subsequent snowstorm in the following January that felled thousands of trees, primarily between Beaver Lake and Prospect Point.^[19] Another storm in October 1962, the remnants of Typhoon Freda, cleared a six acre virgin tract behind the children's zoo, which opened an area for a new miniature railway that replaced a smaller version built in the 1940s. In total, 3,000 trees were lost in that storm.^[20] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 584 pixelsFull resolution (1200 × 876 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 584 pixelsFull resolution (1200 × 876 pixel, file size: 1. ... The 1962 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1962, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. ...

An extratropical cyclone on 15 December 2006 again ravaged the park with 115 km/h (71 mph) winds. Over 60% of the western edge was damaged; the worst part was the area around Prospect Point.^[21] In total, about 40% of the forest was affected, with an estimated 3,000 trees damaged. Large sections of the seawall were also destabilized by the storm, and many areas of the park were closed to the public pending restoration. The cost of restoration has been estimated at $9 million, which will be covered by contributions from all three levels of government and private and corporate donations.^[22] A fictitious synoptic chart of an extratropical cyclone affecting the UK & Ireland. ... is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Since 1992, the tallest trees have been topped and otherwise pruned by park staff for safety reasons.

Logging operation at Prospect Point, the area most damaged by the 2006 storm.

Because the park has been subjected to such dramatic changes, several landmark trees have been affected. The Hollow Tree was probably the most photographed park element in bygone years, an obligatory stop for locals, tourists and dignitaries alike, and a professional photographer was on hand to capture the visit for a fee. The tree was saved from road widening in 1910 through the lobbying efforts of the photographer who made his living at the tree.^[23] Automobiles and horse-drawn carriages would frequently be backed into the hollow, demonstrating the immensity of the tree for posterity. While the remaining 700-800 year-old stump still draws viewers and is commemorated with a plaque, it is no longer alive and has shrunk considerably over the years, from a circumference of 18.3m (60 ft) many decades ago, to a more recent 17.1 m (56 ft).^[24][25] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1440 × 1080 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1440 × 1080 pixel, file size: 1. ...

The National Geographic Western Redcedar

Another tree that has achieved fame is the National Geographic Tree, so named because it appeared in the magazine’s October 1978 issue. With a circumference of 13.5 m (44½ ft), it was once one of the impressive big Western Redcedars of the park. It has also diminished over time, ravaged by storms, a lightning strike, and topped by park staff to its present height of 39.6 metre (130 ft).^[26][27] A small stand of tall trees that has not survived but was once a popular attraction, “The Seven Sisters,” is memorialized by a plaque and new replacement trees. The death of the distinctive fir tree atop Siwash Rock has also been memorialized with a replacement. The original died in the dry summer of 1965, and through the persistent efforts of park staff, a replacement finally took root in 1968.^[28][29] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 198 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 2909 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 198 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 2909 pixel, file size: 2. ... The National Geographic Society was founded in the USA on January 27, 1888, by 33 men interested in organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. ... Species Thuja plicata Western Redcedar, Thuja plicata, a species of thuja, is an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to the northwestern US and southwestern Canada, from southern Alaska and British Columbia south to northwest California and inland to western Montana. ... The National Geographic Society was founded in the USA on January 27, 1888, by 33 men interested in organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. ... Siwash rock in 2005 Siwash rock is a famous rock outcropping in Vancouver, British Columbias Stanley Park. ...

Recreational facilities

Recreational facilities are abundant in the park, having long co-existed, albeit uneasily, with the aesthetic and more natural park features preferred by those looking to the park as an enclave of nature in the city.^[30] The most heavily used and the favourite facility of park users is the seawall encircling the park’s perimeter. Construction of the 8.8 km (5.5 mile) seawall around the park began in 1914, but was not declared finished until 26 September 1971, and did not fully circle the park until 1980.^[31] The seawall in Stanley Park. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ...

James "Jimmy" Cunningham, a master mason, dedicated 32 years of his life to the construction of the seawall from 1931 until his retirement in 1963. Even after he retired, Cunningham kept coming down (once in his pyjamas) to monitor the wall's progress, until his death at 85 on 29 September 1963.^[32] is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The seawall is a popular destination for walking, running, cycling, and inline skating. There are two paths, one for inline skaters and cyclists and the other for pedestrians. The section around the outside of the park is one-way for cyclists and inline skaters, running counter-clockwise.^[32] The walkway has been extended several times and is currently 22 kilometres from end to end, making it the world's longest uninterrupted waterfront walkway.^[33] Unofficially, it starts at Canada Place in the downtown core, runs around Stanley Park, along English Bay beach, around False Creek, and finally to Kitsilano Beach. From there, a trail continues 600 metres to the west, connecting to an additional 12 kilometres of beaches and pathways which terminate at the mouth of the Fraser River. An extratropical cyclone in December 2006 subjected parts of the park portion of the seawall to mudslides and falling debris, forcing park staff to close it for an extended repair period.^[34] An animated demonstration of a six-legged insect walking. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Police officer on a bicycle Cycling is a recreation, a sport and a means of transport across land. ... Roller skating girl in Rome, Italy (soul grind) Roller skating is travelling on smooth terrain with roller skates. ... Canada Place and a visiting cruise ship (left) Canada Place is a building situated on the Burrard Inlet waterfront of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Hundreds of thousands of people crowd the beaches around English Bay for the Celebration of Light fireworks competition each summer. ... False Creek is a short inlet in the heart of Vancouver. ... Fish-eye view of Kitsilano Beach Kitsilano Beach is one of the most popular beaches in Vancouver, especially in the warm summer months. ... Fraser River watershed The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia, Canada, rising near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1400 km (870 mi), into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Vancouver. ...

Lily-covered Beaver Lake.

The miniature railroad was built in an area leveled by Typhoon Freda in the 1960s and is especially popular as the “Halloween Train” and the “Christmas Train” during those seasons. The park also contains tennis courts, an 18-hole Pitch and putt golf course, a seaside swimming pool at Second Beach, and the Brockton Oval for track sports, rugby, and cricket. For entertainment, there is the Aquarium, Canada’s first and largest since it opened in 1956, and the Malkin Bowl, rebuilt after a fire in the 1980s and home to local Theatre Under the Stars productions.^[35] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2580x1617, 2903 KB) Duck at Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver, 2006. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2580x1617, 2903 KB) Duck at Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver, 2006. ... Pitch and putt is a short form of golf played by people of all ages. ... The Vancouver Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... Theatre Under the Stars, commonly refered to as TUTS, is one of Vancouvers largest musical theatre companies. ...

Animals

Henry Avison, the first zookeeper and park ranger, feeding a bear.

Until 1996, a main attraction in the park was a zoo, which grew out of the collection of animals begun by the first park superintendent, Henry Avison, after he captured a black bear and chained it to a stump. Avison was subsequently named city pound keeper, and his collection of animals formed the basis for the original zoo, which eventually housed over 50 animals, including snakes, wolves, emus, buffalo, kangaroos, monkeys, and Humboldt penguins.^[36] Image File history File links Avison_feeding_bear_VPL_6699. ... Image File history File links Avison_feeding_bear_VPL_6699. ... Giraffes in Sydneys Taronga Zoo A zoological garden, zoological park, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. ... blue: sea snakes, black: land snakes Superfamilies and Families Henophidia Aniliidae Anomochilidae Boidae Bolyeriidae Cylindrophiidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Uropeltidae Xenopeltidae Typhlopoidea Anomalepididae Leptotyphlopidae Typhlopidae Xenophidia Acrochordidae Atractaspididae Colubridae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Viperidae A snake is a scaly, limbless, elongate reptile from the order Squamata. ... Wolf Wolf Man Mount Wolf Wolf Prizes Wolf Spider Wolf 424 Wolf 359 Wolf Point Wolf-herring Frank Wolf Friedrich Wolf Friedrich August Wolf Hugo Wolf Johannes Wolf Julius Wolf Max Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf Maximilian Wolf Rudolf Wolf Thomas Wolf As Name Wolf Breidenbach Wolf Hirshorn Other The call... Binomial name (Latham, 1790) The Emu has been recorded in the areas shown in black. ... Species †B. antiquus B. bison B. bonasus †B. latifrons † †B. priscus Herd of bison grazing in Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada. ... Species Macropus rufus Macropus giganteus Macropus fuliginosus Macropus antilopinus A kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae. ... Approximate worldwide distribution of monkeys. ... Binomial name Meyen, 1834 The Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) or Patranca is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Peru and Chile. ...

In 1994, when plans were developed to upgrade Stanley Park's zoo, Vancouver voters decided in a referendum to phase it out. The Stanley Park Zoo closed completely in December 1997 after the last remaining animal, a polar bear named Tuk, died at age 36. He had remained after the other animals had left because of his old age. The polar bear pit, often criticised by animal rights activists, was converted into a demonstration salmon spawning hatchery.^[37] Captive animals can still be viewed at the Children’s Farmyard. Numerous varieties of animals live in the park, including 200 bird species (including ones from the zoo such as peacocks and non-native ones). Motto: By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper Location of Vancouver within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  British Columbia Region Lower Mainland Regional District Greater Vancouver Incorporated 1886 Government  - Mayor Sam Sullivan (NPA)  - City Council List of Councilors Suzanne Anton (NPA) Peter... Elections Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, originally a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... Binomial name Phipps, 1774 Polar bear range Synonyms Ursus eogroenlandicus Ursus groenlandicus Ursus jenaensis Ursus labradorensis Ursus marinus Ursus polaris Ursus spitzbergensis Ursus ungavensis Thalarctos maritimus The polar bear (Ursus maritimus), a bear native to the Arctic, is the apex predator within its range. ... A civet, or sea fox, photographed in the Zigong Peoples Zoo, Sichuan, 2001. ... A hatchery is a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish or poultry. ... Peacock re-directs here; for alternate uses see Peacock (disambiguation). ...

The Vancouver Aquarium is also located in the park. Since its establishment in 1956, the Aquarium has become the largest in Canada and houses a collection of marine life that includes dolphins, belugas, sea lions, Harbour seals, and sea otters. The popular children's song, Baby Beluga, was inspired by one of the whales at the facility. In total, there are approximately 300 species of fish, 30,000 invertebrates, 56 species of amphibians and reptiles, and around 60 mammals and birds.^[38] The park board approved an $80 million expansion of the Aquarium in November 2006, following considerable public debate and despite a vocal opposition concerned about animal rights and the loss of park trees required by the expansion.^[39] The Vancouver Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... Genera See article below. ... This article refers to the whale, beluga. ... Binomial name Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber, 1776) The Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus), also known as the Northern Sea Lion, is a sea lion of the temperate eastern Pacific, named for the eighteenth century naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller. ... Binomial name bobbi Linnaeus,, 1758 Common or Harbour Seals (Phoca vitulina) are true seals of the Northern Hemisphere. ... Binomial name Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) The Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) is a large otter native to the North Pacific, from northern Japan and Kamchatka west across the Aleutian Islands south to California. ... Baby Beluga is a music album by popular childrens entertainer Raffi, released in 1980. ...

Mammals include a large raccoon population, coyotes, rabbits descended from discarded pets, and a thriving Grey squirrel population descending from eight pairs given as a gift from New York's Central Park in 1909.^[40][41] Binomial name Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788 The Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) is a tree squirrel that is native to the eastern to midwestern United States and the eastern provinces of Canada. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3. ...

Monuments

The totem poles are one of the largest tourist draws in the province.

Over the years a large and random collection of monuments has accumulated in Stanley Park, consisting of statues, plaques, and various other memorials commemorating a large variety of things. Among these are statues of Lord Stanley, poet Robert Burns, Olympic runner Harry Jerome, and President Harding; plaques commemorating the wreck of the SS Beaver, the sinking of the Chehalis, a tugboat that collided with the MV Princess Victoria off Stanley Park, Pauline Johnson’s burial site, and the Salvation Army; a replica of the RMS Empress of Japan figurehead; and a timber-and-stump archway that replaced the original Lumbermen’s Arch built by lumber workers for a visit by the Duke of Connaught, which ultimately succumbed to rot. The original arch was a copy of the Parthenon's front, using whole trees for the columns and gable, and was originally on the Duke's carriage route, at Homer and Pender Streets, then moved to the site. The new Lumberman's Arch was built with public washrooms and change rooms, with open-air showers adjoining the former Lumberman's Arch Pool, now a waterpark. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1515x2272, 1535 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Canada Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1515x2272, 1535 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Canada Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Robert Burns, foremost Scottish poet Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) was a poet and a lyricist. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... By: Nina MandicBold text A statue of Harry Jerome in Stanley Park. ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the twenty-ninth President of the United States, from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ... The Beaver The Beaver was the first steamship to operate in the Pacific Northwest of North America. ... The MV Princess Victoria sank on 31 January 1953 in the North Channel. ... Emily Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) (10 March 1861 - 7 March 1913), commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer. ... Shield of The Salvation Army The Salvation Army is a non-military evangelical Christian organisation. ... Replica of the Empress of Japan figurehead in Vancouvers Stanley Park. ... The title Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was granted by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to her third son, Prince Arthur. ...

Gardens are also a common form of commemoration in the park.^[42] The windstorm of 2006 revealed traces of a long-forgotten rock garden in the area of the Tea House and railway, which had once been one of the park's star attractions and also one of its largest man-made objects by area.^[43] A monument to the Nisei of British Columbia immediately west of the Aquarium is accompanied by a planting of Japanese maple and flowering cherry and other plants from Japan. Nisei (二世 lit. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... Binomial name Acer palmatum Thunb. ...

Reflecting the view that the park should be kept in a more natural state and is already saturated, the park board has banned the erection of any further memorials. In what some have considered an exception to the ban, the park board agreed in 2006 to build a new playground at Ceperley Meadows near Second Beach honouring the victims of the Air India Flight 182 bombing. The federal government has earmarked $800,000 to build the playground.^[44] A local historian has also suggested the appropriateness of memorials marking the sites of communities that were displaced in the making of the park at Lumbermen’s Arch (Whoi Whoi), Prospect Point (Chaythoos), Brockton Point, and Kanaka Rancherie (at the foot of Denman Street), although a formal proposal has not been put forth.^[45] Air-India Flight 182 was a Boeing 747 that exploded on June 23, 1985 while at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean, south of Ireland; all 329 on board were killed, of whom 136 were children and 280 were Canadian citizens. ...

Gallery

Sunset from Stanley Park.	Girl in a Wetsuit statue	Statue of Scottish poet, Robert Burns	Statue of Olympic runner, Harry Jerome
Deadman's Island, showing squatters' homes in the early twentieth century.	Brockton Point lighthouse	Lions Gate Bridge connecting Vancouver to North Vancouver.	Evidence of 1860s logging is visible on notched tree stumps in the park.

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Stanley Park

• Stanley Park – Vancouver Park Board website
• Map of Stanley Park - PDF Map of Stanley Park
• Stanley Park Ecology Society
• Park Board Map showing areas damaged by December 2006 storm and related closures.
• CTV news story and video footage of aerial survey showing storm damage.
• UBC Faculty of Forestry articles and photos on the windstorm damage and restoration

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