The westernmost end of West Vancouver. Lighthouse Park and Pt. Atkinson are in front. The Trans-Canada Highway snakes across the face of Hollyburn Mountain, with the Cypress Bowl ski area on top. Horseshoe Bay and Howe Sound are upper left.

West Vancouver is an affluent district municipality, part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, located north of the City of Vancouver on Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound. It is located on the North Shore and is adjoined with the District of North Vancouver. Population (2001 census) 41,421. It takes between 10 (closest area) and 50 minutes to get to downtown Vancouver by bus, which run very frequently. West Vancouver is also home to some very large and expensive properties and houses. Recently one sold for about 20 million dollars Canadian. West Vancouver's average house sells for over 1 million (cnd. West Van is also well known for its parks like Cypress Mountain provincial park which offers some amazing veiws of Howe Sound and the GVRD. Also, you can get to Horseshoe Bay and take a ferry from there to Nanaimo, Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast.

External Links

• Official District Web Site (http://www.westvancouver.net/)
• The Vancouver Sun (One of Vancouver's main newspapers) (http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/index.html)
• The Province (One of Vancouver's main newspapers) (http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/index.html)
• The North Shore News (West and North Vancouver's Community Newspaper) (http://nsnews.com/)