First let's establish what is generally meant by False Creek. The downtown area is ALMOST surrounded by bodies of water. There is land (about 1 kilometer) separating Burrard Inlet from the eastern tip of False Creek. If this were not the case downtown would be an island. On the north is Burrard Inlet where all the heavy duty action is. The Port of Vancouver with its container facilities, grain elevators, dry docks, cruise ship facilities...and more. As we get around Stanley Park to the west we find English Bay which is basically a body of water used for recreational purposes. English Bay extends around Stanley Park and becomes the south side of downtown and the West End. Where the Burrard Street Bridge crosses from downtown to the rest of Vancouver is generally considered to be the eastern end of English Bay and the entrance to False Creek and its residential communities on both the north and south sides. These residential communities extend from the Burrard Street Bridge to the Cambie Street Bridge. East of the Cambie Street Bridge are industrial and commercial land uses. At the very eastern end of False Creek is one of Vancouver popular attractions, especially with the kids, Science World, surrounded by park greenspace and seawall promenades. Also at this point is a large development of residential towers.
The following images will help in identifying some of the geographical elements mentioned above.
Please note that these aerial shots were taken about 5-6 years ago, before most of the residential towers were completed.
The next series images show how False Creek almost surrounds the south side of the downdown core. The sequence of images begins with the transition from English Bay to False Creek and continues in a number of overlapping steps until we see the eastern end of False Creek at Science World.
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