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Views from the West End
English Bay Beach at Stanley Park

This viewpoint is located on top of a residential tower overlooking English Bay Beach at the southwest corner of the West End. This position is the farthest possible from the downtown core in this direction and is where the West End borders along the eastern edge of Stanley Park. We start with the beach itself and continue west across English Bay to the end at UBC. Then we cross English Bay and see portions of Stanley Park to the west with the North Shore mountains in the background and glimpses of West Vancouver and the Lions Gate Bridge. We then come back to the edge of the West End to the north, several views of the downtown core and end up at the beach again.

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#1 English Bay Beach & adjacent residential towers, False Creek entrance, across is the Planetarium, Vanier Park and Kit's Beach at the right edge. © Maurice Jassak	#2 Close-up of the beach and Vanier park. © Maurice Jassak	#3 Kit's Beach on the left and the neighborhood of Kitsilano in the background. © Maurice Jassak

#4 Close-up of Kit's Beach, one of the most popular in Vancouver. © Maurice Jassak	#5 Looking southwest with Pt. Grey & UBC on the left, the end of the North Shore on the right encompassing English Bay. © Maurice Jassak	#6 Close-up of activity in English Bay. © Maurice Jassak

#7 West along the edge of Stanley Park. The Fish House Restaurant in the foreground, the pool at 2nd Beach & the North Shore. © Maurice Jassak	#8 Close-up of the pool, the seawall promenade & West Vancouver across the water. © Maurice Jassak	#9 Close-up of West Vancouver and the mountains beyond the North Shore © Maurice Jassak

#10 Looking north, Lost Lagoon at the city edge of Stanley Park. © Maurice Jassak	#11 Close-up of the top of Lions Gate Brigdge over the treetops in Stanley Park. © Maurice Jassak	#12 Back to the city from west edge to downtown core. The building in front is called the White House. © Maurice Jassak

#13 View of downtown from southwest corner of the West End. © Maurice Jassak	#14 Close-up of view between some of the buildings. 2nd Narrows Bridge to the left, container terminals and high point on right is home to SFU. © Maurice Jassak	#15 Close-up of downtown core. © Maurice Jassak

#16 Looking east over the West End residential area. © Maurice Jassak	#17 More West End and back to the Beach. © Maurice Jassak	#18 Close-up of English Bay Beach © Maurice Jassak