False Creek

False Creek ( English literally for "Falscher Bach" or "Falscher Priel ") is a narrow, approximately two kilometer long inlet in the Canadian city of Vancouver . It separates the city center from the rest of the city on the Burrard Peninsula and is spanned by three bridges, the Burrard Street Bridge , the Granville Street Bridge and the Cambie Street Bridge . In the western part is the small peninsula Granville Island .

Small passenger ferries operate on False Creek. The routes operated by the private companies False Creek Ferries and Aquabus Ferries connect nine different landing stages in a scheduled operation.

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Panorama of False Creek with BC Place Stadium, Plaza of Nations, Science World and Downtown in the background

history

The inlet was given its name in 1859 by Captain George Henry Richards during his voyage with the HMS Plumper when he carried out hydrographic surveys. During the First World War , the easternmost section, which stretched 1.5 km to Clarke Drive, was filled in by the Great Northern Railway and Canadian Northern Railway to make way for railway facilities. In the 1950s there were plans to fill the inlet to Granville Street, but they were never implemented. Up until that time, False Creek was the industrial center of Vancouver. Numerous sawmills, docks and the Pacific Central train station stood on the bank .

Boat harbor in front of the Granville Street Bridge

As industry moved to other areas, the False Creek area slowly crumbled. An urban development program began in the 1970s . The fallow industrial areas on the south bank were converted into mixed residential and business zones. Another development spurt followed in the 1980s, when numerous buildings were built around the inlet for the Expo 86 world exhibition , including the Plaza of Nations and Science World . Since then, the north bank has also been converted into a densely populated residential zone with around 50,000 inhabitants.

The area around the southeastern part, which was very dilapidated at the time, was renovated for the 2010 Winter Olympics and one of the two Olympic villages was created there .

Sports

False Creek is home to two of Vancouver's largest sports arenas, including Rogers Arena and BC Place Stadium . The roads around the fjord were also the scene of several champ car races until 2004 . Every June, False Creek hosts the Canadian Dragon Boat Festival.

Web links

False Creek . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
False Creek Ferries website

Aquabus Ferries website

Individual evidence

^ Andrew Scott: The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia . Harbor Publishing, Madeira Park, BC 2009, ISBN 978-1-55017-484-7 , pp. 195 (English).

49.27 -123.125Coordinates: 49 ° 16 '12 " N , 123 ° 7' 30" W.

[1] Andrew Scott: The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia . Harbor Publishing, Madeira Park, BC 2009, ISBN 978-1-55017-484-7 , pp. 195 (English).