SEAWALL

Description

Essentials about the Seawall in brief

If you want to see as much as possible of Vancouver as a city and its surroundings, you should walk or bike the so-called Seawall completely or at least partially. The Seawall is the longest continuous waterfront promenade in the world. It begins at the Vancouver Convention Centre in the city center and stretches for 28 kilometers to Spanish Banks Park. Along the way, the Seawall runs along some of Vancouver’s most beautiful areas, such as Stanley Park, English Bay and False Creek.

The course of the Seawall

The Seawall takes you through the most beautiful areas of the city and guarantees magnificent views of the beautiful Vancouver skyline and its gorgeous surroundings. After starting at the Convention Centre in Downtown Vancouver, it first runs along the shore of Burrard Inlet through the beautiful Coal Harbour district to Stanley Park, the green lung in the heart of the city. The Sea Wall circles Stanley Park, passing under the Lions Gate Bridge.

On the west side of Stanley Park, the path continues along English Bay to Sunset Beach. There begins the False Creek estuary, which meanders into the city south of the city center. The Seawall circles False Creek once and leads past Granville Island to Vanier Park, where three museums are located (the H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, the Museum of Vancouver and the Vancouver Maritime Museum). At Vanier Park False Creek ends and the Seawall now continues its way along English Bay again. On the south shore of the bay, it passes the famous city beaches of Vancouver, Kitsilano Beach and Jericho Beach, until it reaches the Spanish Banks. Here the Seawall finally ends.

The Seawall for walkers and cyclists

The Seawall is divided into two separate areas – one for walkers and joggers (on the water side) and one for cyclists and inline skaters (on the land side). Incidentally, in the Stanley Park area, cyclists are subject to a one-way rule (against the clock). Especially on days with nice weather and on weekends, when it can get a bit crowded on the Seawall, you should make sure to be on the right area.

The construction of the Seawall

Construction of the Seawall began as early as 1917, but without the tireless efforts of stonemason James Cunningham, the Seawall would likely never have come to fruition. Cunnigham devoted his entire 35-year professional life, from the late 1920s to the 1960s, to building the unique seawall. In 1980, the entire section around Stanley Park was finally completed, after which construction of the other sections began.