Stanley Park Seawall Walk

Walk the scenic paved pathway around Brockton Point, highlighting historic First Nations totem poles, legendary cannons, landmark lighthouses, and stunning mountain views.

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1. Totem Poles

The totem poles at Brockton Point in Stanley Park are a collection of nine towering red cedar carvings set against a wooded backdrop. Since the nineteen twenties, the Vancouver Park Board has assembled these monuments by acquiring them…

2. Hallelujah Point

Hallelujah Point is a grassy clearing on the southeast side of Stanley Park, characterized by an open view across the water toward the downtown skyline. It occupies a shoreline once inhabited by Coast Salish peoples and later served as a…

3. Nine O'Clock Gun

The Nine O'Clock Gun is a twelve-pound naval cannon cast in eighteen sixteen that sits within a stone and metal enclosure along the Stanley Park seawall. Originally sent to Canada as a gift from the British government, the muzzle-loader…

4. Brockton Point Lighthouse

The Brockton Point Lighthouse is marked by a thirty-five-foot white hexagonal tower that sits at the easternmost point of Stanley Park. Built in nineteen fourteen, the structure features a red lantern and an arched base that allows people…

5. Girl in Wetsuit

The Girl in a Wetsuit is a life-sized bronze figure perched on a boulder just offshore in the waters of Coal Harbour. While many visitors mistake her for a mermaid, the sculpture wears flippers, a wetsuit, and a diving mask pushed up onto…

6. S.S. Empress of Japan Figurehead Replica

This carved wooden figurehead displays a dragon, painted in vivid colors, mounted along the Stanley Park seawall. It serves as a replica of the ornament once carried on the bow of the S.S. Empress of Japan, a grand ocean liner that…

7. Lumbermen's Arch

The Lumbermen's Arch consists of three massive cedar logs configured as a single horizontal beam propped up by two angled supports. This structure stands on the north side of Stanley Park as a tribute to the British Columbia lumber…

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