This Canadian city offers the best of both worlds – a dynamic city shaped by Asian, First Nations and European cultures set between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. From the wild beauty of old-growth forests, where you’ll spot bucket list wildlife, to stylish neighborhoods full of galleries and restaurants, you’ll find unique experiences around every corner.

Here’s a peak at some of the highlights from the region to inspire your next dream journey.

Discovering Vancouver | Timelapse

Beautiful timelapse images of Vancouver.

Culture and City Life

Totem Poles

In this PBS segment, carvers Alan Hunt and Beau Dick—of the Kwakwakaʼwakw (Kwakiutl) peoples of northern Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia—share the real story of totem poles and the great cedar trees they are made from.

History of Stanley Park

The story of how Vancouver's massive Stanley Park (405-hectares / 1001 acres) came to be.

The Making of Cliffwalk

This short documentary shows the amazing engineering and sheer lack of fear that went into making Vancouver’s Cliffwalk, a suspended path that follows a granite precipice along Capilano river with only 16 anchor points in the cliff supporting the structure.

Wildlife and Nature

Orcas

Vancouver Island's Clayoquot Sound in 360

Travel + Leisure offers a beautiful tour of this UNESCO biosphere reserve on the west coast of Vancouver Island. To look around this 360° experience, simply place your cursor on the video, then click and drag the view in any direction.

A Quest to Find Canada’s Elusive Coastal Wolf

After Bertie Gregory received heartbreaking news that a coastal wolf he had photographed while working as a deckhand off the coast of Vancouver Island had been killed, Gregory returns with the intent of helping to raise awareness for the conservation of the species. In this National Geographic report, he shares his experience.

Bald Eagles

The Miraculous Return of Canada’s Sea Otters

It's one of Canada’s greatest environmental success stories, the miraculous recovery of the Canadian sea otter from near extinction along the coast of British Columbia. Here, host John E Marriott tells the story.

Millions of Salmon Return Home

Every four years, millions of sockeye salmon journey thousands of miles from the ocean back to their native spawning grounds in British Columbia's Fraser River. There, after eggs are laid, the parents die. Then the cycle begins anew as the next generation of salmon makes its way down the river and into the ocean.

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