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See also Accommodations and Restaurant indexes, below.

GENERAL INDEX Alcheringa Gallery (Victoria), Art Gallery of , 248 218 Alexandra Park (), 145 The Arts Club Backstage AAA (American Automobile The Alibi Room (Vancouver), Lounge (Vancouver), 173 Association), 56 172 Arts Club Theatre (Vancouver), AAA Horse & Carriage Ltd. Alice Lake Provincial Park, 270 120 (Vancouver), 131 Alley Cat Rentals (Vancouver), Arts Club Theatre Company AARP, 31 133 (Vancouver), 169 Abbottsford International Air All Fun Recreation Park Asia West (Vancouver), 157 Show (Vancouver), 25–26 (Victoria), 229 The Atlantic Trap and Gill Abkhazi Garden (Victoria), 217 Alliance for Arts and Culture (Vancouver), 172 Accent Cruises (Vancouver), 130 (Vancouver), 168 ATMs (automated-teller Accommodations, 37–38. See Altus Mountain Gear machines), 21–22 also Accommodations index (Vancouver), 166 ATVs, 274 Tofino, 285–287 Ambleside Park (Vancouver), Au Bar (Vancouver), 175 Ucluelet, 284 133 Australia Vancouver, 1, 60–80 Ambulance, Vancouver, 57 consulate, 57 best, 11–12, 61–63 American Airlines, 31 customs regulations, 20 Victoria, 2, 187–204 American Automobile Associa- Auto insurance, 28–29 best, 12–14, 187–189 tion (AAA), 56 Avalon Metaphysical Centre Web surfing for, 36 American Express, traveler’s (Victoria), 248 Whistler Blackcomb, 262–270 checks, 21 Adam’s Fishing Charters Amtrak, 33 (Victoria), 232–233 Ancient Cedars area, 276 acchus Lounge (Vancouver), Addresses, finding B Annual Brant Wildlife Festival 174 Vancouver, 52 (Victoria), 27 Backcountry skiing, 273 Victoria, 182–183 Anthropology, Museum of Baisakhi Day Parade Afterglow (Vancouver), 174 (Vancouver), 121 (Vancouver), 23 Afternoon or high tea, Victoria, Antique Row (Victoria), 247 Bakers Dozen Antiques 7, 43, 206, 212, 224 Antiques (Vancouver), 157 Air B.C., 35 Vancouver, 157 Bald eagles, 11, 23, 27, 140, Air , 31, 32, 35, 283 Victoria, 247–248 284–285 Airfares, 32, 36 A-1 Last Minute Golf Hot Line, Ballet Airlines 135 (Vancouver), 171 Ucluelet, Long Beach, and Aquabus (Vancouver), 56 Balthazar (Vancouver), 174 Tofino, 283 Aquabus miniferry (Vancouver), Barclay Square (Vancouver), Vancouver, 31–32 152 144 Victoria, 35COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL Aquatic Centre Bard on the Beach Shake- Airport security, 32 UBC’s (Vancouver), 138 speare Festival (Vancouver), Air tours, 129–130, 230 Vancouver, 138 24 AJ Brooks (Vancouver), 166 Architectural Institute of B.C. Bars, pubs, and lounges Al’Arte Silk (Vancouver), 120 (Vancouver), 132 Vancouver, 172–175, 177 Airlines, 31 Area codes, 56, 185 Victoria, 256–258 Alcan Dragon Boat Festival Art galleries Bastion Square (Victoria), 240, (Vancouver), 24 Tofino, 292 242–243 Alcan OMNIMAX Vancouver, 120, 163 Baxter Aviation Adventure (Vancouver), 178 Victoria, 248 Tours (Vancouver), 129–130 Whistler Blackcomb, 279 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 294

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The Bay (Hudson’s Bay Com- Black Tusk (near Vancouver), Victoria, 35 pany; Vancouver), 159 136 Whistler Blackcomb, 260, 262 The Bay Centre (Victoria), 250 Bloedel Conservatory Butchart Gardens (Victoria), Bayshore Bicycle and (Vancouver), 125 7, 44, 218, 220 Rollerblade Rentals Blue Bird Cabs (Victoria), 185 (Vancouver), 133, 137 Blue Grouse Vineyards (Mill B.C. Experience (Victoria), Bay), 227 CAA (Canadian Automobile 2, 218 Blues Bash (Victoria), 255 Association), 56 B.C. Ferries, 34 BMO Bank of Montreal, 21 Calendar of events The B.C. Hydro Building Boating (boat rentals) Vancouver, 23–27 (Vancouver), 145 Vancouver, 134 Victoria and Southern Vancou- B.C. Lions (Vancouver), 141 Victoria, 232 ver Island, 27–28 B.C. Museum of Mining (near Boat travel and cruises Cameras, Vancouver, 158 Vancouver), 129 Ucluelet, Long Beach, and Campgrounds B.C. Parent, 49, 127 Tofino, 283 Tofino, 287 B.C. Place Stadium (Vancouver), Vancouver, 33–34, 130 Ucluelet, 284 141 Victoria, 184, 229–230 Whistler Blackcomb, 270 Beaches. See also specific Bonnie Lee Boat Rentals Canada Border Services beaches (Vancouver), 134 Agency, 18 Vancouver, 16, 114, 116, Bonnie Lee Fishing Charters Canada Day, 24, 28 132–133 Ltd. (Vancouver), 135 Canada Pass, 33 Victoria, 16, 231 Bookstores, 157–158, 248 (Vancouver), Beacon Hill Children’s Farm Born Free Bed & Breakfast of 34, 39, 108, 147 (Victoria), 228 B.C., 192 Canada-West Accommodations Beacon Hill Park (Victoria), Botanical Beach Provincial Park (Vancouver), 61 226–228 (near Port Renfrew), 228 Canada-West Accommodations Bear-watching, 292 Botanical gardens, Vancouver, Bed & Breakfast Registry, Beaver Lake (Vancouver), 137 122, 126 192 Beaver Lake (Victoria), 229, Brackendale, Annual Bald Eagle Canadian Automobile Associa- 231–232, 235 Count, 23 tion (CAA), 56 Belfry Theatre Society Brackendale Art Gallery, 23 Canadian Customs Office, 19 (Victoria), 253–254 Breeze (Victoria), 250 Canadian International Dragon Bella Pacifica Resort & Camp- Brentwood Bay Lodge & Spa Boat Festival (Victoria), 28 ground (Tofino), 287 (Victoria), 231, 232 Canoe (Victoria), 240, 257 Bengal Lounge (Victoria), 256 Brewpubs, Vancouver, 175 Canoeing Better Gnomes and Gardens British Columbia Aviation Vancouver, 134 (Victoria), 251 Museum (Victoria), 218 Victoria, 232 BiddingForTravel, 36 British Columbia’s Children’s Whistler Blackcomb, 275 Big Bad John’s (Victoria), 257 (Vancouver), 57 Canrailpass, 33 Big Cedar Trail, 290 British Importers (Victoria), 250 Canton Alley (Vancouver), 150 Biking and mountain biking Buddha Supply Centre The Capers Building Vancouver, 56, 133–134 (Vancouver), 163 (Vancouver), 155 Victoria, 10, 185, 231, Burnaby Mountain (Vancouver), Capilano Golf and Country 245–246 134 Club (Vancouver), 135 Whistler Blackcomb, 10, 262, Burnaby Village Museum Capilano River Regional Park 276–277 (Vancouver), 128–129 (Vancouver), 126, 136 Bird-watching (Vancouver), 154 Capilano Salmon Hatchery Tofino, 289 Buschlen Mowatt (Vancouver), (Vancouver), 126 Vancouver, 140 163 Capilano Suspension Bridge & Victoria, 27, 232, 234 Business hours Park (Vancouver), 7, 123 Birkenhead Lake Provincial Vancouver, 56 Capilano trails (Vancouver), Park, 270 Victoria, 185 126 Black Ball Transport, 34–35 Busters (Vancouver), 55 The Caprice (Vancouver), 175 Blackberry Books (Vancouver), Bus tours Cardero’s Marine Pub 157 Vancouver, 130–131 (Vancouver), 173 Blackcomb Mountain, 273 Victoria, 229 Caribbean Days Festival Blackfish Wilderness Expedi- Bus travel (Vancouver), 25 tions (Victoria), 232 Ucluelet, Long Beach, and Carnival, 34 Black Top (Vancouver), 54 Tofino, 282–283 Carol Ship Parade of Lights Vancouver, 33, 54 Festival (Vancouver), 26 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 295

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Carr, Emily, 7, 116 Chinese Cultural Centre Cordova Bay Golf Course Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Museum and Archives (Victoria), 233 218 (Vancouver), 150 Cornucopia (Whistler House (Victoria), 223 Chinese Freemason’s building Blackcomb), 262 Car rentals (Vancouver), 150 Costen Catbalue (Vancouver), Vancouver, 55 Chinese goods 163 Victoria, 181, 184 Vancouver, 158 Cowichan Bay, 227, 232 Web surfing for, 36–37 Victoria, 249 Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre, Carriage rides, Chinese Imperial School 227 (Vancouver), 6, 116, 127, 131 (Zhongua Xuetang; Victoria), Cowichan Trading Company Car travel 244 (Victoria), 252 Ucluelet, Long Beach, and Chinese New Year, 23 Cowichan Valley wineries, 227 Tofino, 282 Chinese Settlement House Crab Park Overpass Vancouver, 33, 55 (Victoria), 244 (Vancouver), 151 Victoria, 184 Chocolate Arts (Vancouver), Craig Air, 283 Whistler Blackcomb, 260, 262 162 Craigdarroch Castle (Victoria), Casino, Victoria, 256 Chocolate Tofino, 287 220, 224 Cathedral Place (Vancouver), Christ Church Cathedral Credit cards, 22 147 (Vancouver), 146 Cribs and Carriages Cedar Hill Municipal Golf Christian Science church (Vancouver), 57 Course (Victoria), 233 (Victoria), 246 Crime Stoppers, 57 The Cellar (Vancouver), 175 Christmas Craft and Gift Mar- Crisis Centre, 57 Cemeteries, Victoria, 225 ket (Vancouver), 26 Cross-country skiing, Whistler Cemetery tours, Victoria, 230 CIBC, 21 Blackcomb, 274 Centre of the Universe Cigars Crown Publications Inc. (Victoria), 222 Vancouver, 159 (Victoria), 249 Ceramics, Vancouver, 158 Victoria, 249 Crush Champagne Lounge Chan Centre for the Performing Cinemas, Vancouver, 178 (Vancouver), 176 Arts (Vancouver), 169 Classical music Crystal Cruises, 34 Chanel Boutique (Vancouver), Vancouver, 170 Crystal Pool & Fitness Centre 160 Victoria, 254 (Victoria), 235 Chapters (Vancouver), 157 Cleveland Dam (Vancouver), Currency and currency Charles Baird Antiques 126 exchange, 20–22, 186 (Victoria), 247 Climate, 22 Customs regulations, 17, 19–20 Chateau Whistler Resort, 277 Cloud Nine (Vancouver), 174 Cyber Space Internet Café Cherry Point Vineyards Cloverdale Rodeo, 23 (Vancouver), 57 (Cowichan), 227 Clover Point (Victoria), 245 Cycle B.C. (Victoria), 185, 231, Chilcotin Plateau, 291 CN IMAX (Vancouver), 127, 178 245 Children. See Families with Coastal Peoples Fine Arts Cypress Bowl (Vancouver), 138 children Gallery (Vancouver), 161 (Van- Chilliwack River Rafting Coast Hotel Docks (Victoria), couver), 126–127, 134, 136 (Vancouver), 139 239 China and porcelain Coffeehouses, Vancouver, Vancouver, 158 106–107 Dance clubs Victoria, 249 Commercial Drive (Vancouver), Vancouver, 175–176 China Beach (near Victoria), 112 Victoria, 256 228 The Commodore Ballroom Dance performances Chinatown (Vancouver), 171 Vancouver, 170–171 Vancouver, 6, 42 Comor Sports (Vancouver), 166 Victoria, 254 restaurants, 92–94 Congregation Emanu-El Syna- Dancing on the Edge sightseeing, 109, gogue (Victoria), 244 (Vancouver), 25 117–118 Constitution, MPV (Vancouver), Dancing on the Edge Festival walking tour, 147–151 130 (Vancouver), 170–171 Victoria, 183, 225, 243, 246 Consulates, Vancouver, 57 Darcy’s Wharf Street Pub Chinatown Night Market Continental Airlines, 31 (Victoria), 257 (Vancouver), 164 Cook Street Village (Victoria), David Gordon (Vancouver), 165 Chinatown Trading Company 245 David Robinson Antiques (Victoria), 243, 249 Cooper Boating Centre (Victoria), 247–248 Chinese Cultural Centre (Vancouver), 137 Davidson, Richard, 161 (Vancouver), 150 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 296

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DayPasses (Vancouver), 54 E&N Railiner, 35 Fan Tan Alley (Victoria), 243 Debit cards, 22 E&N Station (Victoria), 35 FareDealer vendors, 31 Deep Cove Canoe and Kayak Early Motion Tours Fashions (clothing) Rentals (Vancouver), 134 (Vancouver), 131 Vancouver, 160–161 Delta Charters (Vancouver), The East Side (Vancouver), Victoria, 250 134 restaurants, 104–105 Ferries, Victoria, 184 Delta Ocean Pointe Resort East Sooke Park (Victoria), 228 Festival d’Eté Francophone de (Victoria), 222 East Sooke Regional Park Vancouver, 24 Deluxe Junk Co. (Vancouver), (Victoria), 231, 234 Festival of Lights (Vancouver), 161 Ecology Centre (Vancouver), 26–27 Dentists, 57, 186 124 Festival Vancouver, 25 Diane Farris Gallery Ecomarine Kayak Marathon Film Festival, Vancouver (Vancouver), 163 (Vancouver), 24 International, 26, 178 Dine Out Vancouver, 23 Ecomarine Ocean Kayak Centre Finlayson, Mount, 234 Disabilities, travelers with, (Vancouver), 120, 134 Fire department, Vancouver, 57 29–30 Ecotours, 134–135, 231 First Flight Paragliding (Van- Discover Camping, 270 Eco Trail Escapes (Vancouver), couver), 137 Discover the Past (Victoria), 136 First Nations (Native Canadi- 230 Edge to Edge Marathon, 283 ans). See also Totem poles Discovery Pass, 33 The Edinburgh Tartan Shop short history of, 10–11 Diving, Victoria, 232 (Victoria), 250 Tofino, 289 Dockside Brewing Company Electric Avenue (Victoria), Vancouver, 6 (Vancouver), 174, 175 257–258 arts and crafts, 161–162 Doctors Electricity, 57 carving center, 123 Vancouver, 57 Elixir (Vancouver), 174 Museum of Anthropology, Victoria, 186 Elk and Beaver Lake Regional 121 Documents needed, 18–19 Park (near Victoria), 231, 232 National Aboriginal Dog sledding, 274 Emergencies, 57 Day Community Dominion Astrophysical Obser- Emily Carr House (Victoria), Celebration, 24 vatory (Victoria), 222 223 tours, 131 Dorothy Grant (Vancouver), Emily Carr Institute Victoria 160 (Vancouver), 120 art galleries, 248 Douglas, Mount, 16, 222 Empress Cabs (Victoria), 185 crafts, 251–252 , 49 Endowment Lands (Pacific First Peoples Festival, 28 accommodations, 63–72 Spirit Regional Park; Vancou- First Peoples Gallery, 222 restaurants, 85–92 ver), 126, 134, 136 First Night (Vancouver), 27 sights and attractions, 108 English Bay Beach (Vancouver), First Peoples Festival walking tour, 142–147 16, 39, 132, 144–145 (Victoria), 28 , 183 Entry requirements, 17–19 First Peoples Gallery accommodations, 196–200 Escents (Vancouver), 163 (Victoria), 222 restaurants, 210–215 Fisgard Lighthouse Dream 311 (Vancouver), 160 (Victoria), 220 Driving rules, 55, 185 Fairmont Empress (Victoria), Fisheries and Ocean Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chi- The, 237, 242 Canada, 135 nese Garden (Vancouver), The Fairmont , Fisherman’s Wharf 117, 150 143 (Victoria), 222, 239 Dr. Sun Yat-sen Park Faith Grant’s Connoisseur Shop Fishing. See also Salmon (Vancouver), 125, 150 Ltd. (Victoria), 248 Tofino, 289 The Dufferin Pub (Vancouver), Ferries Ucluelet, 284 177 (Vancouver), 154 Vancouver, 135 Dunne & Rundle foto source False Creek North (Vancouver), Victoria, 232–233 (Vancouver), 158 112, 137 Whistler Blackcomb, 275 Duthie Books Fourth Avenue Families with children, 31 Floatplane Docks (Victoria), (Vancouver), 157 Vancouver, 24, 49, 57 240 shopping, 160, 166 Flower Count (Victoria), 27 sights and activities, 114, The Flying Beaver Bar Eagles, bald, 11, 23, 27, 140, 116, 120, 127–129 (Vancouver), 174 284–285 Victoria attractions, 228 Flying Geese & Shorebird Festi- E. A. Morris Tobacconist Ltd. Whistler Blackcomb, 279 val (Tofino), 289 (Victoria), 249 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 297

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Folkfest (Victoria), 27, 255 General Motors Place Gray Line of Vancouver, Food (Vancouver), 141 2, 130–131 Vancouver, 162–163 George C. Reifel Bird Sanctuary Gray Line of Victoria, 229 Victoria, 250–251 (near Vancouver), 140 The Great Canadian Beer Football, Vancouver, 141 Georgia Straight, 49, 168 Festival (Victoria), 28 Forerunners (Vancouver), 137 Georgia Street (Vancouver), Great Canadian Casino Forge & Form (Vancouver), 163 108 (Victoria), 256 Fort Langley National Historic Ghostly Walks (Victoria), 230 Site (Vancouver), 129 Gianni Versace Boutique (Vancouver), 128 Fort Rodd Hill (Victoria), 220 (Vancouver), 160 Greater Victoria Public Library, Fort Victoria, 224, 242 Gifts and souvenirs, Vancouver, 186, 244–245 The Fountain Head Pub 163 Great Ocean Adventures (Vancouver), 177 Ginger Sixty-Two (Vancouver), (Victoria), 232 Francophone Summer Festival 174 Great Outdoors Equipment (Vancouver), 24 Goat Mountain (Vancouver), (Vancouver), 166 Fran Willis Gallery (Victoria), 136 Great Pacific Adventures 248 Gold Mine Trail, 226, 290 (Victoria), 232 Frederic Wood Theatre Goldstream Provincial Park, The Great Wall (Whistler (Vancouver), 169 226, 228, 232 Blackcomb), 277 Freeman King Visitor Centre, hiking, 233 Green Point (Tofino), 287 226 Goldstream Trail, 226 Greyhound Bus Lines, 33, 48, Free or almost free activities, Golf 262 15–16 Tofino, 289 Grouse Grind (Vancouver), 136 French Beach (near Victoria), Vancouver, 135–136 Resort 228 Victoria, 233 (Vancouver), 123–124 The Fringe—Vancouver’s Whistler Blackcomb, 275 skiing, 137–138 Theatre Festival, 169 Good Samaritan Trail, 133 GST (goods and service tax), 1 Frommers.com, 37 Gorge Tour (Victoria), 229 Frontier Cloth House Gotham Cocktail Bar National Historic Site (Vancouver), 113 (Vancouver), 174 (Vancouver), 113 Government Fish Dock Gyro Beach Park (Victoria), 231 (Vancouver), 154 Gabriola (Vancouver), The, Government House (Victoria), 145 228 Hanson’s Fishing Outfitters Gallery of B.C. Ceramics Government Street promenade (Vancouver), 135 (Vancouver), 158 (Victoria), 247 Harbour Air Sea Planes, 35, Galloping Goose Trail, (Vancouver), 130, 230 231Games People 7, 43, 118–120, 128 Harbour Cruises (Vancouver), (Vancouver), 166 shopping, 156–157 130 Gaoler’s Mews (Vancouver), sightseeing, 112 Harbour Festival (Victoria), 27 148 walking tour, 151–155 Harmony Arts Festival Garibaldi Provincial Park (near Granville Island Boat Rentals (Vancouver), 25 Squamish), 136 (Vancouver), 135 Harrison Festival of the Arts (Vancouver), 42 Granville Island Ferry Dock (Vancouver), 24 restaurants, 92–94 (Vancouver), 152 Hastings Park Racecourse sightseeing, 109, 117–118 Granville Island Information (Vancouver), 141 walking tour, 147–151 Centre (Vancouver), 152 Hatley Castle (Victoria), Gate of Harmonious Interest Granville Island Museum 224–225 (Victoria), 244 (Vancouver), 120 Hatley Park Castle and Gay & Lesbian Ski Week Granville Island Public Market Museum (Victoria), 225 (Whistler), 30 (Vancouver), 112, 118, Health insurance, 28, 29 Gay and lesbian travelers 154, 164 Airways, 35 resources, 30–31 Granville Island’s Water Park Helijet Charters, 130 Vancouver, 30, 144, 177 and Adventure Playground Heli-skiing, Whistler Victoria, 30–31, 257–258 (Vancouver), 128 Blackcomb, 274 Gay Lesbian Transgendered (Vancouver), Helmcken House (Victoria), Bisexual Community Centre 148 224, 238 (Vancouver), 30, 177 Granville Street (Vancouver), Heritage Harbour (Vancouver), Gay Pride Parade 52, 108 154 (Vancouver), 25 shopping, 156 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 298

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Heritage House Hotel IMAX theater, Victoria, 222 John Fluevog Boots & Shoes (Vancouver), 177 Imax Theatre (Vancouver), 114 Ltd. (Vancouver), 165 Heritage Tours and Daimler In-Again Clothing (Vancouver), Johnson Street Bridge Limousine Service (Victoria), 159 (Victoria), 240 229 Inlet Paddle (Tofino), 289 Juan de Fuca Marine Trail, 234 Hermann’s Jazz Club (Victoria), In-line skating, Vancouver, 137 The Jupiter Cafe (Vancouver), 255 The Inner Harbour (Victoria), 172–173 Highway 99 (Sea-to-Sky 7, 43, 231 Just Birding (Tofino), 289 Highway), 2–3, 33, 44, accommodations, 189–196 46, 140, 260 restaurants, 207–208 Hiking walking tour, 236 Kabuki Kabs (Victoria), Tofino, 290 Insurance, 28–29 185, 229 Ucluelet, 284–285 International Children’s Festi- Karl Stittgen and Goldsmiths Vancouver, 136 val (Vancouver), 24 (Vancouver), 163 Victoria, 233–234 International Travel Maps and Kayaking Whistler Blackcomb, 275–276 Books (Vancouver), 52, 136, , 7 Hill’s Native Art (Vancouver), 158 Tofino, 290 161 Internet access, 57, 186 Ucluelet, 285 Hill’s Native Art (Victoria), 248 Internet Coffee (Vancouver), 57 Vancouver, 24, 120, 134 Hills of Kerrisdale (Vancouver), Intrepid Theatre Company Victoria, 232 159 (Victoria), 254 Whistler Blackcomb, 275 Hockey, Vancouver, 141 Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Kenmore Air, 35 Holidays, 22 (Vancouver), 161 Khot-La-Cha Salish Handicrafts Holland America Line, 34 The Irish Heather (Vancouver), (Vancouver), 162 Hollyburn Mountain 173 Kidsbooks (Vancouver), 158 (Vancouver), 134 Irish Linen Stores (Victoria), Kids’ Guide (Vancouver), 127 Hong Kong Bank building 249 Kids Only Market (Vancouver), (Vancouver), 146 Island Adventure Tours 120, 128, 166 Horizon Air, 35 (Victoria), 234 Kites on Clouds (Vancouver), Horseback riding, Whistler Island Coach Lines, 181 166 Blackcomb, 276 Island Links Hot Line, 233 Kitsilano (Vancouver), 43, 112, Horse-drawn carriage rides Isola Bella (Vancouver), 160 151–155 Vancouver, 6, 116, 127, 131 Itineraries, suggested, 39–46 (Vancouver), Victoria, 229–230 132–133, 137–139, 155 Horse racing, Vancouver, 141 Kitsilano Pool (Vancouver), 133 Horseshoe Bay-Nanaimo ferry, Jade Tree (Victoria), 251 Kitsilano Showboat 34, 35 James Bay (Victoria), 183, 225 (Vancouver), 133 Horse trekking, Chilcotin Jamie’s Whaling Station Kuomintang Building Plateau, 291 (Tofino), 292 (Vancouver), 150–151 , 57, 186 Jazz Hotlines, Vancouver, 57 Vancouver, 24, 171 Hot Springs Cove, 290 Victoria, 27, 255 La Casa del Habano H. R. MacMillan Space Centre Jazz Fest International (Vancouver), 159 (Vancouver), 120–121, 154 (Victoria), 27, 255 The Landing (Vancouver), 148 HSBC, 21 Jeffries and Co. Silversmiths Langara Campus of Vancouver HSBC Celebration of Light (Victoria), 247 Community College, tennis (Vancouver), 25 Jericho Beach (Vancouver), courts, 139 Hughes Ltd. (Victoria), 250 133, 137 Langara Golf Course Hush (Victoria), 258 Jericho Sailing Centre (Vancouver), 135 (Vancouver), 134 Langham Court Theatre Jerry’s Boat Rentals (Victoria), 254 Ice cream, Vancouver, (Vancouver), 134 Last Minute Golf Hot Line, 233 106–107 Jet boating, 276 Lattimer Gallery (Vancouver), Ice-skating, Vancouver, 136 Jewelry 162 Ice Sports Centre (Vancouver), Vancouver, 163 Laundry and dry cleaning, 136 Victoria, 251 Vancouver, 57 Illuminares Lantern Festival Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, LCB liquor store (Vancouver), (Vancouver), 25 276 167 Images for a Canadian Her- Jogging, Vancouver, 137 Legends (Victoria), 255 itage (Vancouver), 161 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 299

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Legends Retro-Fashion Magasin Building (Vancouver), Merrython Fun Run (Vancouver), 161 148 (Victoria), 28 The Lennox Pub (Vancouver), The Magic Flute (Vancouver), Mid-Autumn Moon Festival 173 165 (Vancouver), 26 Lens & Shutter (Vancouver), Mail, 58 Mihrab (Vancouver), 157 158 Main arteries & streets Miniature World (Victoria), Lens and Shutter (Victoria), 249 Vancouver, 49, 52 221, 229 Leone (Vancouver), 160 Victoria, 182 Miniferries, Vancouver, 56 Lighthouse Park (Vancouver), Main Street (Vancouver), Mocambo (Victoria), 255 16, 126 shopping, 156 Mole Hill (Vancouver), 145 LimoJet (Vancouver), 48 Malahat, 232 Monday Magazine, 182, 253 Lions Gate Hospital Malahat Challenge (Vintage Monsoon Restaurant (Vancouver), 57 Car Rally; Victoria), 28 (Vancouver), 173 Liquor laws, 57–58 Mallard Bar (Whistler), 273 Monte Clark Gallery The Lobsterman (Vancouver), Malls and shopping centers, (Vancouver), 163 162 Vancouver, 164 Mountain biking. See Biking Locarno Beach (Vancouver), Maple Tree Square (Vancouver), and mountain biking 133 148 Mountain Equipment Co-op Long Beach, 282, 290 Maplewood Farm (Vancouver), (Vancouver), 132, 166 Long Beach Headlands Trail, 128 Mountain Spa & Tennis Club 290 Marathon (Whistler), 277 Long Beach Nature Tours, 285 Edge to Edge, 283 Mount Douglas Park (Victoria), Long Beach section of Pacific Royal Victoria, 28 228 Rim National Park, 280 Vancouver International, Provincial Park Lonsdale Quay Market 23, 137, 141 (Vancouver), 127, 136 (Vancouver), 164 Marine Drive Golf Club skiing, 138 Lookout!, (Vancouver), 135–136 Mount Washington Ski Resort Tower (Vancouver), 117 Marion Scott Gallery (Courtenay), 234–235 Lost Lagoon (Vancouver), 137 (Vancouver), 162 Munro’s Books (Victoria), 249 Lost Lagoon Nature House Maritime Museum (Vancouver), Murchie’s (Victoria), 250 (Vancouver), 114, 140 122, 154 Murchie’s Tea & Coffee Lost Lake Trail, 275–276 Maritime Museum of British (Vancouver), 162 Lost-luggage insurance, 29 Columbia (Victoria), Museum of Anthropology Lost property, 58 220–221, 243 (Vancouver), 121, 162 Lotus Land Tours (Vancouver), The Market Kitchen Store Music festivals, Victoria, 255 134 (Vancouver), 165 Music stores, Vancouver, 165 Lounges Markets Vancouver, 174 Vancouver, 164–165 Victoria, 256–257 Victoria, 252 Nairn Falls, 270 Lucky Bar (Victoria), 255 Market Square (Victoria), 224, Nairn Falls Provincial Park, 276 Luggage storage and lockers 243, 246, 252 National Aboriginal Day Vancouver, 58 Marquis Wine Cellars Community Celebration Victoria, 186 (Vancouver), 167 (Vancouver), 24 Luncheon Cruise (Vancouver), Martha Sturdy Originals Native Canadians. See First 130 (Vancouver), 158 Nations Lush (Vancouver), 165 Masterpiece Gallery Neel, David, 161 Lynn Canyon Park (Vancouver), (Vancouver), 121 Neighborhoods 124, 136 Maurice Young Millennium Vancouver, 53, 108–113 Lynn Canyon Suspension Place (My Place; Whistler), Victoria, 183, 225 Bridge (Vancouver), 123, 124 278 Newspapers and magazines, Lynn Headwaters Regional Park Meares Island Tour, 289 Vancouver, 58 (Vancouver), 124, 136 Med Grill@Mosaic (Victoria), New Westminster Quay Public 256 Market (Vancouver), 164–165 Medic Alert Identification Tag, New Zealand, customs MacDonald Jewelry 29 regulations, 20 (Victoria), 251 Medical insurance, 29 Nightlife MacLure’s (Vancouver), 54 Merlin’s Bar (Blackcomb), 273 Vancouver, 168–178 McPherson Playhouse Merridale Cidery (near Victoria, 253–258 (Victoria), 244, 253 Cowichan Bay), 227 Whistler Blackcomb, 279–280 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 300

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Nitobe Japanese Garden Pacific Cinematheque Point Grey Golf and Country (Vancouver), 122 (Vancouver), 178 Club (Vancouver), 136 North America Railpass, 32–33 Pacific Coach Lines, 33, 35, Poison Control Centre, 57 The North Shore (North Van- 48, 181 Polar Bear Swim (Victoria), 23 couver & West Vancouver) Pacific National Exhibition Police accommodations, 80 (Vancouver), 26 Vancouver, 57, 58 rainforest tours, 134–135 Pacific Opera Victoria, 254 Victoria, 186 restaurants, 105–106 Pacific Rim National Park, Police Museum, Vancouver , 44. See also 11, 217, 232 Centennial, 118, 151 The North Shore Pacific Rim National Park Polo/ Ralph Lauren sightseeing, 123–124 Reserve of Canada, 280 (Vancouver), 160 Northwest Airlines, 31 Pacific Rim Whale Festival, Post offices, 58, 186 Norwegian Cruise Line, 34 27, 283 Powell Street Festival Numbers Cabaret (Vancouver), Pacific Spirit Regional Park (Vancouver), 25 177 (Endowment Lands; Vancou- Prescription medications, 29 ver), 126, 134, 136 Prince of Whales (Victoria), 235 Pacific Trekking (Victoria), 252 , 34 Oak Bay (Victoria), 183, 225 Prism Lounge (Victoria), 258 The Ocean Floor (Vancouver), (Victoria), 221, 228 Provincial Law Courts 163 Paddlewheeler River Adven- (Vancouver), 146 Ocean River Sports (Victoria), tures (Vancouver), 130 Provincial Legislature (Victoria), 232, 252 Parade of Lost Souls 43, 221, 224, 238 The Odyssey (Vancouver), 177 (Vancouver), 26 Punjabi Market (Vancouver), Ogden Point Dive Centre Paragliding, 137, 234 113–114, 157 (Victoria), 232 Parking The Okanagan Estate Wine Vancouver, 55 Cellar (Vancouver), 167 Victoria, 185 Queen Elizabeth Complex Old Cemetery Society of Park Royal Shopping Centre (Vancouver), 168–169 Victoria, 230 (Vancouver), 164 Queen Elizabeth Park Old Town (Victoria), 183 Parks and gardens (Vancouver), 125, 139 accommodations, 196–200 Vancouver, 125–127 Quw’utsun’ Cultural and Con- restaurants, 210–215 Victoria, 226–228 ference Centre (Duncan), walking tour, 240–245 Parliament Buildings (Provin- 226–227, 252 Olympic View Golf Club cial Legislature; Victoria), 43, (Victoria), 233 221, 224, 238 OMNIMAX (Vancouver), 127 Passports, 1, 18 Radisson Seven Seas The One Lounge (Victoria), 256 The Patch (Victoria), 251 Cruises, 34 Open Space (Victoria), 248 Peddle cabs, Victoria, 185 Rail Canada, 32 Opera, 170, 254 Pendrellis (Vancouver), 145 Raincoast Interpretive Center Orca Spirit Adventures Pendrell Street (Vancouver), (Tofino), 289 (Victoria), 235 145 Rainforest walks and tours, Organized tours Performance Works 134–135, 234 Vancouver, 129–132 (Vancouver), 120 Raja (Vancouver), 178 Victoria, 229–231 Performing arts The Raven and the Bear Theatre (Vancouver), Vancouver, 168–171 (Vancouver), 164 168 Victoria, 253–255 The Red Jacket (Victoria), 256 Outdoor activities Pharmacies, 58, 186 The Red Room (Vancouver), Vancouver, 132–141 Pioneer Square (Victoria), 225 176 Victoria, 231–235 The Plaza Club (Vancouver), The Reef (Victoria), 257 Out on Screen Film Festival 176 Reid, Bill, 121, 161 (Vancouver), 30 Plaza Escada (Vancouver), 160 Remembrance Day Please Mum (Vancouver), 160 (Vancouver), 26 The Plum Clothing Co. Remote Passages (Tofino), 292 Pacific Boarder (Vancouver), (Victoria), 250 Reo Rafting (Vancouver), 139 166 Point Atkinson Lighthouse Restaurants. See also Restau- (Vancouver), 126 rant index (Vancouver), 48 Point Ellice House (Victoria), Tofino, 287–289 Pacific Centre Mall 224 Vancouver, 1, 6, 23, 81–107 (Vancouver), 164 Point Grey Beach (Vancouver), best, 14–15, 82–83 133 by cuisine, 83–84 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 301

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Victoria, 2, 205–216 The Shark Club Bar and Grill best, 15–16, 205 Saanich Inlet, 232 (Vancouver), 173 by cuisine, 206–207 Safety, 58, 186 Shaughnessy (Vancouver), 113 Whistler Blackcomb, 270–272 Sailing Shaughnessy Golf and Country Restrooms, Vancouver, 58 Great Bear Rainforest, 291 Club (Vancouver), 136 Richard’s on Richards Vancouver, 137 Shine (Vancouver), 176 (Vancouver), 176 Victoria, 234 Shoes, Vancouver, 165 Richmond (Vancouver), 113 St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Shopping Richmond Nature Park Cathedral (Victoria), 244 Tofino, 292 (Vancouver), 140 St. James Anglican Church Vancouver, 156–167 Robert Burns’s Birthday (Vancouver), 151 Victoria, 247–252 (Victoria), 27 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Whistler Blackcomb, 278–279 Robinson’s Sporting Goods Ltd. (Vancouver), 145 Sights and attractions (Victoria), 233, 234 St. Paul’s Hospital Tofino, 289 (Vancouver), (Vancouver), 57 Vancouver, 2, 108–132 146 Salmon Victoria, 2, 217–231 Robson Street (Vancouver), Goldstream River (near Silk Road Aromatherapy and 42, 108, 143–144 Victoria), 226 Tea Company (Victoria), 251 shopping, 156 Vancouver, 24, 140 Silk Road Art Trading Co. Rock climbing, Whistler Capilano Salmon (Vancouver), 150, 158 Blackcomb, 277 Hatchery, 126 (Vancouver), Rockwood Adventures shopping, 162 164 (Vancouver), 134 Salmon Village (Vancouver), Singing Pass Trail, 276 Rocky Mountaineer Vacations, 162 Sins of the City Walking Tour 260 Salvatore Ferragamo (Vancouver), 118 Rodeo, Cloverdale, 23 (Vancouver), 160 Skiing Roedde House (Vancouver), Sam Kee Building (Vancouver), Vancouver, 137–138 144 150 Victoria area, 234–235 Rogers’ Chocolates (Victoria), Scenic Marine Drive bike path Whistler Blackcomb, 10, 250 (Victoria), 231 272–274 Romanoff & Company Antiques Schooner (Tofino), 3 Skoah (Vancouver), 159 (Victoria), 247 Science World at Telus World of SkyRide gondola (Vancouver), Roots Canada (Vancouver), 160 Science (Vancouver), 123 Ross Bay (Victoria), 183, 225 121–122, 128 SkyTrain, Vancouver, 54 Ross Bay Beaches (Victoria), Scotiabank Dance Centre Sleighing, 274 231 (Vancouver), 170 Snowboarding, Vancouver, Ross Bay Cemetery (Victoria), Scuba diving, Victoria, 232 137–138 225, 230, 245 SeaBus, Vancouver, 54 Snow Goose Festival The Roundhouse (Vancouver), Seafun Safaris Whale Watching (Vancouver), 140 152 (Victoria), 235 Snowmobiling, 274 The Roxy (Vancouver), 171 Seasons, 22 Snowshoeing, 274–275 Royal Bank, 21 Sea-to-Sky Highway (Highway Soccer, Vancouver, 141 Royal B.C. Museum (Victoria), 99), 2–3, 33, 44, 46, 140, 260 Sonar (Vancouver), 176 7, 43, 221, 229 Second Beach (Vancouver), Songhees Point (Victoria), 239 Royal Caribbean, 34 114, 116, 127, 132, 138 Sonicblue Airways, 283 Royal Jubilee Hospital Second Suit for Men & Women Sooke Potholes, 234 (Victoria), 186 (Vancouver), 159–160 South Beach Trail, 290 Royal London Wax Museum Seniors, 31 South China Seas Trading Com- (Victoria), 223, 238–239 Senses Bakery (Vancouver), 107 pany (Vancouver), 162–163 Royal Roads University Seymour, Mount (Vancouver), Spanish Banks (Vancouver), (Victoria), 225 127, 133–134 133, 137 Royal Theatre (Victoria), 253 Seymour Golf and Country Spas, Whistler Blackcomb, 279 Royal Victoria Marathon, 28 Club (Vancouver), 136 SPCA, 57 Running, Vancouver, 141 Shakespeare Festival (Victoria), Spectator sports, Vancouver, Running Room 28, 254 141 (Vancouver), 137 Shanghai Alley (Vancouver), Spinnakers Brewpub (Victoria), Russell Books (Victoria), 249 150 257 Spirit of Lakwammen (Victoria), 239 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 302

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Spokes Bicycle Rentals & Sunset Dinner Cruise Thunderbird Park (Victoria), Espresso Bar (Vancouver), (Vancouver), 130 222, 238 133 Sunset viewing, Vancouver, Ticketmaster, 168 Sporting goods, 166, 252 7, 82 Tickets Tonight (Vancouver), Sports Rent (Victoria), 231 Sun Tower (Vancouver), 149 168 Spray Park (Vancouver), Sun Wolf Outdoor Centre Tillicum Mall Medical Clinic 116, 127 (Squamish valley), 277 (Victoria), 186 Squamish, 140 Super, Natural British , 59 Squamish & Howe Sound Visi- Columbia, 17, 48, 61 Tipping, Vancouver, 59 tor Info Centre, 140 Surfing Tofino, 280, 282, 285–292 Stanley Park (Vancouver), Tofino, 291–292 Tofino Botanical Gardens, 292 6, 39, 114–116 Victoria, 235 Tonic (Vancouver), 176 bird and wildlife watching, Swan Lake Christmas Hill Totem poles 140 Nature Sanctuary (Victoria), Vancouver, 114, 121, 127, Children’s Farm, 114, 127 228, 234 155, 161, 162 horse-drawn carriage rides, Swans Pub (Victoria), 257 Victoria, 239 6, 116, 127, 131 Swiftsure Weekend (Victoria), Tourism Association of Vancou- for kids, 127 27–28 ver Island, 17 Miniature Railway, 114, 127 Swimco (Vancouver), 160 Tourism Vancouver Touristinfo Seawall, 15–16 Swimming Centre, 17, 132 seawall, 114 Vancouver, 127, 132, 133, 138 Tourism Victoria, 253 biking, 133 Victoria, 231, 235 Tourism Victoria Visitor Centre, jogging, 137 Sydney Reynolds (Victoria), 249 2, 17, 181 tennis, 139 Tours, organized, Vancouver, Stanley Park Ecological Society, 129–132 140 Taiga (Vancouver), 166 Toys, Vancouver, 166 Starbucks Takaya Tours (Vancouver), Train travel Vancouver, 107 131, 134 Vancouver, 32–33 Victoria, 214 Tallyho Horse-Drawn Tours (Vic- Victoria, 35 Starfish Glassworks (Victoria), toria), 229–230 Whistler Blackcomb, 260 242, 251 T&T Supermarket (Vancouver), Trans-Canada Highway, 33 STA Travel, 31 149, 158 “Mile 0” marker, 228 Steam Clock (Vancouver), Taxes, Vancouver, 58–59 Translink, 30, 48, 53 42, 122, 148 Taxis Transportation Steamers (Victoria), 256 Vancouver, 48, 54 Vancouver, 53–56 Steamworks Pub & Brewery Victoria, 185 Victoria, 183–185 (Vancouver), 175 TD Canada Trust, 21 TravelAxe, 36 Steveston (Vancouver), 113 Telephone, 59 Traveler’s checks, 21 Steveston Salmon Festival Temperature, daily mean Travel Guard, 29 (Vancouver), 24 (Vancouver), 22 Travelinfo Centre (Vancouver), Steveston Seabreeze Adven- Tennis 141 tures (Vancouver), 139 Vancouver, 139 Traveling The Sticky Wicket (Victoria), Whistler Blackcomb, 277–278 to Vancouver, 31–34, 47–48 257 Ten Ren Tea & Ginseng Co. to Victoria, 34–35 Still Life (Victoria), 250 (Vancouver), 158 Travel insurance, 28–29 The Stone Temple (Vancouver), Theater Treetops Adventure 176 Vancouver, 24, 169–170 (Vancouver), 123 Storm-watching, 290–291 Victoria, 28, 253–254 TreeTrek, 3, 278 Storyeum (Vancouver), 42, Theatre Inconnu (Victoria), 254 Trolleys, Vancouver, 2, 127 117–118 Theatre Under the Stars Trounce Alley (Victoria), 242 Street maps (Vancouver), 169 True Value Vintage Clothing Vancouver, 52–53 Thetis Lake, 231 (Vancouver), 161 Victoria, 183 Third Beach (Vancouver), Trumpeter Swan Festival Students, 31 114, 132 (Comox Valley), 27 Sugar (Victoria), 256 Thomas Fee house (Vancouver), Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay Summer in the Square 145 ferry, 34 (Victoria), 255 Three Dog Bakery (Vancouver), Tung Fong Hung Foods Co. Sunken Garden (Victoria), 218 166 (Vancouver), 159 Sun Run (Vancouver), 137 Thriller (Vancouver), 166 Sunset Beach (Vancouver), 132 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 303

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Vancouver Folk Music Victoria Bobby Walking Tours, UBC Anthropology Museum Festival, 25 230 (Vancouver), 42 Vancouver Fringe Festival, 26 , 228 UBC Botanical Garden Vancouver General Hospital Victoria Bus Depot, 181 (Vancouver), 122 Health and Sciences Victoria Butterfly Gardens, 223 UBC Coast Club (Vancouver), Centre, 57 Victoria Clipper, 35 139 Vancouver International Victoria Fringe Festival, 254 Ucluelet, 280, 282, 283–285 Airport, 47–48 Victoria General Hospital, 186 United Airlines, 31–32 Vancouver International Com- Victoria Harbour Ferries, United Kingdom edy Festival, 25 184, 229 consulate, 57 Vancouver International Film Victoria Harbour Ferry customs regulations, 20 Festival, 26, 178 Company, 239 United States Vancouver International Jazz Victoria Heritage Foundation, customs regulations, 19–20 Festival, 24, 171 230 documents needed by U. S. Vancouver International Victoria International Airport, citizens, 18 Marathon, 23, 137, 141 181 Unitow (Vancouver), 55 Vancouver International Victoria Jazz Society/Jazz Fest University Golf Club Marathon Society, 137 International (Victoria), 255 (Vancouver), 135 Vancouver International Writ- Victoria Natural History Uno Festival of Solo Perfor- ers and Readers Festival, 26 Society, 232 mance (Victoria), 254 , West Coast A Victorian Christmas Store Uno Langmann Limited of, 280–292 (Victoria), 249 (Vancouver), 157 Vancouver Island Paragliding, Victoria Operatic Society, 254 Upstairs (Tofino), 3 234 Victoria Pride Parade and The Upstairs Lounge (Victoria), Vancouver magazine, Festival, 30–31 256 17, 49, 168 Victoria Regional Transit Sys- Urban Well (Vancouver), 173 Vancouver Maritime Museum, tem (B.C. Transit), 30, 122, 128 183–184 Vancouver Medical Clinics, 57 Victoria San Juan Cruises, 35 Valley Trail System, 276 Vancouver Museum, 123, 154 Victoria Shakespeare Vancouver Antique Centre Vancouver-Nanaimo ferry, 34 Festival, 28 (Vancouver), 157 Vancouver Natural History Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Marine Society, 140 254 Science Centre, 6, 39, Vancouver Opera, 170 Victoria Visitor Centre, 236 116, 128 Vancouver Playhouse, 169–170 Views, best, Victoria, 222 Vancouver Aquatic Centre, 138 Vancouver Playhouse Interna- Vintage clothing, Vancouver, Vancouver Archives, 154 tional Wine Festival, 23 161 , 7, 43, , Virgin Megastore (Vancouver), 116–117, 146 151–152 165 Vancouver Bach Choir, 170 Vancouver Sun Run, 23, 141 Virtual Voyages Simulator Vancouver Bed & Breakfast, 61 Vancouver Symphony, 170 (Vancouver), 120–121 Vancouver Board of Parks and Vancouver TheatreSports Visitor information, 17 Recreation, 135 League, 171 Ucluelet, Long Beach, and Vancouver Cantata Singers, Vancouver Ticket Centre, 141 Tofino, 283 170 Vancouver Touristinfo Centre, Vancouver, 48–49 Vancouver Canucks, 141 48, 168 Victoria, 181–182 Vancouver Centennial Police Vancouver Trolley Company, Voda Nightclub (Vancouver), Museum, 118, 151 2, 127, 131 176 Vancouver Centre, 164 Vancouver Whale Watch, 139 Vancouver Chamber Choir, 170 Vancouver Whitecaps, 141 Vancouver Cigar Company Vancouver Wooden Boat Walkabout Historical Tours (Vancouver), 159 Festival, 26 (Victoria), 230 Vancouver Coast and Moun- VanDusen Botanical Gardens Walkabout Historic Vancouver, tains Tourism Region, 17 (Vancouver), 126 131–132 Vancouver East Cultural Centre, VanDusen Flower and Garden Walking tours 169 Show (Vancouver), 24 Vancouver, 131–132 Vancouver Flea Market Vanity Fair Antiques & Col- self-guided, 142–155 (Vancouver), 165 lectibles (Victoria), 248 Victoria, 230 Vancouver Folk Festival, 171 Venus & Mars (Vancouver), 160 self-guided, 236–245 Via Rail Canada, 35 Wallach & Company, 29 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 304

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W. & J. Wilson’s Clothiers Whistler Blackcomb Resort, 10 (Victoria), 250 Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort, Zhongua Xuetang (Chinese Waterfront Station 137 Imperial School; Victoria), (Vancouver), 148 Whistler Express, 260 244 Waterfront Theatre Whistler Heli-Skiing, 274 Ziptrek Ecotours (Whistler), (Vancouver), 120 Whistler Mountain, 272–273 3, 278 Waterpark (Vancouver), 120 Whistler Mountain Bike Park, Ziptrekking, 10–11 Watersports. See also specific 276 Zonda Nellis Design Ltd. sports Whistler Mountaineer, 2, 260 (Vancouver), 160–161 Vancouver, 138 Whistler Museum & Archives Zoo, Vancouver, 128 Victoria, 235 Society, 278 Zulu Records (Vancouver), 165 Water Street (Vancouver), Whistler Racquet & Golf shopping, 156 Resort, 277 Weather, 22 Whistler River Adventures, ACCOMMODATIONS— Vancouver, 59 275–277 VANCOUVER Websites, best, 14 Whistler Village, 259–260 The Aston Rosellen Suites at Wedge Rafting (Whistler), 277 White-water rafting, 139, 277 Stanley Park, 12, 62, 74–75 West Bay (Victoria), 239 Wickaninnish Interpretive Cen- Barclay House in the West West Beach (Vancouver), 166 ter (Tofino), 289 End, 75 West Coast Air, 35 Wildlife-watching, Vancouver, Beachside Vancouver Bed & West Coast Families, 49, 127 139–140 Breakfast, 80 West Coast Trail, 234 Wild Pacific Trail, 284–285 Best Western Downtown The West End (Vancouver), Willows Beach (Victoria), 231 Vancouver, 69 6, 42 Winchester Galleries (Victoria), Blue Horizon, 75 accommodations, 72–77 248 Buchan Hotel, 76–77 restaurants, 94–98 Windsor Hotel building Camelot Inn, 78 sights and attractions, (Victoria), 242 Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites, 108–109, 144 Windsure Windsurfing School 12, 75–76 walking tour, 142–147 (Vancouver), 141 Days Inn Downtown, 70 West End Community Centre Windsurfing, 140–141, 235 Delta Vancouver Suites, 63 (Vancouver), 136 The Wine Barrel (Victoria), 252 The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Western Canada Wilderness Wines and wineries 11–12, 61, 63, 66 Committee (WCWC; Victoria), Cowichan Valley, 227 Four Seasons Hotel, 62, 66 251 Vancouver, 23, 166–167 Georgian Court Hotel, 62, 70 Westin Bear Mountain Golf Victoria, 252 , Resort & Spa (Victoria), 233 The WISE Club (Vancouver), 171 77–78, 121 WestJet, 32, 35 Work, Mount, 222, 233–234 Hostelling International Van- The West Side (Vancouver), 49 Wreck Beach (Vancouver), 133 couver Downtown Hostel, 71 accommodations, 77–79 Hostelling International Van- restaurants, 98–104 couver Jericho Beach sights and attractions, Xtra! West, 49, 168 Hostel, 79 118–123 Howard Johnson Hotel, 71 West Vancouver. See also The Johnson Heritage House, 78 North Shore ale Hotel (Vancouver), 172 Kenya Court Ocean Front Guest sights and attractions, Y Yaletown (Vancouver), 152 House, 78 123–124 accommodations, 63–72 The Kingston Hotel, 71–72 Whale-watching, 7, 139, restaurants, 85–92 Le Soleil Hotel & Suites, 66 235, 292 sightseeing, 109, 112 The Listel Hotel, 62, 73 Where Vancouver, 49, 52 walking tour, 151 Lonsdale Quay Hotel, 80 Whistler Blackcomb, 2, Yaletown Brewing Company Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver, 259–280 (Vancouver), 175 1, 66–67 accommodations, 262–270 Yaletown Landing (Vancouver), Opus Hotel, 12, 61, 67 getting around, 262 152 Pacific Palisades Hotel, nightlife, 279–280 Yellow Cab (Vancouver), 54 12, 62, 73 restaurants, 270–272 YVR Airporter (Vancouver), Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver, suggested itinerary, 44, 46 47–48 12, 62, 63, 67–68 traveling to, 260 YWCA Fitness Centre Penny Farthing Inn, 79 visitor information, 262 (Vancouver), 138 Quality Hotel Downtown/The Inn at False Creek, 70 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 305

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Ramada Inn and Suites, 72 Isabella’s Guest Suites, Middle Beach Lodge (Tofino), Rosedale on Robson Suite 198–199 286 Hotel, 62, 70–71 The James Bay Inn, Ocean’s Edge B&B (Ucluelet), Sheraton Vancouver Wall 188, 195–196 284 Centre Hotel, 68 Laurel Point Inn, 13, 189, 193 Pan Pacific Whistler Sunset Inn & Suites, 76 The Magnolia, 13, 188, 197 Mountainside, 267 The Sutton Place Hotel, 68 Medana Grove Bed & Pan Pacific Whistler Village , 77 Breakfast, 196 Centre, 267 University of British Columbia Miraloma on the Cove, 2, 202 Summit Lodge & Spa Conference Centre, 62, 79 Ocean Island Backpackers Inn, (Whistler), 267–268 Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle 200 Ucluelet Hostel, 284 Hotel, 74 Poets Cove Resort & Spa, 202 The Westin Resort & Spa Wedgewood Hotel, 12, 61, 63, Point-No-Point Resort, 204 Whistler, 268 68–69 Ramada Huntingdon Hotel and The Wickaninnish Inn (Tofino), West End Guest House, Suites, 194–195 286–287 12, 62, 76 Royal Scot Suite Hotel, 13–14, Westin Bayshore Resort & 188, 195 Marina, 62, 74 Sooke Harbour House, 13, 188, RESTAURANTS— The Westin Grand, 61, 69 189, 202–203 VANCOUVER YWCA Hotel/Residence, 72 Spinnakers Guest House, 195 Amarcord, 85, 88 Swans Suite Hotel, 14, 189, Annapurna, 83, 103 199 Aurora Bistro, 2, 99–100 University of Victoria Housing, ACCOMMODATIONS— Banana Leaf, 97 Food, and Conference VICTORIA The Beach House at Dundarave Services, 204 Abbeymoore Manor Inn, 200 Pier, 105 Victoria International Youth Abigail’s Hotel, 188, 196 Bin 941 Tapas Parlour, Hostel, 200 Admiral Inn, 13, 188, 193–194 82, 90–91 Victoria Marriott Inner The Aerie, 12, 188, 189, Bishop’s, 14, 82, 98 Harbour, 199 200–201 Blue Water Café and Raw The Victoria Regent Hotel, 197 Andersen House Bed & Bar, 88 Westin Bear Mountain Golf Breakfast, 190 C, 14, 82, 85 Resort & Spa, 2, 189 Baybreeze Manor, 192 Café Zen, 100 Westin Bear Mountain Victoria The Beaconsfield Inn, 196–197 Caffe Amici, 112 Golf Resort & Spa, 203 Best Western Carlton Plaza, Caffè Artigiano, 42, 106 197–198 Calabria, 112 The Boathouse, 13, 188, The Cannery, 92 203–204 ACCOMMODATIONS— Chambar Belgian Brentwood Bay Lodge & Spa, OTHER AREAS Restaurant, 88 12–13, 188, 189, 201 Alpine Chalet Whistler, 268 Cin Cin, 14, 82, 94 Chateau Victoria Hotel, 198 Brimar Bed and Breakfast Coast, 14, 88–89 Dashwood Manor, 201–202 (Tofino), 285 Delany’s on Denman, 144 Days Inn on the Harbour, 194 Cedar Springs Bed & Breakfast Diva at the Met, 85 Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Lodge (Whistler), 269 Elixir, 89 Resort and Spa, 13, 188–190 Chalet Beau Sejour (Whistler), Epicurean Delicatessen Caffè, The Dominion Grand Hotel, 269 106 199–200 Delta Whistler Village Suites, Feenie’s, 100–101 Executive House Hotel, 198 266 Fiddlehead Joe’s, 91 The Fairmont Empress, Durlacher Hof Pension Inn The Fish House in Stanley 13, 187, 189, 190 (Whistler), 269 Park, 95 The Gatsby Mansion Inn and The Fairmont Chateau Whistler, The Five Sails, 85 Restaurant, 194 266–267 Floata Seafood Restaurant, 150 Harbour Towers Hotel & Suites, Four Seasons Resort Whistler, Glowbal Grill and Satay Bar, 192 267 82, 89 Haterleigh Heritage Inn, 188 Hostelling International Gusto, 105 The Haterleigh Heritage Inn, Whistler, 270 Gyoza King, 97–98 192–193 The Inn at Tough City (Tofino), Hapa Izakaya, 96 Hotel Grand Pacific, 285–286 Hart House Restaurant, 129 13, 189, 193 Long Beach Lodge Resort Ichibankan, 96 (Tofino), 286 23_041246 bindex.qxp 11/10/06 12:23 PM Page 306

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Il Giardino di Umberto Sun Sui Wah, 82, 104 Sam’s Deli, 215 Ristorante, 89–90 Tanpopo, 97 Siam Thai Restaurant, 215 Incendio, 42, 93 Tojo’s Restaurant, 15, 82, 99 Six Mile Pub, 206, 216 Irish Heather, 148 The Tomahawk Restaurant, 106 Sooke Harbour House, Joe Fortes Seafood and Chop Urban Rush, 144 15, 206, 216 House, 14–15, 83, 90 Vancouver’s Best Coffee, 107 Spinnakers Brewpub, 208, 239 Joe’s Cafe, 107 Vij, 102–103 The Tapa Bar, 211–212 Kharma Café, 120 West, 1, 15, 43, 82, 99 White Heather Tea Room, 213 La Bodega, 91 Zin, 97 Willy’s, 214 La Casa Gelato, 106–107 Zambri’s, 212 A La Mode, 154 Le Gavroche, 95 RESTAURANTS— Lift, 1, 82, 94 VICTORIA RESTAURANTS— The Locus Café, 104 Abkhazi Garden, 213 OTHER AREAS Lumière, 15, 82, 98 The Aerie, 15, 205, 215 Araxi (Whistler), 271 Lumière Tasting Bar, 98 Arbutus Grille and Winebar, Bearfoot Bistro (Whistler), 271 Mark’s Fiasco, 101 15, 215–216 Caramba! Restaurant Memphis Blues Barbeque Barb’s Place, 206, 208 (Whistler), 271 House, 101–102 The Blue Crab Bar and Grill, Ciao Thyme Bistro and B. B. K.’s The Naam Restaurant, 103 207 Pub (Whistler), 272 Nu, 1, 90 Brasserie L’Ecole, 210 Citta Bistro (Whistler), 270 Old Spaghetti Factory, 93 Butchart Gardens Dining Room Common Loaf Bakeshop Olympia Seafood Market & Restaurant, 213 (Tofino), 287 Grill, 92 Café Brio, 210 Dubh Linn Gate Irish Park Lock Seafood Camille’s, 15, 205, 210 Lounge/Pub (Whistler), 271 Restaurant, 93 Canoe, 206, 208 Hy’s Steakhouse (Whistler), 272 Phnom Penh Restaurant, 94 Da Tandoor, 211 Ingrid’s Village Cafe (Whistler), Pink Pearl, 93 Dock 503, 2, 206, 216 270 Raincity Grill, 15, 42, 82, 95 The Fairmont Empress, Matterson Teahouse and Rangoli, 103 15, 206, 212 Garden (Ucluelet), 284 The Reef, 105 Green Cuisine, 212–213 The Pointe Restaurant (Tofino), Romano’s Macaroni Grill at the Herald Street Caffe, 211 287 Mansion, 82, 96 Il Terrazzo Ristorante, Quattro (Whistler), 272 The Salmon House on the Hill, 44, 206, 210 The RainCoast Cafe (Tofino), 105–106 J&J Wonton Noodle House, 288 Sanafir, 1, 82, 91–92 205, 213 Rimrock Cafe and Oyster Bar The SandBar, 102 The Mark, 207–208 (Whistler), 272 Sequoia Grill at the Teahouse Med Grill@Mosaic, 213–214 The Schooner (Tofino), 288 in Stanley Park, 82, 95–96 Ottavio, 214 Sobo (Tofino), 288 Sha-Lin Noodle House, Pagliacci’s, 206, 211 Tuff Beans (Tofino), 287 103–104 Point Ellice House, Upstairs (Tofino), 288 Simply Thai, 92 212–213, 224 Whistler Brew-House The Smoking Dog, 102 Q V Bakery & Café, 214 (Whistler), 270–271 Sophie’s Cosmic Café, 104 rebar, 206, 214–215, 243 Wickaninnish Restaurant Stephos, 98 The Reef, 211 (Tofino), 288–289