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The suspension bridge over the river Capilano has a length of 140 metres and is suspended about 70 metres above the river. The bridge was built in 1889 by a civil engineer from Scotland and has since attracted over 800,000 visitors a year. The bridge's fame has even reached television screens, appearing in episodes of MacGyver, Infinity Jump and The Crow.

The VanDusen Botanical Garden is named after local lumberjack and philanthropist Whitford Julian VanDusen. Opened on August 30, 1975 with over 22 hectares featuring native plant exhibits, a Japanese garden, carved totem poles and large stone sculptures. Enjoy the sweet scent of flowers while the children have fun in the labyrinth next to the vegetable garden.

It was founded in 1931 on Georgia Street and moved to its current location on Hornby Street in 1983. It is ranked number five in Canada's major art galleries and number one in the west of the country. The gallery houses a permanent collection of 9,100 works, including more than 200 works by the Group of Seven, Emily Carr and illustrations by Marc Chagall. Inside, there is a library, a souvenir shop and a café.

A public aquarium located in Stanley Park. The aquarium is a dedicated space for marine research, marine animal rehabilitation and conservation, and was one of the first facilities to incorporate professional naturalists to interpret animal behaviour. It opened in 1956 as Canada's first public aquarium and is now one of the five largest aquariums in North America. In the aquarium, there are beluga whales, dolphins, sea otters, sea lions, among other species of marine animals.

In 1904 Jennie Butchart decided to transform an old limestone quarry that had been exploited by her husband's cement company into beautiful gardens. From then on, the Butchart family took up horticulture, embellishing six beautiful gardens spread over 22 acres. Today, the various tulips, roses, hyacinths and flora of all kinds delight millions of visitors every year. The garden is considered one of the most beautiful in the world, and has been a National Historic Site of Canada since 2004.

It is a gallery famed for its priceless displays of world art and culture, especially the works of the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest. It is considered one of the most important tourist destinations in the country. It is a teaching and research museum, offering University of British Columbia courses in anthropology, the arts, archaeology, museum studies and conservation. The gallery houses more than 50,000 ethnographic objects and at least 535,000 archaeological objects - all in one building!

A conservatory and aviary located at the top of Queen Elizabeth Park. It opened on 6 December 1969 and welcomed over 500,000 visitors in its first year of opening. The conservatory has three habitats, a tropical rainforest, subtropical rainforest and desert. More than 200 birds of different species fly freely in the dome, as well as a wide variety of tropical fish. In terms of flora, the space holds just over 500 varieties and species of plants ranging from deep jungle to desert climate.

A 405-hectare park in the city of Vancouver, Stanley Park is the largest urban park in the country and one of the largest in North America. Its main building is a coniferous forest with about half a million trees. Some 200 km of roads and trails, including Beaver Lake and Lost Lagoon. The park is named after Count Frederick Arthur Stanley.

A 130-hectare municipal park located at the top of Little Mountain at about 410 metres above sea level. The park features an arboretum with collections of exotic and native trees, some sculptures including the great artist Henry Moore, as well as a celebration pavilion, quarry gardens, painters' corners and various fountains. It also has a pitch and putt golf course, tennis courts, Tai Chi, lawn bowling club and a Little Mountain disc golf course.