Even without the cityscape being what it is now, the view from the water has always been gorgeous. I remember as a lad, going on my father's 35 foot wooden commercial fishing boat from Celtic Shipyards at the foot of Blenheim near Musqeum to Stanley Park to fill up on gas from the floating gas stations there, then heading back to moor the boat under the Burrard Bridge. Hundreds of other commercial fishing vessels moored there. This was when the fishing industry was booming. None of this cruise ship nonsense. Very little pleasure craft. No Granville Island anything, too. Talk about slow boat to china. The trip took forever.
Should be in the Vancouver History thread, but whatever.
https://granvilleisland.com/history-and-architecture
My father also moored the boat at Steveston (most of the time) and up north - Tofino, Uculet, Campbell River, Prince Rupert, etc. It all depended on openings and what type of gear he decided on using (gill net or trolling). Independent commercial fishing vessel were capable of switching back and forth. My father stored his nets at the net lofts at BC Packers' Paramount Shipyards. Thinking back, it was an amazing life. Out in the waters for months at a time. Anyway...............
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