VANCOUVER

Lower Mainland - Fraser Valley

British Columbia, Canada

Mountains and views

The combination of mountains and water (coastal and inland) is what has the greatest impact on most visitors to this area. The mountains and their proximity to urban areas create the dominant visual influence on visitors and residents. On the north side of the Fraser Valley is a range of mountains that extend from West Vancouver at the western end all the way to Hope in the East. Even from the canadian border with the US the mountains form a backdrop.(see No.18). The mountains on the southern side of the valley begin just south of Abbotsford and east of the Sumas Prairie. Here are images of most of the northern side.

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4 West Vancouver and west of Howe Sound	5 West Vancouver	6 West Vancouver

7 West Vancouver	8 North Vancouver	9 North Vancouver

10 North Vancouver	11 North Vancouver	12 North Vancouver

13 North Vancouver	14 North Vancouver and Deep Cove	15 Port Moody

16 Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam	17 Port Coquitlam and Pitt Meadows	18 Langley from 0 Ave at the US border

19 Pitt Meadows	20 Pitt Meadows	21 Golden Ears behind Maple Ridge

22 Chilliwack	23 Kent - Agassiz	24 Hope at the eastern end of the Valley

Views from the heights

Some of the best views of Vancouver and the region are from various viewpoints on the North Shore.

25 Downtown - Stanley Park

26 Downtown BC Place & False Creek	27 Downtown	28 Downtown West & North Vancouver

29 Point Grey & UBC	30 Fog over Point Grey & UBC

31 Lions Gate Bridge	32 Second Narrows Bridge

33 Stanley Park & West Side	34 Capitol Hill in Burnaby

35 Burrard Inlet - Inner Harbour North Vancouver in foreground

36 Downtown from Mt. Seymour North Van in foreground	37 Looking east at Port Moody from Mt. Seymour	38 Looking east at Port Moody from Mt. Seymour

The magical effects of fog

39 Downtown	40 Downtown	41 Wall Centre Tower Stanley Park treetops in foreground

42 Burnaby Metrotown in the distance	43 Mt. Baker Washington St. in the distance