Neighbourhood Views

Today we had an unusual clear day. I took a few walks around our neighbourhood to try and capture some views.

This is not as easy as you'd think. There's always something in the way - rooftops, tree branches, phone lines. There don't seem to be any public places that have perfect, unobstructed views in our neighbourhood, short of hiring a helicopter. So these are all cropped heavily. But they were all taken within a few blocks of our house, on streets and sidewalks.

Going east, over the crest of Capitol Hill, is a view of downtown Vancouver.

To its right, the northeast, are the towers of North Vancouver and the shipping terminals.

This is the view north, looking across the Burrard Inlet.


There are often oil tankers anchored here as there's a small oil refinery on the waterfront.

Continuing right, to the northwest, we can just make out the city of Port Coquitlam, at the far end of the inlet.

To our west is Burnaby Mountain. Much of it is parkland, and Simon Fraser University is at the summit. This is much like the view from our living room, except we have more branches in the way.


To the southwest we see some more of Burnaby. On a good day we can see Mount Baker in Washington State, and at sunset the sun glints off the lone City Centre tower in Surrey.

And to our south are the towers of central Burnaby.