Saturday August 31, 2019
One of our favorite places in Vancouver is the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. The museum is renowned for its collection of world arts and cultures and especially of First Nations of the Pacific Northwest.
The museum is an anthropological research center and has an excellent assortment of totems and other cultural artifacts.
One exhibit in the collection is an impressive sculpture by the Canadian artist, Bill Reid. The title of the work is Raven and the First Men and it depicts a Haida creation myth.
There is a meeting house and a variety of totems on the grounds of the museum.
We left the museum and went to Kitsilano Beach near the Maritime Museum to take one of the tiny False Creek ferries back to the city.
It was a beautiful day so we decided to ride the entire route of the ferry:
We left the ferry at Yaletown and walked to the nearest metro station. The SkyTrain is the oldest automated driverless light rapid transit systems in the world. The trains connect people from the airport to downtown Vancouver.
Here’s a photo from our hotel looking toward the mountains of North Vancouver. The city has grown a lot with many new tall buildings and more are under construction. It’s still a beautiful city and a fun place to visit.
