David Lam Park

A crooked elbow of landscaped waterfront at the neck of False Creek, this 15-year-old park is Yaletown’s main green space. A popular spot for free shows at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and also sometimes used for free alfresco summer movie screenings, this is the perfect launch point for a 2km seawall walk along the north bank of False Creek to Science World. You’ll pass intriguing public artworks, glass condo towers foresting the old Expo ’86 site and the stadium where the Vancouver Canucks NHL hockey team plays. Look out for birdlife along the route and ask the locals about the unexpected 2010 visit from a grey whale in these waters.