Vancouver Trivia II
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courtesy
Tourism Vancouver
Oh, Canada
For more than 25 years at noon each day, a set of horns atop a
downtown Vancouver building played the first four notes of Canada's national
anthem, O' Canada. The 10 aluminium horns were so powerful they can be heard
over much of the city, and those nearby had to plug their ears. When the
building converted to a condominium in the mid-90s, the horns were moved to the
top of the luxury Pan Pacific Hotel near Canada Place.
Whale
of a Meeting
The Vancouver Aquarium's boardroom is Vancouver's most
innovative meeting room-behind the glass wall, whales cavort.
Sikh Founded
Vancouver is home to North America's first Sikh school, called
Khalsa.
The
Capilano Suspension Bridge
The longest and highest suspended footbridge in the world,
spans 137 metres (450 feet) across the Capilano River canyon at a height of 70
metres (230 feet.)
Big Wine
The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival is one of
the largest and most popular wine events in North America.
Burrard
Street Bridge
The Burrard Street Bridge was the built
in 1932 and in true BC style the vision was to have it integrated with the
natural landscape. The concrete pillars were built twice as large to emulate
mountains. Having the concrete piers meet the steel railings was meant to be
symbolic of the natural world coming together with a man-made world. The steel
railings underneath the bridge were actually built to be a railway crossing,
however, the project was never finished because the Great Depression set in and
the province rejected the plan.
