A People’s Story Telling Place to Granville Island, Vancouver

From a sandbar in False Creek, to a gathering place or “a people’s place” and a fishing place in the late 1800’s, to and “Industrial Island” in the 1930’s, Granville Island then became a place with rusted, abandoned warehouses after World War II. Because of a few visionaries who were rooted in the stability and integrity of the traditions of the past, yet saw for the future a place that could nurture a variety of human endeavors with innovation, like Performance Works, Granville Island became a “Must Experience” during the Olympic Games of 2010.

I heard about Granville Island when I asked the locals about a Farmers' Market. I first arrived on Granville Island from the West End or “the other side” the very best way, in my opinion, that one should arrive on Granville Island, by AQUABUS. The panarama view of this side of Vancouver from the aquabus is almost too beautiful!

Highlights of the island for me were; The Inukshuk Gallery, Blackberry Books, Boardwalk Gallery, Organix, The Lobster Man, La Baguette and L’Echalote, Granville Eyeland, Organic Acres, Paper-Ya, The Hang Out Place, The Canadian Houses, The Farmers’ Market and naturally The Swiss House, a story telling place. The Swiss House is where I heard great Olympic and local stories and chatted about the headlines of the day.

Hearing stories about other olympic experiences never fails to totally amuse me!