Vancouver's Cove

Yesterday morning's sunrise. Obviously, east of Ambleside and the Lion's Gate bridge is the Burrard Inlet which leads to Deep Cove and Bella Carra. Great places to kayak. Yet I've always thought of Vancouver being a coastal city with the beaches bordering the vast pacific ocean with Japan in the far distance. Although this image is true, between us and Japan is Vancouver Island.

When you watch the sunset at Whitecliff you see it set behind Bowen Island. From Ambleside you look across the Burrard Inlet to Stanley Park. Yet there is another place in West Van that has a small seawall just west of Ambleside. From here Vancouver looks like a small cove. You can see the mountains on Vancouver Island in the distance. This is the view west of Stanley Park from Cypress lookout:



This is the same view a bit further up from Brockton Point on Mount Seymour:



This is another view from Brockton Point zooming in over Vancouver clearly showing the Mountains on the Gulf Islands and on Vancouver Island in the Background:



I never clued in before but even the view of the ocean from Whiterock. You can clearly see the mountains on the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Islands. The same with Birch Bay in the States. This coast is protected by Vancouver Island.