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Have fun at Water's Edge Day and see the shore from a new angle — #MyVanWaterfront

Vancouver is Awesome is a proud sponsor of Water's Edge Day , a festival of free and fun activities to explore Vancouver's waterfront, hosted by the Georgia Strait Alliance at the Vancouver Maritime Museum on October 5th, 2014 .

GSA logo RGB Vancouver is Awesome is a proud sponsor of Water's Edge Day, a festival of free and fun activities to explore Vancouver's waterfront, hosted by the Georgia Strait Alliance at the Vancouver Maritime Museum on October 5th, 2014. Highlights include boat tours, paddle tours and cycle tours, ocean critter touch tanks, an art and photo exhibition and a chance to win great prizes. Learn more and get all updates HERE.

WED_homepage We love our beautiful waterfront here in Vancouver — but how much do we actually know about it? Do you know what the ships anchored in English Bay are carrying? Have you ever wondered what False Creek used to look like 100 years ago? When was the last time you took a close look at the animals that live on the shore? And have you ever had a chance to paddle in a First Nations canoe? You can find out and do all that at Water’s Edge Day on October 5th at the Vancouver Maritime Museum (10am-5pm). Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA) invites you to bring your friends and family and come down to the shore for a day of FREE activities exploring the waterfront. You can:

  • Join a guided paddle tour in a real Tsleil-Waututh canoe
  • Go on kayak tours
  • Interact with ocean critters in the Vancouver Aquarium's mobile touch tanks
  • Get aboard an all ecletric boat for a bird tours of English Bay
  • Cycle around False Creek and learn about the history of our shore and the return of the herring
  • Check out the exhibition "Where Land and Water Meet" with art and historical photographs of the water's edge
  • Get creative and join an art workshop
  • Learn about water science at Science World
  • Explore the "green shore" restoration project at Jericho Beach
  • Enjoy free access to the Vancouver Maritime Museum all day long.

Plus, you can win great prizes starting right now with our #MyVanWaterfront community mapping contest featured on this blog last week: Until October 5th, you can post your favourite pictures, stories and places on instagram, twitter or via the GSA website. Make sure to use the hashtag #MyVanWaterfront and tag your location and you get a chance to win a scenic helicopter ride for two to Victoria and other cool prizes that will be drawn on Water's Edge Day (all details here)

 You can paddle on a Tsleil-Waututh canoe at Water's Edge Day. Photo: Takaya Tours You can paddle on a Tsleil-Waututh canoe at Water's Edge Day. Photo: Takaya Tours