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SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 7: Nanaimo Station

Richard — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:19:35 -0700

SkyTrain Heritage

Richard — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:57:40 -0700

A couple of weeks ago, while looking in the library for recent books on Vancouver's elevated light rail system, I came across SkyTrain Explorer by John Atkin. After flipping through it a bit, and reading some of the books descriptions of Vancouver neighbourhoods surrounding SkyTrain stations, I decided to give it a try by checking out the area around Nanaimo Station, and documented it with photos and commentary. I've even created a section for SkyTrain Explorer (it uses the 'expanded book' PHP snippet found on Drupal.org) in case I go on more heritage walks outlined in the book, and I plan on doing at least one chapter a month.

The author's website, Vancouver Walking Tours, though it looks like a 'static' website, upon close inspection he appears to update it frequently with the walking tours he conducts, not only in Vancouver but in other cities. If I can steal some time from work and other pursuits, I'll try to go on some and document them, possibly using a friend's video camera.

I've been living in this city for 10 years now, and don't really know the place. Walking around on guided tours—either self-guided or tour-guide-guided—should help shake the feeling that I'm missing something really great.

SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 5: Main Street-Science World Station

Richard — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:06:27 -0700

SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 13: Edmonds Station

Richard — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:14:43 -0700

SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 8: 29th Avenue Station

Richard — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:28:10 -0700

See the Wikipedia page for 29th Avenue Station.

SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 12: Royal Oak Station

Richard — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:55:08 -0700

SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 9: Joyce-Collingwood Station

Richard — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:47:46 -0800

SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 10: Patterson Station

Richard — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:48:01 -0800

SkyTrain Explorer Map

Richard — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:53:55 -0800

This page maps out the stations that I visited as part of the tours described in SkyTrain Explorer: Heritage Walks From Every Station by John Atkin. Click on each label to get the name of the station, then click on the name of the Station to get links to photos and a brief summary I wrote about each walk.

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SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 15: New Westminster Station

Richard — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:05:34 -0700