False Creek
False Creek is a short narrow inlet in the heart of Vancouver, separating the Downtown and West End neighbourhoods from the rest of the city. It is one of the four main bodies of water bordering Vancouver, along with English Bay, Burrard Inlet, and the Fraser River. Granville Island is located within the inlet.Photo: philgarlic, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
BC Place
Photo: Yvrphoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Rogers Arena
Photo: Hucul002, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rogers Arena is a multi-purpose arena located at 800 Griffiths Way in the downtown area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Elsie Roy Elementary School
Elsie Roy Elementary is a public elementary school in Vancouver, and part of School District 39 Vancouver.Localities in the Area
Yaletown-False Creek
Photo: Thom Quine, CC BY 2.0.
Yaletown-False Creek encompasses the established neighbourhood of Yaletown and the still-developing area of Southeast False Creek.
Granville Island
Photo: Zhatt, Public domain.
Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, across False Creek from Downtown Vancouver, under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge.
Yaletown
Yaletown is an area of Downtown Vancouver, Canada, bordered by False Creek and Robson and Homer Streets.False Creek
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: inlet and tourism
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.26948° or 49° 16' 10" northLongitude
-123.12386° or 123° 7' 26" westElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open Location Code
84XR7V9G+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 11079573105OpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
5951372Wikidata ID
Q1394907False Creek Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: فالس كريك
- Chinese: 福溪 (溫哥華)
- Chinese: 福溪
- Czech: False Creek
- Dutch: False Creek
- French: False Creek
- German: False Creek
- Indonesian: False Creek
- Italian: False Creek
- Japanese: フォールス・クリーク
- Japanese: フォールス川
- Persian: فالس کریک
- Persian: نهر فالس
- Slovak: False Creek
- Swedish: False Creek
Other Places Named False Creek
In the Area
Localities
- Vancouver
- The Village ShopsNeighbourhood
- City Centre
- Davie VillageNeighbourhood
- DowntownSuburb
- Cambie VillageNeighbourhood
Landmarks
- Charleson ParkPark
- David Lam ParkPark
- Heather Civic MarinaMarina
- Spruce Harbour MarinaMarina
- Laurel Land BridgeBridge
- Club VivaHealth club
Popular Destinations in British Columbia
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page False Creek. Photo: philgarlic, CC BY-SA 2.0.