Kitsilano
Kitsilano, South Granville and Granville Island form most of the northern part of the Vancouver west side. In the 1960s Kits was a neighbourhood where hippies "tuned in and dropped out" but today it has some of Vancouver's most expensive properties.Photo: Flying Penguin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Kitsilano Beach
Kitsilano Beach is one of the most popular beaches in Vancouver, especially in the warm summer months.Vancouver Maritime Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Vancouver Maritime Museum is a maritime museum devoted to presenting the maritime history of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the Canadian Arctic.
H. R. MacMillan Space Centre
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, is an astronomy museum located at Vanier Park in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Localities in the Area
Kitsilano-Granville Island
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kitsilano, South Granville and Granville Island form most of the northern part of the Vancouver west side.
Greektown
Photo: Tavis Ford, CC BY 2.0.
Greektown in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is an area in the Kitsilano neighborhood that was historically an enclave of Greek immigrants and their descendants.
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.
Kitsilano
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: human settlement, neighbourhood and locality
- Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.26941° or 49° 16' 10" northLongitude
-123.15527° or 123° 9' 19" westElevation
21 metres (69 feet)Named after
August Jack KhatsahlanoOpen Location Code
84XR7R9V+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 704270682OpenStreetMap Feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
5993123Wikidata ID
Q4179275Kitsilano Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Bulgarian: Кицилано
- Cebuano: Kitsilano
- Chinese: 基斯兰奴
- Chinese: 基斯蘭奴
- Dutch: Kitsilano
- French: Kitsilano
- Japanese: キッツラーノ
- Korean: 키칠라노
- Persian: کیتسیلانو
- Slovak: Kitsilano
- Swedish: Kitsilano
Other Places Named Kitsilano
In the Area
Localities
- FairviewSuburb
- ShaughnessySuburb
- West End
- YaletownNeighbourhood, 2½ km east
- Arbutus RidgeSuburb, 2½ km south
- City Centre
Landmarks
- Fourth AvenuePost office
- Delamont ParkPark
- Fitness TownSports venue
- Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 178 (Shalom)Community centre
- Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 176 (Billy Bishop)Community centre
- Kitsilano ShowboatTheatre
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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 Wikivoyage page Kitsilano. Photo: Flying Penguin, CC BY-SA 3.0.