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EcoWalk Tours of Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 
Guest GuestThe EcoWalk Tour is a fun and informative walk through VancouverÂ?s world class Stanley Park, a 1,000 acre (402 hectare) nature preserve. The friendly guides give interesting information on the unique trees, plants, birds and animals as well as on the rich aboriginal First Nations culture and legends of the park. The walking pace is medium, taking 3 hours to complete and covering 8 kilometers, (5 miles) of relatively flat paved and graveled trails over selected seawall and forest paths. This walk is suitable for the whole family, including active seniors. Both visitors and residents of Vancouver who take the Stanley Park EcoWalk just love it; it sparks or renews their interest in the aboriginal First Nations culture and CanadaÂ?s unique West Coast ecology.
EcoWalk Tours of Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Guest GuestCheck out our website at www.ecowalkbc.com for more details on this Vancouver attraction. Don't miss out; make tour resevations in advance of your visit to Vancouver.
One woman commented after taking the EcoWalk Tour that "visiting Vancouver without experiencing an EcoWalk Tour of Stanley Park would be like travelling to Paris without going up the Eiffel Tower!"
Vancouver Island Conference Centre Nanaimo
David StanleyThe Vancouver Island Conference Center in downtown Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, is an exciting new venue for meetings, seminars, conferences, exhibitions, receptions, and other events. Currently nearing completion, the New Nanaimo Centre is scheduled to open in early 2008 with 38,000 square feet available in a variety of modules, from the 13,697-square-foot ballroom to numerous smaller rooms accommodating groups of under a hundred.
The ballroom forms the heart of the complex, with seating for 1,300 persons theatre style or 720 when set up as a classroom. As many as 1,400 people can attend receptions here, while 960 can be seated at banquets. The ballroom can be broken down into four salons of differing size, and just across the corridor are five smaller meeting rooms for specialized use. The 7,368-square-foot conference pre-function area connects it all.
An elevated walkway joins the main building to the 200-seat Shaw Auditorium with another four smaller meeting rooms, two upstairs and two downstairs. A feature of the Auditorium building is the oceanfront terrace with splendid harbour views. Flexibility and convenience have been built into these state-of-the-art facilities.
The new home of the Nanaimo Museum is at street level directly below the ballroom in the main building. A row of upscale retail outlets face historic Commercial Street. A 140-room Marriott Nanaimo Hotel will be built alongside the Centre at a later date. Presently conference visitors can chose from the three-star Coast Bastion Inn a block away from the Centre, the nearby Best Western Dorchester Hotel, and many other hotels and motels. A new Ramada Hotel is nearing completion on Terminal Avenue North, a 10-minute walk away.
Nanaimo is the main travel and service centre for central and northern Vancouver Island. Car ferries from Vancouver arrive at Departure Bay and Duke Point near the city every other hour. In addition there are seaplane flights from Vancouver International Airport and downtown Vancouver to Nanaimo Harbour, a short walk from the New Nanaimo Centre. Trains, buses, and a modern highway link Nanaimo to British Columbia?s capital, Victoria.
The Vancouver Island Conference Centre is nestled in the heart of picturesque downtown Nanaimo with the colourful fishing harbour a stone throw away. A large shopping mall is just around the corner, and numerous pubs, restaurants, cafes, and shops are within sight of the building. The Vancouver Island Public Library next to the Conference Centre provides public internet and research facilities, and the 800-seat Port Theatre next to the library is mid-island?s top arts and entertainment venue. Nanaimo?s municipal and regional parks are exceptional, with splendid sea and mountain views. Nanaimo is a vibrant, exciting city where work and play become one, and you are invited.
Photos and travel information on Nanaimo are available at http://www.gonanaimo.com while the Go Nanaimo Blog http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog carries news and views from the Harbour City.
