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British Columbia has a long and proud past that is on display throughout the province. Tourists can view wonderfully preserved neighbourhoods and buildings in Vancouver and Victoria. The Gold Rush and boomtown eras come to life in the fascinating towns of Barkerville and Fort Steele. All regions pay homage to their pioneer and Aboriginal past through key heritage sites, many of which are now museums or sites of historic interest and open to the public.
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Information for Tourists to British Columbia
Vancouver
Airlines Air BC (tel 688-5515 or 1-800/663-3721 in Canada); Air Canada (tel 688-5515); American Airlines (tel 222-2532 or 1-800/368-1955); British Airways (tel 270-8131); Central Mountain Air (tel 847-4780 or 1-800/663-3721); Continental (tel 1-800/525-0280); Delta (tel 1-800/345-3400); Harbour Air Seaplanes: services to Victoria Inner Harbour (tel 688-1277 or 1-800/665-0212); Helijet Airways: helicopter service to Victoria (tel 273-1414 or 1-800/665-4354); KLM (tel 303-3666); North Vancouver (tel 604/278-1608); United (tel 1-800/241-6522); West Coast Air: seaplane services to Victoria (tel 688-9115 or 1-800/347-2222); Whistler Air: direct flights to Whistler from Vancouver Harbour Air Terminal by Pan Pacific Hotel (tel 932-6615 or 1-888/806-2299).
American Express , Park Place Building, 666 Burrard St, enter at Hornby and Dunsmuir (tel 669-2813 or 1-800/772-4473), and is open Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm, Sat 10am-4pm.
Bike rental Bayshore Bicycles & Rollerblade Rentals, 745 Denman St (tel 688-2453) and 1610 W Georgia St at Cardero St and the Westin Bayshore Hotel (tel 689-5071); Harbour Air, Harbour Air Terminal at the waterfront one block west of Canada Place and the foot of Burrard St (tel 688-1277) - also rents blades and motorcycles; Spokes, 1798 Georgia at Denman (tel 688-5141, www.vancouverbikerental.com ).
Bookshops Chapters, 788 Robson St (tel 682-4066), is a colossal bookshop at the heart of downtown. World Wide Books and Maps, 1247 Granville St, is adequate for maps, guides and travel.
Buses Airporter (tel 946-8866 or 1-800/668-3141) for shuttle from Vancouver Airport to bus depot and downtown; Greyhound (tel 662-3222 or 1-800/661-8747, www.greyhound.ca ) for BC, Alberta, Yukon and long-haul destinations including Seattle and the US; Maverick Coach Lines (tel 662-8051 or 1-800/972-6300) for the Sunshine Coast, Powell River, Whistler, Pemberton and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island; Pacific Coach Lines (tel 662-8074 or 1-800/661-1725) for Victoria, Vancouver Island; Perimeter (tel 266-5386 or 905-0041, www.perimeterbus.com ) for services between Whistler and Vancouver Airport; Quick Shuttle (tel 940-4428 or 1-800/665-2122, www.quickcoach.com ) for Bellingham Airport, downtown Seattle and SeaTac Airport.
Car rental Budget, airport, 501 W Georgia St and 1705 Burrard St (tel 668-7000 or 1-800/268-8900 in Canada, 1-800/527-0700 in US); Exotic Car and Motorcycle Rentals, 1820 Burrard at W 2nd (tel 644-9128 or 1-800/566-0343) anything from 355 Ferrari to VW Beetle; Hertz, 1128 Seymour St (tel 688-2411 or 1-800/263-0600); National (tel 1-800/227-7368), airport (tel 207-3730) and 1130 W Georgia at Thurlow (tel 609-7150); Rent-a-Wreck, 1083 Hornby St (tel 688-0001).
Consulates Australia, 602-999 Canada Place (tel 684-1177); Ireland, 1400-100 W Pender St (tel 683-8440); New Zealand, 1200-888 Dunsmuir (tel 684-7388); UK, 800-1111 Melville (tel 683-4421); US, 1095 W Pender (tel 685-4311).
Currency Exchange Custom House Currency, 375 Water St, Gastown (tel 482-6007); International Securities Exchange, 1169 Robson St near Thurlow (tel 683-9666); Thomas Cook, 130-999 Canada Place (tel 641-1229); Vancouver Bullion & Currency Exchange, 420 Hornby St (tel 685-1008).
Dentists For your nearest dentists, call the College of Dental Surgeons for a referral (tel 736-3621). Drop-in dentist, Dentacare (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm only; tel 669-6700), is in the lower level of the Bentall Centre at Dunsmuir and Burrard.
Directory enquiries tel 411.
Doctors The College of Physicians can provide names of three doctors near you (tel 733-7758). Drop-in service at Consolidated Care Point Medical Service, 1175 Denman St (tel 681-5338) or Medicentre (tel 683-8138) in the Bentall Centre (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm ).
Emergencies tel 911.
Ferries BC Ferries for services to Vancouver Island (tel 1-888/724-5223 in BC); to the Gulf Islands, the Sunshine Coast, Prince Rupert, the Inside Passage and the Queen Charlotte Islands; reservations and information tel 1-888/223-3779 (in BC); Victoria (tel 250/386-3431 or recorded information 250/381-5335); Vancouver or from outside BC (tel 444-2890), www.bcferries.com . Aquabus (tel 689-5858) and False Creek Ferries (tel 684-7781) for services between downtown, Granville Island and Vanier Park.
Gay and lesbian switchboard Touch-tone guide (tel 684-XTRA).
Hospitals St Paul's Hospital is the closest to downtown at 1081 Burrard St near Davie St (tel 682-2344). The city hospital is Vancouver General at 855 W 12th near Oak, south of Broadway (tel 875-4111).
Laundry Davie Laundromat, 1061 Davie St (tel 682-2717); Scotty's One Hour Cleaners, 834 Thurlow near Robson (tel 685-7732).
Left luggage At the bus station ($2 per 24hr).
Lost property BC Transit (tel 682-7887); West Vancouver Transit (tel 985-7777); police (tel 665-2232); airport (tel 276-6104).
Maps Geological Survey of Canada, 101-605 Robson near Richards (Mon-Fri 8.30am-4.30pm; tel 666-0529). Superb source of official survey maps, including all 1:50,000 maps of BC and Yukon.
Optician Same-day service, Granville Mall Optical, 807 Granville and Robson (tel 683-4716).
Parking Main downtown garages are at The Bay (entrance on Richards near Dunsmuir), Robson Square (on Smithe and Howe), and the Pacific Centre (on Howe and Dunsmuir) - all are expensive and fill up quickly. A better idea might be to leave your car at the free Park'n'Ride in New Westminster (off Hwy 1).
Pharmacies Shopper's Drug Mart, 1125 Davie and Thurlow (tel 669-2424), is open 24hr and has five other outlets open Mon-Sat 9am-midnight, Sun 9am-9pm. Carson Midnite Drug Store, 6517 Main at 49th, is open daily until midnight.
Police RCMP (tel 264-3111); Vancouver City Police (tel 665-3535).
Post office Main office at 349 W Georgia and Homer (Mon-Fri 8am-5.30pm; tel 662-5722). Post-office information (tel 1-800/267-1177).
Taxis Black Top (tel 731-1111 or 681-2181); Vancouver Taxi (tel 255-5111 or 874-5111); Yellow Cab (tel 681-3311 or 681-1111).
Tourist information 200 Burrard St (tel 683-2000).
Train enquiries VIA Rail (tel 669-3050 or toll-free in Canada only tel 1-800/561-8630, 1-800/561-3949 in the US); BC Rail (reservations and info tel 984-5246 or 1-800/663-8238 in North America; recorded info tel 631-3501); Amtrak (tel 1-800/872-7245); Rocky Mountain Railtours (tel 606-7200 or 1-800/665-7245) for expensive rail tours through the Rockies.
Weather tel 664-9010.
Victoria
Airlines Air BC and Air Canada (tel 1-888/247-2262 in North America; www.aircanada.ca for offices worldwide); Harbour Air seaplanes to Vancouver (tel 384-2215 or 1-800/665-0212); Helijet: helicopter service to Vancouver harbour (tel 382-6222 or 1-800/665-4354); Kenmore Air: seaplane service Seattle-Victoria (tel 1-800/543-9595 or 206/486-1257); West Coast Air (tel 388-4521 or 1-800/347-2222).
American Express 1203 Douglas St (tel 385-8731 or 1-800/669-3636); open Mon, Wed & Sat 9.30am-5.30pm, Tues & Fri 9.30am-9pm.
BC Transit City buses (tel 382-6161 or 385-2551).
Bike rental Cycle Victoria Rentals, 950 Wharf St (tel 885-2453 or 1-877/869-0039, www.cyclevictoriarentals.com ); Harbour Rentals, 811 Wharf St (tel 995-1661 or 1-877/733-6722), rent bikes (from $8 an hour) plus scooters ($16 per hour, $50 daily); kayaks ($15 an hour, $49 daily); rowing boats ($35 for 3 hours); motor boats ($49 an hour); and motor bikes (from $119 a day).
Bookstores Chapters, 1212 Douglas St near corner with View St, is a huge modern bookshop; Munro's Books, 1108 Government St (tel 382-2424), is more traditional.
Bus information Airporter shuttle bus from Victoria Airport (tel 386-2525). For services to Vancouver, Pacific Coast Lines (tel 604/662-8074 in Vancouver or 250/385-4411 at the Victoria bus terminal); for services on the island, Laidlaw (tel 385-4411, 388-5248 or 1-800/318-0818). Both operate from the bus terminal at 700 Douglas and Belleville, which also has an office for Greyhound (tel 388-5248). Gray Line of Seattle service to Seattle (tel 206/626-6090 or 1-800/544-0739). For West Coast Trail Express to Bamfield and Port Renfrew, call 477-8700.
Car rental Avis, 62b-1001 Douglas St (tel 386-7726 or 1-800/879-2847) and Victoria Airport (tel 656-6033); Budget, 757 Douglas St (tel 953-5300 or 1-800/668-9833); Island Auto Rentals, 837 Yates St (tel 384-4881), guarantee "lowest rates"; National, 767 Douglas St (tel 386-1213 or 1-800/387-4747).
Doctors directory tel 383-1193.
Equipment rental Sports Rent, 611 Discovery St, on corner of Government and Discovery sts (tel 385-7368), rents bikes, rollerblades, all camping, hiking, climbing and diving gear.
Exchange Currencies International, 724 Douglas St (tel 384-6631 or 1-800/706-6656); Custom House Currency, 815 Wharf St (tel 389-6001).
Ferries BC Ferries (tel 386-3431 or 1-888/223-3779); Black Ball Transport (tel 386-2202 or 360/457-4491); Victoria Clipper (tel 382-8100, 206/448-5000 or 1-800/888-2535); Washington State Ferries (tel 382-1551 or 1-800/542-7052).
Hospitals Fairfield Health Centre, 841 Fairfield Rd (tel 389-6300), three blocks from the Empress Hotel ; Victoria General Hospital, 35 Helmcken Rd (tel 727-4212).
Left luggage At bus terminal; $2 per 24hr - but note lockers are stated not to be "secure" at night.
Lost property Contact Victoria police (tel 384-4111) or BC Transit's lost-and-found line (tel 382-6161).
Maps Crown Publications Inc, 521 Fort St (tel 386-4636). .
Post office 1230 Government and Yates (tel 388-3575). Mon-Fri 8.30am-5pm.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police 625 Fisgard and Government (tel 384-4111).
Taxis Blue Bird Cabs (tel 382-3611); Empire Taxi (tel 381-2222); Victoria Taxi (tel 383-7111).
Tourist information tel 953-2033. Accommodation reservations tel 1-800/663-3883 in North America.
Train information VIA Rail, 450 Pandora Ave (tel 383-4324 or 1-800/561-8630 in Canada and 1-800/561-3949 in USA).
Weather tel 656-3978.
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