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	Granville Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Granville Island Brewing Co. is also the name of a beer company which originated on Granville Island in 1984, but whose main base of operations was moved to Kelowna, British Columbia some time later.
		A 35 acres (142,000 m²) island, connected to the mainland by a combined road and rail bridge at its south end, was to be built.
		Squatters on the island and in the town operated small boats or sold salmon or buckets of smelt door to door to survive.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granville_Island (1194 words)

	Granville Island \| CMHC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Granville Island in Vancouver is designed to attract local residents and visitors to meet, explore and experience, all year round, a variety of cultural, recreational, educational, commercial and industrial activities.
		Granville Island is now home to approximately 275 businesses and facilities which employ more than 2,500 people and generate in excess of $130 million in economic activity annually.
		In the same year, the administration, management and control of the revitalization of Granville Island was transferred to CMHC by Order-in-Council, as CMHC was already deeply involved in an innovative housing development in the area and it had experience in urban renewal and the skilled resources necessary to carry out the challenge.
	www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca /en/corp/about/about_001.cfm (298 words)

	Granville Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Granville Island, huddled under the Granville Street Bridge south of downtown, is the city's most enticing "people's place" – the title it likes for itself – and pretty much lives up to its claim to be the "heart of Vancouver".
		The island was reclaimed from swampland in 1917 as an ironworks and shipbuilding centre, but by the 1960s the yards were derelict and the place had become a rat-infested dumping ground for the city's rubbish.
		The island also has a trio of small, linked museums almost opposite the brewery at 1502 Duranleau St (all daily 10am–5.30pm; $6.50; tel 683-1939, www.modeltrainsmuseum.bc.ca): these are the self-explanatory Granville Island Model Trains Museum, Model Ships Museum and Sport Fishing museum.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /north_america/canada/about_destin/britishcolumbia/vancouver_granvilleisland.html (726 words)

	Project for Public Spaces (PPS) - Placemaking for Communities - Granville Island: One of the World's Great Places
		And we are pleased to announce that Granville Island is one of the inaugural districts to be honored.
		When the Granville Island Trust was appointed to guide the Island's redevelopment in 1976, no one could have imagined what would sprout from its grimy shores.
		Each of Granville Island's destinations is bolstered by the others, thanks to a network of walkways and pedestrian-dominated streets that make moving about the island fun and easy.
	www.pps.org /info/newsletter/november2004/november2004_granville (1064 words)

	Granville Island History
		Granville Island is a forty-acre man made island created in 1917.
		The Granville Island Concept -- a recycling of old buildings and an orchestrated mix of tenants was designed to maintain an equally busy evening environment as it was during the day by local residents and tourists alike.
		In spite of these hidden complications, Granville Island is one of the few, very pleasant destinations that offers more comprehensive activities for families than any other location in the province, and one of the few successful partnership between public and private enterprise.
	www.modeltrainsmuseum.ca /trains/about/index.cfm (639 words)

	Granville Island - Great Public Spaces \| Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
		Minimalist and metal sided, each of the islands buildings is given an understated charm and an unmistakable identity through painted color, through allowing the internal use to flow out of the structures and through some of the best signage anywhere in world.
		The public spaces are tied together by painted piping seemingly left from the islands industrial roots, by the absence of curbs and by the pull of the islands many destinations strung together by amenity clad walkways.
		Granville Island, especially on sunny summer weekend days, is just a giant parking lot, with thousands of idling cars slowly moving about in search of a parking place.
	www.pps.org /gps/one?public_place_id=99 (1617 words)

	Granville Island - Vancouver Tourist
		Granville Island is laden with restaurants, theatres, galleries, and studios occupied by both artists and craftspeople.
		Granville Island is also home for many residents who live in the Sea Village neighborhood.
		Granville Island is linked to the rest of the city by regular five-minute ferry routes that bring Island visitors from five different Vancouver locations in picturesque mini-ferries.
	www.vancouvertourist.com /page241.htm (739 words)

	Vancouver's Granville Island: a colorful street-friendly success story!
		Granville Island's diverse and colourful Public Market is the only one in Canada to win North America's Great Markets Great Cities award, recognized for adding significantly to the social, economic and environmental health and well-being of its city.
		Born was the radical concept of retaining remnants of its rusty industrial roots with corrugated tin and stucco siding, industrial doorways, cranes, a maze of alleyways, cul-de-sacs and rail tracks.
		The Granville Island Hotel offers the only visitor accommodation on the island, 85 rooms, suites, a popular restaurant and pub, wrapped around a point of land with fine views of cityscape, mountains and the protected waters of False Creek.
	www.travelwithachallenge.com /Vancouver-Granville-Island.htm (1585 words)

	Yoga on Granville Island, Vancouver
		This month, we visit Granville Island, to discover whether it is possible to find health and peace on this bustling, tourist-filled locality and come away pleasantly zen-ified.
		Granville Island is famous for its bustling markets of fresh produce from local and global sources.
		For those in the know, the Granville Island Farmer's truck market is a draw each Thursday for fresh cut flowers to brighten your zen-like sanctuaries, local, organic produce and honey.
	www.vancouveryoga.com /yogaongranvilleisland.htm (560 words)

	Granville Island, British Columbia, Canada
		Surrounded by marinas and enriched by views, Granville Island is located on the south shore of False Creek, in Downtown Vancouver.
		Granville Island is connected to the city by a causeway, epitomizing the West Coast outdoorsy lifestyle.
		The Granville & 5th Ave "Cloverleaf", a series of on and off-ramps on the south end of the Granville Bridge, is also an interchange for many of the urban and suburban routes.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns/?townID=4025 (1228 words)

	footloose granville island
		The magical transformation of Granville Island from acres of industrial blight to one of the coastal city's prize jewels, is like the Ugly Duckling story by Hans Christian Andersen.
		The Island is well served by City Transit, and easy to reach by the popular water taxis, or by car and on foot from Burrard or Granville bridges.
		From Granville Island you can sail around the harbor or ski the coastal mountains There's virtually no limit to the pleasures you can enjoy on the island.
	www.africa-ata.org /footloose_granville_island.htm (540 words)

	Granville Island
		Granville Island was declared crucial to the war effort and, by 1942, was closed to the public to "guard island industries against saboteurs."
		Granvitle Island would be a "key urban amenity," the consultants said, a description that met with howls of derision and led to cynical references to "Basford's Bay" or the "Purple Lagoon" as a new sinkhole for taxpayers' money.
		Through the Granville Island Trust, authorities made a commitment to open up the island for a variety of public uses while preserving the industrial character of the old buildings.
	www.discovervancouver.com /GVB/granville-island.asp (1604 words)

	Vancouver Granville Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is hard to imagine that Granville Island was once an industrial site filled with rotten decay and pollution for more than 50 years.
		Granville Island was first settled by a group of Native Americans as the land promised a tidal basin rich with marine life.
		Not only is Granville a place to do your shopping, it is also a place for fine dining rewarded by a wonderful view of the city and its habour view.
	www.virtualvancouver.com /granville.html (576 words)

	Granville Island area, Vancouver
		In the early 70's, when the Island was converted to a public market theme, most of the industrial occupants moved to other areas of the city.
		Access to the Island may be gained from 2nd, 3rd, or 4th Avenues or by boarding a small shuttle ferry from the downtown side of False Creek.
		Granville Island is surrounded by False Creek, a multi-use, highly utilized body of water stretching from the Burrard Bridge (West) to the eastern end near Main Street.
	www.blockwalk.com /vancouver/granvilleisland.htm (375 words)

	Waterfront Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver Waterfront Hotel - The Granville Island Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		"Granville Island is the jewel in the crown of False Creek," said Michael Gordon, the city's senior planner for downtown.
		Granville Island, owned by the federal government, was an industrial site until 1978, when Vancouver city council and the federal minister of urban affairs Ron Basford, Liberal MP for Vancouver Centre, decided to develop it.
		Today, Granville Island is managed by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation on behalf of the federal government.
	www.granvilleislandhotel.com /island.html (652 words)

	Things to Do in Vancouver - granville island, vancouver, british columbia
		Granville Island is underneath the south end of the Granville Street Bridge.
		Granville Island is home for a number of artisans.
		Granville Island has a number of restaurants you can go for dinner or lunch.
	www.findfamilyfun.com /granvilleisl.htm (522 words)

	Granville Island Walk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Granville Island site has a map that is so well done, we could never match it.
		Granville Island is a refurbished industrial area on False Creek.
		Granville Island is more than a walk, it is an experience.
	www.walkvancouver.com /GranvilleIsland (493 words)

	Vancouver Museums \| Granville Island Museum \| Online Vancouver Web Museum and Attractions Canada
		The Granville Island Model Trains Museum is a world class Vancouver attraction and home to the largest collection of model and toy trains on public exhibition anywhere.
		Located Granville Island in Vancouver one of the museums attractions is an unbelievable working diorama of many collectable trains, including: The Royal Hudson, Lionel Trains, "O" Gauge, "G" Gauge, Standard Gauge, Steam Locomotives and many more toy trains.
		The Model Trains Museums are based on Granville Island in the heart of Vancouver BC and is one of Vancouver's world class attractions.
	www.granvilleislandmuseums.com (296 words)

	The Seattle Times: Outdoors: Take a bite out of Vancouver's famed market
		The public market is the anchor of Granville Island's 37 acres of boutiques, fish-and-chips cafes, little theaters and kayak-rental centers.
		But the main attraction at Granville Island, the one stop to make if you could visit only one place, is Oyama Sausage Company, which makes the Kobe beef of sausages.
		Granville Island is at the southwest edge of downtown, under the Granville Street Bridge.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/outdoors/2003137991_nwwgranville20.html (1943 words)

	index.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Granville Island is a shopping Mecca for those seeking the finest and freshest of foods from around the World as well as a haven for artisans and performers.
		It has already been over twenty years since the opening of Granville Island and still people continue to flock in record numbers to be part of the excitement and diversity of this year round cultural center.
		A small store with a large appetite for satisfying customers Granville Island Tea Co. is rarely found without lineups of customers pouring over the menus of up to 150 teas and enjoying the company of the regulars which really sets this shop apart.
	www.granvilletea.com (309 words)

	Granville Island- Vancouver, Canada - VirtualTourist.com
		The Island (only about 5 or 6 blocks long on any side) is full of artists studios, where you can shop for their wares, be it jewellery, sculpture, paintings, glasswork, tapestries, or clothing.
		Granville Island is a plot of land located underneath the Granville Street Bridge.
		Granville Island is not an island, but a spit of land under Granville Bridge on the south side of False Creek.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/Canada/Province_of_British_Columbia/Vancouver-903183/Things_To_Do-Vancouver-Granville_Island-BR-2.html (1581 words)

	Granville Island, Vancouver British Columbia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Granville Island is one of Canada's most popular attractions.
		On the Island on the south side of False Creek, under the Granville Street Bridge is a large produce market, several bars and restaurants, an Emily Carr museum, art studios and a variety of independent theatre.
		The Granville Island Brewery is also located here, you can go on tours, get gear or beer.
	www.trailcanada.com /canada-guides/vancouver-visitor-attractions-granville-island.asp (101 words)

	Granville Island Vancouver bc canada tourism images pictures photographs
		Granville island is a magical place and a must see for any visitor to Vancouver.
		All are within a mile of the corners of Georgia and Granville streets the centre of the downtown core of Vancouver.
		The population of Vancouver needs Granville Island for its nurturing spirit on subjects that are not touched on elsewhere.
	www.seegranvilleisland.com (377 words)

	Granville Island Theatres
		The proposal was defeated in a 10-1 vote as most councillors said the movie complex would undermine the island's non-commercial small-scale identity.
		Having lived very close to Granville Island for the last 6 years, the horrific traffic could only have been made even more so by this addition.
		Their lack of vision, and attempt to corrupt the Island in the name of crass commercialism is disappointing.
	www.mainframe.org /editorials/granville_island.htm (170 words)

	Granville Island Brewing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Granville Island Brewing Company (GIB) is a microbrewery originally based on Granville Island in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
		Their signature and original product is their Granville Island Lager which is a pilsner style beer.
		Granville Island Brewing, along with Okanagan Spring Brewery, are two of British Columbia's most popular local brands and are also exported to the province of Alberta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granville_Island_Brewing (226 words)

	Vancouver Plus.ca - Home - Granville Island Public Market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Granville Island is a mecca to all whether it be for it's public market, theatres, restaurants or merchandise - it's a must-see spot in Vancouver.
		daily, Granville Island can be accessed by foot or car and is linked to the rest of the city by regular five-minute ferry routes that bring visitors from five different Vancouver locations in picturesque mini ferries.
		But even so, Granville Island is a must see because of its relaxed and carefree atmosphere that offers a little something for everyone.
	www.vancouverplus.ca /portal/profile.do?profileID=374125 (509 words)

	TravelJet \| Granville Island Hotel
		Hotel Information: Built on an island in False Creek, this two-story hotel is the perfect address for those interested in urban accommodation in a more tranquil environment.
		Kayaks—perfect for exploring the placid waters of False Creek where the island is located—can be rented by the hour or day.
		The island is adjacent to a 12-mile paved pathway along the Vancouver waterfront that's suitable for cycling, running, in-line skating, or strolling.
	traveljet.com /chinatown-vancouver/granville-island-hotel-tj52903.htm (675 words)

	Review of Granville Island Brewing
		Best visited by bike or on foot, parking space is limited since most of the cobblestoned island is covered with shops and boutiques.
		Overall, the Granville Island Brewery is the perfect place to retreat from the shopping regimen and enjoy a relaxed look at quality brewing on a small scale, accompanied by samples to prove it.
		Adjacent to the Granville Island Brewery is Keg restaurant, where all beers from the brewery can be found on tap.
	www.realbeer.com /nmvbp/revgrann.htm (601 words)

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