Heritage harbour cruise

As part of the North Shore Heritage weekend, there was an historical harbour tour organised abourd the MV Magic Charm. This motorised vessel would have been able to carry around 200 - 250 passengers. The tickets were free. I just had to pick them up at the local Museum. I got 4 tickets and had to make sure that we got to Waterfront Park in time for the departure.

The forecast had not been great for the weekend, but it turned out to be a fantastic day. We arrived at the pier a couple of minutes before departure and boarded the boat. We went upstairs to enjoy the fresh air and the open air views. We pulled away from the pier right on time at midday, and headed west along the north shore of the Burrard Inlet towards the Lion's Gate Bridge. There was an interesting commentary about the harbour and it's history. As we got closer to the bridge, the boat turned towards Stanley Park and continued east along the south side of the inlet. There wew 4 luxury liners loading passengers for the Alaskan cruises. There were 3 at the Canada Place terminal and 1 at Ballantyne Pier. The boat continued past the container terminals and bulk terminals towards the Second Narrows Bridge. As we got closer to the bridge it began to turn again and headed back along the north shore, and headed back towards Lonsdale Quay, past the Sea Bus terminal and back to the pier that we had left from. The tour took about 45 minutes, and there was a queue of people waiting for the next one. They were running 3 free cruises for the day.


It was an interesting commentary about the harbour and the weather had been kind. It was lucky that we had found out about it and collected the free tickets. A nice trip.