15 Facts About False Creek

False Creek is a short narrow inlet in the heart of Vancouver, separating the Downtown and West End neighbourhoods from the rest of the city.

False Creek South is a neighbourhood that runs along south shore roughly between the Granville and Cambie bridges.

False Creek, which lies in Musqueam territory, was a shared waterway; in addition to the Tsleil-Waututh, the Squamish inhabited False Creek as well, occupying it year-round.

Once a vital source for Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam, and Squamish food supplies such as sea asparagus, berries, camas, oysters, clams, wild cabbage, and mushrooms, False Creek became polluted with sewage and toxic effluent from sawmills and other industries.

In 1917, the eastern basin of False Creek was infilled to create land for the Canadian Northern Railway's Pacific Central Station.

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False Creek area was the industrial heartland of Vancouver through to the 1950s, and was home to many sawmills and small port operations.

In 1960, BC Forest Products plant and lumber storage facility on the south side of False Creek caught fire in Vancouver's first-ever five-alarm blaze.

North Shore of False Creek was further transformed in the 1980s, as it took centre stage during Expo 86.

Southeast False Creek is the neighbourhood designated by Cambie, Main, West 2nd Avenue, and False Creek.

False Creek is a very popular boating area for many different activities including rowing, dragon boating, canoeing, kayaking, public ferries, charter ships, and visiting pleasure boats.

Aquabus and False Creek Ferries are two ferry companies that operate scheduled services daily to and from multiple points along False Creek.

South shore of False Creek has had quite a diverse history of land uses since its founding.

South False Creek went from being an industrial park, in the late 1800s and mid-1900s, to being the populous residential area that it is today.

All of False Creek South is on Leasehold land which is owned by The City Of Vancouver.

False Creek North is home to Crosstown Elementary School as well as Elsie Roy Elementary School.