BURNABY - A Major Regional Centre
"By River and Sea Rise Burrard"
City of Burnaby web site - www.city.burnaby.bc.ca

Description:Burnaby grew from farms and forests to Vancouver dormintory town to major regional centre in its own right. Today the city is a thriving residential area containing major commercial, industrial, and educational activities.

Burnaby's geography is varied. It's dynamic urban development has occurred around two large fresh-water lakes, forested parkland and hills, rivers and streams, and Pacific shoreline along the Burrard Inlet. Burnaby also includes an agricultural district that produces market garden crops.

One big advantage of Burnaby is its excellent road connections to the rest of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The city is bi-sected by SkyTrain, the rapid transit system that links Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, and Surrey.

Location: The City of Burnaby is located 12 kilometres east of Vancouver in the geographic centre of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. It's bordered by Vancouver to the west and New Westminster and Coquitlam to the east.

Population: 165,000

YOUR COMMUNITY

Indoor facilities
Burnaby Village Museum
Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby Arts Centre and Gallery
Burnaby Public Library - bpl.burnaby.bc.ca
James Cowan Theatre
Bill Copeland Sports Centre
Bonsor Recreation Complex
Cameron Recreation Centre
Eastburn Community Centre
Eileen Dailly Leisure Pool and Fitness Centre
Kensington Recreation Centre
Willingdon Heights Community Centre
C.G. Brown Memorial Pool
Youth Centres (Creekside, KRIB, and South Central)
Senior Centres (Bonsor, Cameron, Confederation, and Edmonds)

Outdoor facilities
Central Park
Barnet Beach
Burnaby Mountain Golf Course
Riverway Golf Course
Sportsfield Closure
Swangard Stadium
Confederation Park

Great Outdoors
Burnaby Mountain Park
Burnaby Lake Regional Park
Deer Lake Park
Barnet Marine Park
Fraser Foreshore Park
Byrne Creek Ravine

Shopping
Metrotown
Brentwood Mall
Lougheed Mall Shopping Centre

Schools
Simon Fraser University - www.sfu.ca
British Columbia Institute of Technology - www.bcit.bc.ca
39 elementary schools
7 high schools

GETTING AROUND
by BC Transit to anywhere in the Greater Vancouver - www.bctransit.com
by SkyTrain to downtown Vancouver in 20 minutes
by car via TransCanada, Barnet, and Number 7 Highways
by car to Whistler in one hour forty-five minutes
by car to Vancouver International Airport in 20 minutes
by car to Vancouver Island ferries in 45 minutes

SERVICES
BC Hydro - www.bchydro.com
BC Tel - www.bctel.com
Burnaby Board of Trade - www.burnabybc.bc.ca
Burnaby News-Leader

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