JonboyE

Garry Point Park is immediately west of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery. At least two beaches.

Lychee

Garry Point's located at the eastern foot of Chatham Street. It's basically the mouth of the Fraser River on a big grassy peninsula. There are small coves of sandy beach here - a great summer picnic site. Pajo's Fish & Chips has a location here which is very popular. The sunsets from Garry Point are beautiful because you can see out of the Georgia Strait to the Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, and even views of Mount Baker here are spectacular. Also, the wild lupines that grow there are very pretty when in bloom!

http://tinyurl.com/yzkzoob
http://www.richmond.ca/parksrec/ptc/...garrypoint.htm
http://fiftywalks.randomlynx.net/GarryPoint/

Gilbert Beach is located along Dyke Road between southern foot of Gilbert Road and No 2 Road.

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London Heritage Farm is across the street (which is kind of interesting)

http://www.londonheritagefarm.ca/

The only problem is that the Fraser River is used for industrial purposes further upriver, and the current is very rapid, so you wouldn't use the beach for swimming. Sunbathing, picnicking, enjoying the views, watching the boat traffic, etc.

dboy

Steveston is nothing like the rest of Richmond. It was a Japanese fishing community years ago and there was a cannary there - now a museum me thinks. It's a nice spot with a fisherman's wharf type vibe. Nice walk along the waterfront and some neat heritage buildings and stores.

It might be a nice spot to live, not my first choice but might be alright.

JonboyE

Which, with breathtaking irony, is now called the the Britannia Heritage shipyard.

There were dozens. Only one left intact and, as you say, it is now a museum. Well worth a visit.

jandro

Go Fish in False Creek has got to be one of the best but the wait times are long.

Alan2005

I kind of agree. Probably not worth the trip if that's all your going to see though - but if you are in steveston anyway, it'd be a shame to miss it.

Lychee

Ironic, yeah, but not entirely correct. That one shipyard in Steveston village has always been called Britannia Shipyard. Are you thinking of Murakami House, which is the home featured in Obaachan's Garden?

http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/fra/collection/film/?id=50585

BTW - that's a great documentary for those interested in Steveston's history.

JonboyE

Agreed that "now" was incorrect, but the Murakami House is part of the Britannia Shipyard.

For those that don't know the history, in WWII the Canadian government rounded up all of its citizens with Japanese names and interned them in concentration camps in the interior. Not content with with removing this "threat" from the Pacific coast the Government also confiscated all their property and sold it to other citizens. The Government kept all the proceeds.

At the end of the war these people were offered to choice of going to Japan, or to be resettled on the government's terms. Japan didn't want them as they weren't Japanese so, having no money, possessions or property most ended up being resettled as farm labourers on the Prairies.

It was all done in Britannia's name, but is not exactly a glorious heritage.

I agree that it is an interesting film. However, being Canadian, no doubt the sneering classes on here will say it is boring and crap.