Event
- Title:
- STANLEY PARK HALLOWE'EN GHOST TRAIN
- When:
- Oct 08, 2010 - Oct 31, 2010
- Where:
- Stanley Park Vancouver - Vancouver
- Category:
- Vancouver - Attractions
Description
All this and more is in store for those who dare to climb aboard this year's Stanley Park Hallowe'en Ghost Train. Since 1999, the Ghost Train has been an annual tradition for thousands of families craving thrills and excitement. Reinventing itself each year with new themes, sets, costumes and many more surprises conjured up by the creative team at Mortal Coil Performance Society, the Ghost Train is a uniquely wonderful and fun experience every trick-or-treat season.
Directors Sharon Bayly and Peter Hall of Mortal Coil head up this year's crew of actors, dancers, stilt performers, and puppeteers. Don't worry, even as you venture with Alice into Nightmareland, you'll be out of harm's way in the safety of the Ghost Train…..trust us!Family adventures at this year's Ghost Train, in addition to the train ride, include hat making at the Mad Hatter's Workshop, face painting, and the always-popular Children's Haunted Farmyard and its spooky animals.
The Stanley Park Ecology Society runs Creatures of the Night Theatrical Walks on Tuesday through Saturday nights, 5 pm – 9 pm.
Venue
- Venue:
- Stanley Park Vancouver - Website
- Street:
- Stanley Park Causeway Road
- City:
- Vancouver
- Country:
-
Description
Stanley Park is a 404.9 hectares (1,001 acres) urban park bordering downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was opened in 1888 by Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor-General of Canada.
It is more than 10% larger than New York City's Central Park and almost half the size of London's Richmond Park. The park attracts an estimated eight million visitors every year, including locals and tourists, who come for its recreational facilities and its natural attributes. An 8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi) seawall path circles the park, which is used by 2.5 million pedestrians, cyclists, and inline skaters every year. Much of the park remains forested with an estimated half million trees that can be as tall as 76 metres (250 ft) and hundreds of years old. There are approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) of trails and roads in the park, which are patrolled by the Vancouver Police Department's equine mounted squad. The Project for Public Spaces has ranked Stanley Park as the sixteenth best park in the world and sixth best in North America.
Stanley Park is a great way to relax and see all of what Vancouver nature has to offer with Cedar, Hemlock and Fir trees. The park is filled with lush green foliage and wildlife that has a way of easing the stress out of any visitor, even the person in Vancouver on business.
There are also activities at Stanley Park like the art events that can be seen at the park often or the summer event known as the “dance at dusk.” In an area known as Ceperley Meadow local artists can be seen painting in Painters Circle at Stanley Park.
Stanley Park is made for walking and that means it does not matter what time of year it is there is always something to do at the park. There is the miniature train that travels a miniature railway in the park and the train is modeled after the Canadian Pacific Railway #374. This was the first transcontinental passenger train, which traveled to Vancouver in the 1880’s. This miniature train has three sets of cars and four engines that travel over trestles, through tunnels and over one an a quarter miles of track through the forests of Stanley Park. The original engine is on display at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre.
Stanley Park is also home to many monuments, sculptures and plaques, each having its own unique story to tell and a part of history to tell. Stories like the Edward Stamp monument and plaque that memorializes where the lumber operations in Stanley Park began in 1865. The Garden of Remembrance monument and plaque for the Air Force Memorial or the Pauline Johnson memorial plaque in 1913 to honor of the famous Vancouver poet.
