Places to visit in Bowen Island, led by Arts Pacific Gallery
This is a list led by museums or galleries, 6 of its 7. 6 places to visit are mapped inside Bowen Island’s municipal boundary, and one more within 5 km of its edge. For a full day, there is Stanley Park, 17 km away.
Highlights of Bowen Island
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where they are
The outermost point is Cape Roger Curtis Lighthouse, at 6.5 km.
The dashed line is Bowen Island’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
What you can see
Green: inside Bowen Island. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
Cape Roger Curtis Lighthouse
The 6 inside Bowen Island come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Bowen Island → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Bowen Island →
Beyond Bowen Island
GardenStanley Park17 km southeastSki hillSki hillCypress Mountain Ski Area11 km east
MuseumMuseum of Anthropology at UBC13 km south · 200K visitors a year (2024)Art galleryArt galleryVancouver Art Gallery19 km southeast
MuseumMuseum of Vancouver18 km southeast · 78K visitors a year
Big drawMuseumScience World21 km southeast · 650K visitors a year
GardenNitobe Memorial Garden13 km south
Ski hillGrouse Mountain20 km east
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Vancouver20 km southeast
AquariumVancouver Aquarium18 km southeastMuseumMuseumVancouver Maritime Museum18 km southeast
GardenQueen Elizabeth Park22 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Bowen Island (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Bowen Island, answered
What are the main attractions in Bowen Island?
Top of the list inside Bowen Island’s municipal boundary: Bowen Island Historians Museum and Archive, Seabreeze Gallery and Bowen Island Museum And Archives.
Does Bowen Island have a museum?
The museums and galleries on the list within 5 km of Bowen Island include Catching Stars Gallery and Gallery @ Cove Commons.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Bowen Island?
None is recorded within 5 km of Bowen Island.
What are the best-known days out near Bowen Island?
The best known within 40 km are Cypress Mountain Ski Area (11 km), Museum of Anthropology at UBC (13 km), Vancouver Art Gallery (19 km), Museum of Vancouver (18 km).
How is this list made?
Museums and galleries, national historic sites and forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks: OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers each add some, merged into one list. A historic building is kept only with a sign of visitors (opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator, a Wikipedia article), never hotels, restaurants or tour firms. The town’s 2021 outline, plus 5 km around it, decides what is listed here.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Stanley Park: squeakymarmot, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Anthropology at UBC: Rr parker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Vancouver: Bobanny, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Science World: Differense, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nitobe Memorial Garden: Damien Guard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grouse Mountain: Orlandkurtenbach, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Vancouver: Bobanny, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vancouver Aquarium: Emancipator at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Queen Elizabeth Park: Craig Nagy from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).