Granville Island
Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, across False Creek from Downtown Vancouver, under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge. Formerly an industrial manufacturing area, it was named after Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.
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Northwest Granville Island in 2005. The large complex in the centre is the popular Granville Island Public Market. | |
Granville Island Location south of Downtown Vancouver across False Creek. | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Vancouver |
| Coordinates | 49°16′15″N 123°08′03″W |
| Archipelago | peninsula |
| Adjacent to | False Creek |
| Area | 14 ha (35 acres) |
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Canada | |
| Additional information | |
| Official website | granvilleisland |
It includes a public market, restaurants, a marina, a hotel, the False Creek Community Centre, numerous artists' studios and workshops, and various performing arts theatres, including the Arts Club Theatre Company and Carousel Theatre.
It was the location for the finale of the film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011). The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down, first broadcast in 2024, was filmed in the area.
The Vancouver International Children's Festival, the Vancouver Fringe Festival, and the Vancouver Writers Fest are held there.