Queen Elizabeth Park
Hilltop park atop a former basalt quarry, with sunken gardens and a glass dome of tropical plants.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver traces the summit's journey from a scarred basalt quarry, blasted for city streets until the rock ran out around 1911, to the glass dome built atop it in 1969. You'll hear about lumber baron Prentice Bloedel's record gift that made the dome possible, and the geodesic frame built in Ottawa and bolted together here in just ten days. Listen for how quickly the dome drew crowds after it opened that December.
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