Sunset Beach

Between Thurlow and Bute Streets

Positioned at the mouth of False Creek, Sunset is a less populated jewel of a sandy spit close to the West End and the Downtown South/Yaletown neighbourhoods. In 1941, in a convoluted land exchange, the deed to Sunset Beach was turned over to the Park Board under a 99-year lease with the Provincial Government. Today, well behaved dogs will find an off-leash area to the south of the nearby Vancouver Aquatic Centre, which opened in 1974 replacing the Crystal Pool.

Features

• On the Stanley Park Seawall system
• Concession
• Washroom
• Lifeguarded Victoria Day (late May) to Labour Day (early September)
• Quiet Beach (no amplified music)
• Access to False Creek Aqua Buses Pier
• Pay Parking