by Daniel Kazor

The Burrard Dry Dock was a shipyard in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the most prominent shipyard on the west coast of Canada.

In 1906 the Wallace Shipyards moved from Vancouver to the foot of Lonsdale Street in North Vancouver and in 1921 became the Burrard Dry Dock.

In 1928 the Burrard Dry Dock build the St. Roch, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police schooner, the first ship to travel the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Thins once prominent shipbuilding complex is all but gone. The city plans for a new National Maritime Museum of the Pacific to be located on the property. However these two buildings I photographed are now gone forever.

This waterfront area is a great place for a walk on the pier and while many of the original buildings are gone the area still reflects memories of a bygone era.

Burrard Pier Today