Things to do in Vancouver BC for a SG-1 fan

[Slainey]

It looks like that trip to Vancouver BC might become a reality after all. Are any specific sites there that might peek the interest of a Stargate fan? There were lots of website listing locations used for Buffy.

The locations for Stargate aren't quite as iconic as Torrence/Sunnydale high school but has anyone gone to the trouble to figure out where they are. Many of the locations are so dang pretty that it would be nice to see them anyway.

Or are there residents of Vancouver that could point me to some cool sites.

Just in case someone gets jealous, I will be there for work and may only get a tiny bit of time for sight seeing.

Many thanks,
Slainey

[Slainey]

A little more searching and I answer my own question

http://rdanderson.com/stargate/location/location.htm

[Hawkeye]

In case the rdanderson site did not give enough spots, if the Gatecon website is still available, the City Tour itinerary listed a dozen or so filming locations. Probably similar to those you have found. I hope you can stay in West End by English Bay -- great little restaurants, good neighborhood for walking and very convenient to buses everywhere. Cheers!

[Ramne]

That's a pretty cool link... imagine going to school at Tollana U

[Slainey]

I don't know anyone smart enough to get into Tollana U. Besides I couldn't stand a place that only had one cat.

I got my tickets. Whoo Hoo. I casually mentioned to my boss that a friend recommended a couple of places in Vancouver to visit. We might go see the Garden used in the Gameskeeper. Not my favorite epi but it was pretty.

[Korean_Turtle87]

Simon Fraser University. They shot the Tollan Homeworld there. Along with that Ancient Base where they tried to make that big weapon in "trinity" I met Joseph Mallozzi there too. Sorry for spelling error...if there is an error...
Anyways, at SFU, ask about the Academic Quadrangle and go to the top and u'll notice things. Like where the Ion cannons would have been and where the Tollan gate woulda been and stuff.

[mahram]

If you want to look at how the Xmen mansion looks like pop over to victoria bc

It looks like that trip to Vancouver BC might become a reality after all. Are any specific sites there that might peek the interest of a Stargate fan? There were lots of website listing locations used for Buffy.

The locations for Stargate aren't quite as iconic as Torrence/Sunnydale high school but has anyone gone to the trouble to figure out where they are. Many of the locations are so dang pretty that it would be nice to see them anyway.

Or are there residents of Vancouver that could point me to some cool sites.

Just in case someone gets jealous, I will be there for work and may only get a tiny bit of time for sight seeing.

Many thanks,
Slainey

[Lord Shiva]

I know this forum is in genera PG so no need to go into detail, but isn't Vancouver the porn-capital of Canada, or am I thinking of a different city lol

[PG15]

Hot damn! Stargate AND porn! I love living here!

Anyway, on topic. There is the ever decreasing-in-size Richmond Sand Dunes where they film all of their desert stuff...but then again it might be gone already.

[Dorka]

An other question... my friend will visit Vancouver next summer, and I asked her to bring me something Stargate-like... any ideas where she could buy something????

[Maltrancko]

An other question... my friend will visit Vancouver next summer, and I asked her to bring me something Stargate-like... any ideas where she could buy something????

Tell her to tak adetour to that colorado place... you know stop at that cheyanne mountain joint and get her to grab one of them there stargates!

[Nathan]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies...northact3.html

LOCATIONS, LOCATIONS, LOCATIONS

Gastown -- "I, Robot," "Legends of the Fall," "Look Who's Talking," "Rumble in the Bronx," "Intersection"

Yaletown -- stands in a lot for New York City

Plaza of Nations, 750 Pacific Blvd. S. -- science museum in "X2: X-Men United"; 2010 Stargate port in "Stargate SG-1"

Vancouver Public Library, 350 W. Georgia St. -- the cloning company building in "The Sixth Day"; a Caprica City building in "Battlestar Galactica"

Robson Square, 800 Robson St. -- often stands for Washington, D.C., in "Stargate SG-1," "The X-Files" and "The Commish"

Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby St. -- "The Accused"

Stanley Park -- "Happy Gilmore," "Jumanji"

Hatley Castle at Royal Roads University, 2005 Sooke Road, Victoria -- the Luthor Mansion in "Smallville"; Professor Xavier's School in "X2: X-Men United"

Cloverdale -- a small town 20 miles southeast of downtown Vancouver that stands in as Smallville in the show of the same name. The Talon coffee shop in the television show is actually the Clova Cinema

Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby -- Planet Tollana in "Stargate SG-1"; the Caprica City market and museum in "Battlestar Galactica"; FBI headquarters in "The X-Files"

Vancouver Film Studios, 3500 Cornett Road -- where "Battlestar Galactica" and other major films are shot. It's not open to the public, but you can sometimes see activity around the lot, plus the Roots factory outlet is next door on the corner of Boundary Road and Grandview Highway

The Bridge Studios, 2400 Boundary Road -- across Boundary Road from Vancouver Film Studios, it's where "Stargate SG-1," "Stargate Atlantis" and "Dead Like Me" are filmed along with other productions. Not open to the public

Lions Gate Studios, 555 Brooksbank Ave. -- where "Catwoman," "Elektra" and "Scary Movie 3" were filmed. It's a large studio with constant production, but it's not open to the public

[solar wind]

That link is so cool.
I visit Vancouver often enough (I'm on the Island) so I recognise alot of those locations. Like those piles of sulfer, and I've been to Jericho beach. And while I was watching Between Two Fires my brother comes by and says "hey that's SFU!" he went to school there!

[sabrina_lane03]

Plaza of Nations has allegedly changed into a casino and no longer has the same interior.

Also, does anyone know an easy way for someone without a car to get to the vancouver studio where Battelstar is filmed?

[IronGoliath]

Well I've lived here for about 9-10 years I should know where everything is but I dont.


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