CAMBIE
Cambie is a larger community with many parks and services available to individuals and families. It spans the area of 41st avenue on its North border to West 16th on its south. Its East to West borders, are from Oak street heading East to Main Street.
Home to one of Vancouver’s highest points of elevation, Queen Elizabeth Park. Surrounded by spacious homes, this trendy area has a lot to offer.
NEW for 2009: The Canada Line Skytrain has a stop at Cambie and King Edward! Travel from Richmond or the Vancouver International Airport (YVR) right to downtown Vancouver!
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Some of the main facilities and business in the area are:
Parks: Queen Elizabeth Park, Hillcrest Park, Douglas Park and Riley Park are all in the area. For some entertainment you can always go to the Nat Bailey Stadium for a baseball game.
High Schools: Eric Hamber High School
Elementary Schools: Edith Cavell, Emily Carr, and Wolfe elementary schools.
Community Centres: Riley Park and Douglas Park community centres.
Business centres: Just south on Cambie at 41st is the legendary Oakridge Mall.
Government: Just North of Cambie, located on Oak and 23rd street is the Vancouver General Hospital, and right beside that is the Vancouver city hall.
Recycling / Garbage: There is a community dump and recycling centre just South of the intersection of Cambie and Marine drive.
Services
The following is a list of services in or near the Cambie area that could be of use. If you own, manage, or know of any businesses / facilities that should be listed here, please let us know by CLICKING HERE:
Education
Eric Hamber High School
http://hamber.vsb.bc.ca/ - Students will demonstrate intellectual, social, aesthetic and physical excellence in a setting that reflects diversity, fosters cooperation, mutual respect, individual worth, and prepares students to become responsible members of society.
Edith Cavell Elementary School
http://cavell.vsb.bc.ca/ - Originally built in 1908, the Edith Cavell elementary schools motto is to “take care of yourself, take care of others, and take care of this home.”
Emily Carr Elementary School
http://carr.vsb.bc.ca/ - Emily Carr elementary school strives to provide a safe and caring learning environment for our students.
Wolfe Elementary School
http://wolfe.vsb.bc.ca/ - Motivating their students to apply themselves, and do their best.
Vancouver School Board
http://www.vsb.bc.ca - The Vancouver school district is a large, urban and multicultural school district providing programs to 56,000 students in Kindergarten to Grade 12, over 3,000 adults in adult education programs and over 40,000 in continuing education.
Langara College
http://www.langara.bc.ca/ - Langara College provides accessible education that meets the needs of our diverse community.
Parks and Community Centres
Vancouver of Parks and Recreation
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/index.htm - Offers information on parks and recreation in the Vancouver.
Douglas Park Community Centre
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/cc/douglas/ - Constructed in 1966 it has evolved over the decades into one of Vancouver's most popular neighbourhood recreational facilities.
Riley Park Community Centre
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/cc/riley/ - First developed in 1964, the philosophy of the Riley Park Community Centre is to encourage, develop and facilitate leisure opportunities for all ages in the Riley Park Neighbourhood.
Langara Golf Course
http://www.tee-off.ca/courses/bc104.htm - One of Vancouver's first golf courses constructed in 1926, and always one on the most popular in the province.
Government
City dump and Recycling Depot
http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/solidwaste/transfer/index.htm - Vancouver city recycling depot and garbage dump.
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre
http://www.vanhosp.bc.ca/ - Most hospitals in the Vancouver area of British Columbia are served by this web site.
Vancouver City Hall
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/cityhall/ - Built during the depths of the Depression, this landmark structure was a symbol of the newly enlarged city, the result of amalgamation with Point Grey and South Vancouver.
Shopping
The following is a list of shopping centres in or near the Cambie area that are worth a visit:
Oakridge Shopping Centre
http://oakridge.shopping.ca - Oakridge Centre offers 150 stores and services conveniently located in the heart of Vancouver, minutes from downtown and from the airport.
Restaurants
The following is a list of restaurants in or near the Cambie area that are worth a visit:
Sate Express
http://www.satefoods.com/
3488 Cambie Street, Vancouver. Tel: 604-709-8150. Allow us to share with you our Indonesian delights that originate from the Island of Java.
Thai Away Home
http://www.thaiawayhome.com/
3315 Cambie Street, Vancouver.Tel: 604-873-8424.Delicious curries, sates with peanut sauce, aromatic herb soups, spicy salads and decadent desserts to eat-in or take-home.
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One of Vancouver’s smallest communities placed between Queen Elizabeth Park and Shaughnessy Heights is Cambie.
Although it may have a small size and population, Cambie is growing to become one of the most popular areas in Vancouver West. This area is dominated by Little Mountain, which is the highest point in Vancouver and offers a spectacular 360-degree view of the city. The area is also close to the Langara golf course, which was one of the first golf courses built in Vancouver in 1926. And right beside the golf course you can find the very popular Langara College, which is now home to more than 23,000 students.
History
Cambie was once home to loggers, miners, Chinese vegetable gardeners as well as elk, and oxen. It was named after Henry Cambie, a Canadian Pacific Railroad engineer.
In 1874, the first non-native settler William Mackie came to Cambie and claimed 65 hectares around what is today known as Douglas Park. In the following year, Jeremiah Rogers made a road to the Little Mountain so that people could access the mounds of lumber that covered it. After all the lumber had been removed, the former oxen pasture became home to a small milk ranch. In 1910 the land was used for Chinese vegetable farming and at last in 1926, the land was named Douglas Park. Because of the boom in the years following the turn of the 19th century, the area North of King Edward developed massively, similar to Shaughnessy. Around 1926, Douglas Park was now surrounded by houses, and by the middle of the 1950’s the federal government had released one of the last remaining empty land areas just North of 41st Avenue for development. This area is home to a large number of Craftsman-style heritage homes from the 1910s and 1920s.