WHO WE ARE
In the early 1970s, with public input, Granville Island was designated by the Government of Canada as a cultural multi-use “people’s place” or “urban park”, new terms that were coined specifically for the use of this 42-acre piece of land. For most of its history, Granville Island was a sandbar used by the the xÊ·mÉ™θkÊ·É™yÌ“É™m (Musqueam), Tsleil-Waututh, and the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) peoples as a ‘gathering place’. It ended the 1970s as a rusted and mostly-abandoned industrial centre in desperate need of repair.
A PEOPLE'S PLACE
In the early 1970s, with public input, Granville Island was designated by the Government of Canada as a cultural multi-use “people’s place” or “urban park”, new terms that were coined specifically for the use of this 42-acre piece of land. For most of its history, Granville Island was a sandbar used by the the xÊ·mÉ™θkÊ·É™yÌ“É™m (Musqueam), Tsleil-Waututh, and the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) peoples as a ‘gathering place’. It ended the 1970s as a rusted and mostly-abandoned industrial centre in desperate need of repair.
INGREDIENTS FOR SUCCESS
