Looking at the "Parking Lot"

Katkam's view from its office building near Burrard Street Bridge (foreground) across the mouth of False Creek, and English Bay, to Burrard Inlet and the "parking lot" for ocean freighters out there, while they await their turns at the docking facilities of the inside harbor, beyond our view (right).

Jericho Beach Webcam, updated every 10 minutes, looking north from Jericho Beach across Burrard Inlet to the North Shore Mountains and parts of North and (mostly) West Vancouver, or as we call it 'Lotusland'. When the tide goes out at Jericho Beach, it's a long walk from the high-tide line out to the water, because it's quite shallow along there. Those ships have to park a long way out so they don't run aground when the tide goes out. That's all controlled by radar and GPS, and each is assigned a particular 'parking spot' where they wait for their turn at a docking birth inside the inner harbor.