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With a large city atmosphere, the City of North Vancouver and North Vancouver real estate is encircled  to the east, north, and west by the District.

Here you encounter most of the rental houses, commercial operations, and the high rise buildings of the North Shore. Along the Burrard Inlet shores, industrial sites are found, but a variety of these were converted to commercial and residential areas in the past several years. The Northern terminal for Vancouver’s Seabus transit ferry, along with the Lonsdale Quay public market are also found here in the City. Called the “downtown” of the North Shore, regional planners are typically interested in the Lower Lonsdale and Central Lonsdale areas

Where to begin ?

The extensive trails bobbing throughout the rugged terrain of the North Shore Mountain Range have become great favorites for skiing, hiking, and quite possibly the most famous, mountain biking.  Mount Seymour and Grouse Mountain remain the two chief mountains within this region that people travel from great distances to see and experience.  One unique running race along the Baden-Powell Trail, heading from Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay, is the Knee-Knacker Race, appropriately named for its relentless infliction of nicks, scrapes, bangs, and bumps to the front of runners’ legs.  Barring that, there’s additionally the quite well-known hiking trail, the Grouse Grind, famous for its treacherously steep grade.  If you’ve whiled away any time flipping through the pages of mountain biking magazines, chances are you’ve seen these trails.  They are found everywhere!

Another fascinating aspect of North Shore life is shore riding.  As the soil of this region is so wet, coarse, root-filled, and has such diverse grades ranging from flat to nearly vertical, a fantastic way for adventure seekers to have fun was requested.  Literally surfing on homemade platforms, ladders, planks and logs (usually cedar), down embankments, rivers, and even swamps – shore riding was created. A big activity known within the area as shore riding was first introduced in North Shore.  As the Shore is well known for its wet, coarse, and slick ground surfaces with sudden drop-offs, new means of recreational “transportation” around these muddy, root-filled embankments, as well us down rivers and swamps, became a local pastime.  Adventure seekers began exploring this terrain on wooden platforms, ladders, planks, logs, and such (preferably of cedar) – and shore riding was born!

It’s really a wonder how builders actually manage to construct so many condos (source: REMAX Vancouver) in the North Vancouver area with such soil conditions!

More incredible sights bring a great number of folks into the area for amazing outdoor fun.  There’s the Maplewood Flats Conservation Area, Lynn Canyon Park, and Capilano River Regional Park’s fish hatchery, simply to show a couple of examples.  The Capilano Suspension Bridge on the Capilano River is definitely a sight to see.  And, if water is your thing, then you’ll seem to be right at home sea kayaking in Deep Cove.  An extension of Burrard Inlet, called Indian Arm, is famous for this well-liked pastime for North Vancouver homes

There’s the Capilano Suspension Bridge through the Capilano River, as well, drawing large crowds from North Vancouver real estate and all over.