Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Rick Hansen statue at Rogers Arena

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Rick Hansen statue at Rogers Arena [map]
Status since photo:

The statue of Rick Hansen outside Rogers Arena honors his legacy as a spinal cord injury advocate. The Vancouver native is one of Canada's top two disability icons (along with Terry Fox) and is known for his cross-Canada journey in a wheelchair to raise funds for the cause, as well as his accomplishments as a Paralympic athlete. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, he was one of the torchbearers in the opening ceremony held at the building next to the statue, BC Place.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Rogers Arena

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Rogers Arena [map]
Status since photo:

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Rogers Arena is home to the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL, and was known as Canada Hockey Place during the 2010 Winter Olympics, in which it hosted many of the games including the gold medal game. It is also the former home of the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies and the NLL's Vancouver Ravens.

Location formerly known as:

• General Motors Place (1995-2010)
  
• Canada Hockey Place (2010 Winter Olympics)
  

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Anaheim Ducks towel invades: The Roundhouse

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre [map]
Status since photo:

The Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre was originally built in 1887 and was home to the terminus station of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which stretched from Vancouver to Eastern Canada. Canada's first-ever transcontinental rail journey arrived at the Roundhouse via Engine 374 in May 1887. The building was expanded several times until 1950, after which it became obsolete. It was in danger of demolition but was saved and was a pavilion during the 1986 World's Fair. In 1993, it was decided that the building would house a community center, which it remains to this day.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Canadian Pacific 374

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Canadian Pacific 374 (Engine 374) [map]
Status since photo:

Canadian Pacific 374, colloquially known as Engine 374, is the first transcontinental train to cross Canada, arriving in Vancouver on May 23, 1887. It marked the completion of one of the most ambitious engineering projects of the century, after ten years of construction from coast to coast. The train was retired in July 1945 but was neglected until 1983 when it was saved and restored in time to serve as a key attraction to the 1986 World's Fair in Vancouver. In the 1990s, it found a permanent home in the Yaletown Roundhouse Community Centre, which is the site of the former roundhouse building of the transcontinental railway line on which Engine 374 first made history.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Woodwards District

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Woodwards District [map]
Status since photo:

Woodwards District is an educational, residential and commercial building located in the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver. The site was first established in 1903 as the Woodward's Building to serve as the second ever location of Woodward's, a large department store chain. It once housed the largest supermarket in North America and was the key catalyst to the growth of its surrounding commercial district. As suburban and other urban shopping areas grew, the area around Woodward's declined socially and economically until it gained a reputation as "the poorest postal code in Canada." Woodward's went bankrupt in 1993 and shut down the location, and the building was demolished in 2005. In its place, the current Woodwards District was built and completed in late 2010; it now houses a Simon Fraser University campus location, stores, social housing and market housing. It also features public art, including a glass mural depicting the 1971 Gastown Riots which occurred in nearby Gastown.

Location formerly known as:

• Woodward's Building (1903-2005)
  

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Beaty Biodiversity Museum

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Beaty Biodiversity Museum [map]
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The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is a large museum located on the University of British Columbia campus. It contains over two million specimens, including a large 80-foot (24.38-meter) display of a skeleton of a blue whale that washed up in Tignish, Prince Edward Island in the mid-1980s. Its layout is unique in a way that both the visitors and researchers share the space, rather than segregating the two into separate sections of the building.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Roger Neilson statue

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Roger Neilson statue, at Rogers Arena [map]
Status since photo:

The Roger Neilson statue is located outside Rogers Arena to honor former coach Roger Neilson, who is credited with initiating the tradition of rally towels in the National Hockey League (an idea originally from the National Football League). The tradition, dubbed "Towel Power," started in the NHL in an event involving Neilson's Vancouver Canucks and the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs, where he felt that the officiating was unfairly lopsided. Placing a towel on a stick as a sign of surrender (depicted by the statue), he unknowingly started a tradition that will endure for decades. Neilson died in 2003 from cancer, but not before forming a legacy as one of the most influential coaches in NHL history.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: HR MacMillan Space Centre

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: HR MacMillan Space Centre [map]
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HR MacMillan Space Centre is the largest astronomy museum in British Columbia and one of the largest in Western Canada. It shares its distinctive building with the Museum of Vancouver and is located at Vanier Park, which is also home to Bard at the Beach.

Location formerly known as:

• The Centennial Museum (1960s-1990s)
  
• HR MacMillan Space Museum (1960s-1990s)
  

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Bloedel Conservatory

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Bloedel Floral Conservatory [map]
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The Bloedel Floral Conservatory is an aviary and conservatory built on an old water reservoir in Queen Elizabeth Park, Canada's first civic arboretum that was built on the site of a field of quarried rock that served as Vancouver's first roadways. It has been used frequently as a filming location for TV series such as Battlestar Galactica and Stargate SG-1.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts [map]
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The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts is a venue on the University of British Columbia campus that is home to musical performances, graduation ceremonies and high-profile appearances by cultural and historical personalities. It was built thanks to the largest private cultural donation in Canadian history at the time. Recently, it has also gained fame as a filming location for shows such as The 4400, Kyle XY and Hellcats.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Bard at the Beach

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Bard at the Beach [map]
Status since photo:

Bard at the Beach is the largest professional Shakespeare festival in Western Canada. Established in 1990 as a non-profit theater organization, it occurs annually in the summer at Vanier Park, across the water from downtown Vancouver.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Empire Field

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Empire Field [map]
Status since photo:

Empire Field is a temporary stadium built in 2010 for the Vancouver Whitecaps of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL); it was demolished and converted to a community playing field when the two teams moved to the newly-renovated BC Place Stadium in late 2011. It is located on the same site as the former Empire Stadium, Vancouver's primary outdoor stadium until 1983.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Nat Bailey Stadium

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium [map]
Status since photo:

Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium (more commonly known as Nat Bailey Stadium) is a baseball stadium that is home to the Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League and the University of British Columbia's Thunderbirds baseball team. It was built in 1951 and also housed the Vancouver Mounties, affiliates of MLB's Orioles, Twins, Braves and Athletics. Since 1978, it has been home to the Canadians, serving as affiliates of MLB's Athletics and Blue Jays.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre [map]
Status since photo:

The Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre is the curling venue for during the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. It also hosted the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships. After the 2010 Games, it was converted to a multi-purpose community center, pool and recreation facility.