Things to Do in North Vancouver

Since 1964, Town ‘N Country Bowl has provided the Vancouver area with classic 10-pin entertainment spiked with modern innovations such as automatic scoring and glow-in-the-dark balls. Lane-side tables can be stocked with offerings from Town ‘N Country Bowl's on-site kitchen, which serves a full menu of entrees and appetizers including barbecue beef burgers, chicken strips, and sweet potato fries to keep hungry bowlers from trying to crack balls open to get to their marshmallow filling. The comfortable facility boasts several synthetic lanes for both public and league bowling, and it also features a VIP lounge with a movie screen suspended above four private lanes. For celebrating bowlers, Town ‘N Country's party area surrounds guests with burgundy wall tones and overstuffed leather booths.

Since 1982, Granville Island Boat Rentals has served more than a half million visitors as they step into a boat from Granville Island Marina and set off to explore sights such as Vancouver's vibrant downtown skyline and the islands and inlets of the serene Howe Sound and Indian Arm. With an priority on safety, their crew offers dockside instructions on operate speed boats before, with the harbour seals offering directions during the journey. Customers are replete with several experiences, ranging from calm cruises past the snow-capped mountains of Granite Falls of Indian Arm, or an adrenalin-fueled excursion through the islands of Howe Sound.

Family-friendly Bayshore Bike Rentals doles out mountain, tandem, and cruiser cycles for adults and kids, with optional bike trailers that cart little ones in the wakes of adult cyclists. Newly equipped riders pedal from the shop through lush Stanley Park or coast along the nearby Vancouver Seawall, a flat, paved path that hugs the waterfront as tightly as an overenthusiastic Big Bird. Cyclists return their steeds at whatever time they choose and pay at the time of drop-off. The shop also rents a collection of in-line skates made by Rollerblade.