Information Booth - Stanley Park is a big place, so pick up a map at the Information Centre (or find the map online). Around the Information Booth are picnic tables, good view of Coal Harbour, and playground.

Horse-drawn Tours - Get your tickets for a one hour horse-drawn tour of Stanley Park at the kiosk across from the Information Centre. Sit back while two shire horses sedately pull the charming old-fashioned tram around the park. Tours are year round, operating daily, leave every 20 - 30 min.

Vancouver Aquarium - This aquarium is a wonderful introduction to colorful marine life of British Columbia. Check out "Treasures of BC Coast" to see strawberry anemones, giant kelp forests, bright orange rockfish, wolf eels and much more. In other galleries are tropical fish, sea turtles, sharks, sea jellies, an Amazon rainforest, and rays touch pool.

Miniature Railway - Little ones will enjoy a ride on the miniature train that chugs through towering cedar and fir trees. There's a Halloween train in October. In December, "Bright Nights" features a Christmas town, decorated with lights and cheery displays, and the train runs at night.

Variety Kids Water Park - In the summer months make sure your kids have their swimsuits. On the edge of the ocean (east side of the park), there are water canons, fountains, a dozen ways for kids to play with water while you lounge on benches nearby.

Totem poles (Brockton Point) - The totem poles are a "must see," - majestic wooden poles carved and painted in fantastic animal shapes, symbolizing different First Nation clans. "The eagle represents the kingdom of the air, the whale, the lordship of the sea, the wolf the genius of the land, and the frog, the transitional link between land and sea." Interpretive signs also explain the life and times of the Coast Salish, tribal peoples that lived in British Columbia, and there's a gift shop.

9 O'clock gun (Hallelujah Point) - In 1894, this English-made gun was installed. It was fired every evening at nine so that fishermen and ship's captains would know the exact time. Today the 9 O'clock gun is fired off every day at noon.

Beaver Lake - Follow the signs on a self-guided nature trail around Beaver Lake. Start where the fresh water Beaver Lake Creek flows down to the inlet. As you walk around the lake, you'll wander by ancient cedar, fir and hemlock trees. Look for iris in spring, salmonberries in summer, trout in the lake, and frogs, ducks and herons.

Theatre Under the Stars (Malkin Bowl) - In the summer, the park open-air theater offers family-oriented productions, right next to the Pavilion.

Lost Lagoon - Follow the path around the Lost Lagoon nature habitat, where you'll see ducks puttering around and brilliant white swans elegantly cruising along the lake's edge. Serene and peaceful.

Go for a bike ride - Rent bikes and go east on the bike path to the totems poles and lighthouse at Brockton Point. The bike path goes all the way around Stanley Park to the seawall at English Bay. If you bike all the way around Stanley Park, it's 5.5 miles (9 km).