Vancouver Winter Olympics

This second edition of the Vancouver and Victoria Colourguide is written by expert local contributors who know their city. Every chapter has been fully revised and updated. The 300+ colour photographs accompanying the text show visitors what they' ll see in as they explore Vancouver' s distinctive neighbourhoods, including the downtown area, the once-rowdy Gastown, Chinatown, Granville Island, Kitsilano, and the spectacular North Shore. In this edition there is an expanded section on Whistler, co-host of the 2010 Winter Olympics with Vancouver. There is also an extensive section on Victoria and its many attractions. Detailed listings give full website locations and email addresses, as well as phone numbers and street locations. This book is a reliable, handy-sized companion for a trip and a wonderful souvenir of a beautiful destination.

A guidebook to the 120 Whistler and Blackcomb mountain ski and snowboard runs which are not included in the free map available at the mountains. Whistler and Blackcomb mountains are in western Canada, near Vancouver. Vancouver/Whistler have been selected as the location for the 2010 Olympics.

2010 Winter Olympics - The 2010 Winter Olympics, known formally as the XXI Olympic Winter Games, will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Several venues will also be built in Richmond, Callaghan Valley, West Vancouver, and in the resort community of Whistler.

1980 Winter Olympics - The XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. Another candidate city was Vancouver-Garibaldi, Canada; they withdrew before the final vote.

2010 Winter Olympic bids - Three cities made the final list to host the 2010 Winter Olympics which were awarded to Vancouver, Canada on July 2, 2003. The other cities were Pyeongchang, South Korea and Salzburg, Austria.

Australia at the 1952 Winter Olympics - Australia's second Winter Olympics was in 1952 at Oslo, Norway. It was 16 years since Australia's last Winter Olympics, as the 1940 and 1944 Winter Olympics were cancelled, and Australia did not compete in the 1948 Winter Olympics.

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