Granville Island

Granville

[[[1]|Native name]]: Snauq
Northwest Granville Island in 2005. The large complex in the centre is the public market.
Granville At South edge of Downtown Vancouver
Geography
Location	Vancouver
Coordinates	49°16′15″N 123°08′03″W / 49.27083°N 123.13417°W / 49.27083; -123.13417Coordinates: 49°16′15″N 123°08′03″W / 49.27083°N 123.13417°W / 49.27083; -123.13417
Archipelago	peninsula
Adjacent bodies of water	False Creek
Area	14 ha (35 acres)
Administration
Canada
Additional information
Official website	granvilleisland.com

Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located across False Creek from Downtown Vancouver, under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge. The peninsula was once an industrial manufacturing area, but today it is now a hotspot for Vancouver tourism and entertainment. The area has received much acclaim in recent years for its buildings and shopping experience. The area was named after Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.

The island is home to 275 businesses and facilities that employ more than 2,500 people and generates more than $215-million in economic activity each year.

Granville Island provides amenities such as a large public market, an extensive marina, a boutique hotel, the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (named in honour of the artist), Arts Umbrella, False Creek Community Centre, various performing arts theatres including Vancouver's only professional improvisational theatre company Vancouver Theatresports League, the Arts Club Theatre Company and Carousel Theatre, fine arts galleries, and variety of shopping areas.

The Granville Island Public Market features a farmers' market, day vendors, and artists offering local Vancouver goods. There are 50 permanent retailers and over one-hundred day vendors in stalls throughout the market selling a variety of artisan cottage-industry foods and handmade crafts on a rotating schedule.

Granville Island Brewing Co. is also the name of a beer company which originated on Granville Island in 1984, but whose main base of operations was moved to Kelowna, British Columbia some time later. In 2009 it was purchased by Molson's Brewery and continues to brew small batches of its varieties at the Granville Island brewing original site, and offers beer tasting and tours of their brewing facilities.