Burrard ( born Burrard Inlet ) is a relatively shallow fjord in the southwest of British Columbia , Canada . The water area is 86 km².
| Burrard | |
|---|---|
| English Burrard inlet | |
 View of Burrard Bay from Burnaby | |
| Characteristics | |
| Area | 86 km² |
| Deepest | 66 m |
| Average depth | 21 m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Provinces | British columbia |
Formed during the last Ice Age . It is divided by the lowland with the city of Vancouver located on it and the foot of the ridge, on which there are several suburbs that are part of the agglomeration.
Description
The bay extends almost strictly east from the Georgia Strait to . Both of its shores are almost densely built up in urban areas of Greater Vancouver. About two-thirds of the distance from the beginning of Burrard Bay, another fjord branches to the north - Indian Arm .
The length of the bay from west to east is approximately 25 km. Indian Arm goes north for another 20 km. Three bridges were thrown across the bay: Lions Gate Bridge (built in 1938), (in 1960) and Railway (in 1969). Also across the bay, between two road bridges and at almost the same distance from them, the passenger ferry regularly runs, connecting downtown Vancouver and the suburbs of North Vancouver .
The inhabited shores of the bay have preserved very few forest park areas. However, the much steeper slopes of the Indian Arm fjord (which in fact is part of the Burrard Bay) are so impassable that they remained almost untouched by humans, despite the proximity of a large agglomeration.
Vancouver Port
Protected from the open ocean by the narrow neck of the First Narrows Isthmus, the calm waters of Burrard Bay formed the main water area of the port of Vancouver, perfectly suitable for mooring large ocean vessels. Most of the bay’s coastline is dedicated to the port’s needs: railways, terminals for loading bulk cargo ships and container ships , port grain elevators and (in the eastern part of the port, behind the Second Narrows isthmus) refineries . Vessels awaiting loading and unloading often anchor in , located south of the entrance to Berrard Bay through the First Narrows water isthmus.