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Scenic & Romantic
Sunset Among the Totems on Burnaby Mountain
Burnaby Mountain's Ainu totems face a golden Burrard Inlet at sunset while 900 rose bushes perfume the whole situation in summer.
Scenic & Romantic
Burnaby Mountain's Ainu totems face a golden Burrard Inlet at sunset while 900 rose bushes perfume the whole situation in summer.
Burnaby Mountain has a sunset reputation that locals are genuinely territorial about, and once you see it you will understand exactly why they didn't want you knowing. Up top, the Kamui Mintara, meaning Playground of the Gods, is a cluster of totems carved by Ainu artists from Burnaby's sister city in Japan, and they stand looking directly out over Burrard Inlet to a city that turns gold as the sun drops. In summer, the Centennial Rose Garden, 900-odd bushes, perfumes the entire situation. Drive or take the bus up Centennial Way, claim a bench before the colour starts, and watch the Inlet, Indian Arm and downtown all catch fire at once. It is free, enormous as a spectacle, and it turns an otherwise ordinary evening into something worth describing. That is the point.
