Granville Island Sport Fishing, Model Ships & Trains Museum
1502 Duranleau Street, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
Phone: 604-683-1939 Fax: (604) 683-7533
http://www.sportfishingmuseum.bc.ca/

Location:
The Granville Island Model Ships, and Model Trains Museums is located on Granville Island in the heart of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Granville Island is under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge which connects Downtown Vancouver with Kitsilano and the Granville South district.

General Information:
Granville Island Sport Fishing, Model Ships and Trains Museum features exceptionally detailed, really big models of the ships and trains of the early 1900s. You'll get a sense of what it was like to live on and work on these wonderful boats and machines. You'll also see more flies than you could imagine tying and the world's largest salmon.

Age Group:
Babies: Not appropriate, but fine if they tag along with other kids.

Toddlers & Older children: Children who have interest in trains, fishing and boats will love this visit!

Hours of Operation:
Open 6 days a week

Tuesday - Sunday
10:00am-5:30pm
Closed on Mondays

Cost: (Currently)
$7.50-Adults
$6.00-Students/Seniors
$4.00-Children 4-12yrs.
FREE-Children under 4yrs.

What is there to Do and See?
Trains:
The Granville Island Model Trains Museum is a world class Vancouver attraction and home to the largest collection of model and toy trains on public exhibition anywhere. Located Granville Island in Vancouver one of the museums attractions is an unbelievable working diorama of many collectable trains, including: The Royal Hudson, Lionel Trains, "O" Gauge, "G" Gauge, Standard Gauge, Steam Locomotives and many more toy trains. The Model Trains Museums are based on Granville Island in the heart of Vancouver BC and is one of Vancouver's world class attractions.

In addition to the hundreds of models on display, the beautifully detailed operational layout brings the world of model trains to life right in front of your eyes. Within the layout there are four individual lines supporting The Royal Hudson, BC Electric, CN, and CP stock. Additionally, the lines run on three levels; from ocean floor to mountain passes, which give the layout some pretty impressive altitude.

• The worlds largest collection of model and toy trains on public display.
• There is an 80-foot-long diorama of Kettle-Valley-like terrain with almost 1000 feet of train track.
• There are beechwood cabinets lining the walls, filled with sets that run the gamut from turn-of-the-century tin wind-up trains to contemporary collectors' scale models.
• There are snowblower cars and dining cars and hand made engines that run on small pieces of coal.
• There's a rare pink Lionel train set, circa 1958 designed for girls.
• Houses more then 500 classic and antique reels, including the largest collection of Hardy Brothers reels on public display anywhere in the entire world.
• Has more then 300 fly plates, again the largest collection on public display in the world
• Complimenting the reels, the museum also has a beautiful array of split-cane fly rods, creels, lures, videos, tackle and tributes to legendary fishermen like Roderick Haig-Brown
• There is a "Sport Fishing Simulator" where keen anglers can take their shot at wrestling a virtual 35 pound Spring Salmon to the boat.

Ships:
The Granville Island Model Ships Museum is home to an impressive international exhibition of submarines, battleships, and toy boats. The Granville Island Museum attractions include large scale models of warships, sailing vessels, and various coastal work boats. The showpiece of the Granville Island Model Ships Museum is a 13 foot long cast bronze replica of the HMS Hood. The Model Ships Museums are based on Granville Island in the heart of Vancouver BC and is one of Vancouver's world class attractions.
The Model Ships Museum is home to an impressive international collection of submarines, warships, sailing ships, work vessels, and remote control racers.
• All models in the ship museum are constructed by BC craftspeople, including the imposing 13 foot replica of the HMS Hood
• The exhibition has a focus on BC coastal working vessels but includes an impressive international collection of submarines, battleships, and toy boats.

Museum Store:
The Vancouver Granville Island Museum Store is an excellent place to buy collectibles, T- shirts, posters and postcards from all three of the Vancouver museums attractions. The museum store sells products from all three collections, but you won't find many of these unique collectibles anywhere else in the world. Everything in our online store is unique and 100% guaranteed. If you are not happy with the product, just return it and we will give you your money back. All prices are in Canadian dollars

Tips:
You can visit the many other attractions for Kids nearby after you finish your visit at the museum:
• The Granville Island Museums - an awe inspiring experience for kids, a chance for them to feel bigger then life.
• The Kids Market is a haven for children, down to their own pint-sized entrance. The Crystal Ark, behind the Kids Market off Cartwright Street, lets minors become miners and kick off their shoes, don a mining hat and scoop up shiny rocks in a store corner cave. Call 604-689-8447
• The Water Park - A great place for kids to cut loose and cool down.
• Take a passenger ferry ride in a small craft and explore False Creek.
• Art studios and galleries pop up everywhere - glass blowers, boat builders, jewelry makers, and many offer window views of the artists at work.
• The Public Market offers fresh fruit and vegetables, specialty stores and exotic food. Call 604-666-6477
The Boat Show & Boat Yard - one of Canada's largest.