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The Maritime Museum , 1905 Ogden Ave (May-Sept daily 10am-5pm; Oct-April Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun noon-5pm; $7; tel 257-8300), is a short 150-metre walk from the Vancouver Museum and features lovely early photographs evoking c.1900 Vancouver, though the rest of the presentation doesn't quite do justice to the status of the city as one of the world's leading ports. The less arresting displays, however, are redeemed by the renovated St Roch , a two-masted schooner that was the first vessel to navigate the famed Northwest Passage in a single season ; it now sits impressively in its own wing of the museum, where it can be viewed by guided tour only. Special summer shows spice things up a little, as do the recent Pirates' Cove and Children's Maritime Discovery Centre, both aimed at making the museum more attractive to children. Outside, just below the museum on Heritage Harbour (quay for ferries to and from Granville Island), you can admire, free of charge, more restored old-fashioned vessels.
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