Ben Franklin

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Private (BC-owned) · Activity / Experience📍 Vancouver$$$

The Ben Franklin (PX-15) is a 1968-built mesoscaphe — a pressurized drifting submarine — that completed a landmark 30-day unmanned drift through the Gulf Stream in 1969 and is now on permanent display at the Vancouver Maritime Museum in Vanier Park. The museum occupies a prime waterfront location along the Kitsilano shoreline, a route well-travelled by touring cyclists, and contextualizes the vessel within broader Pacific Northwest and Canadian maritime history. It is one of very few surviving research submersibles accessible to the public.

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Bike parkingWater bottle refillWashroomsShowers (drop-in or fee)Café or food on siteWater without admissionLuggage / bag storageVending machinesBike rack visible from insideCovered bike parkingPublic rack nearbyBike allowed inside/on patioDevice chargingWi-FiE-bike chargingPumpDiscount for arriving by bike

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Kid-friendly

Time to allow: Short visit

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Indigenous

This place is in the traditional territory of the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), Stz’uminus, šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam), and Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla.

Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.

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StarbucksWelcoming0.6 km
Pizza PizzaWelcoming0.6 km

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🎭 While you're here

Vancouver Maritime Museumright here
False Creek0.2 km
Museum of VancouverAccredited0.2 km
H. R. MacMillan Space CentreWelcoming0.3 km

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