Great Vancouver Neighbourhoods - Mountain View
Mountain View
Vancouver is a city of neighbourhoods they say. I am not sure who "they" are, but "they" are right. One of the nicest and most under appreciated is the Mountain View neighbourhood. Mountain View is a loosely defined area either side of Fraser St from about King Edward Ave. up to E. 41st. The name Mountain View is most closely associated with the City of Vancouver's cemetary (I see you can now search for where someone is buried using the Mountain View cemetary application on VanMap) and the area does boast some amazing mountain views.
Community Spirit
The community spirit in this area is quite remarkable and the neighbourhood assoication has their own blog and Facebook group. Recent events have included Mountain View's Keep Vancouver Spectacular block party, the McBride Annex Elementary School Spring Fair, and the Earth Hour Hot Chocolate Party.
Country Lane
Mountain View is also home to the first of the Country Lanes to built in Vancouver. You can learn more about the city's country lanes on their website and about Mountain View's country lane on the the blog.
Coming up in August they will having a community bbq in the country lane.
Parks
Grays Park is the neighbourhood park and it is a wonderful place with tennis courts, basketball courts, a playground, picnic shelter, wading pool (they are campaigning for an upgrade to spray park) and it is also home to the Vancouver South Lawn Bowling Club.
See more Mountain View photos on flickr.
The City of Vancouver includes it in the Kessington - Cedar Cottage Community Pages.
Matthew Collinge: Vancouver REALTOR®
