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Gastown was Vancouver's first downtown core and is named after "Gassy" Jack Deighton, a Geordie seaman, steamboat captain and barkeep who arrived in 1867 to open the area's first saloon.

Gastown is a mix of "hip" contemporary fashion and interior furnishing boutiques, tourist-oriented businesses (generally restricted to Water Street), restaurants, nightclubs, poverty and newly upscale housing. In addition, there are law firms, architects and other professional offices, as well as computer and internet businesses, art galleries, music and art studios, and acting and film schools.

Popular annual events that take place on the cobblestone streets of Gastown include the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and the Tour de Gastown international bicycle race.

In June 2004, Storyeum opened in Gastown. It was a lively theatrical 65-minute show that re-enacted the history of BC using eight sets that were all located below street level. Unfortunately, due to mounting debt, the attraction closed its doors in October 2006.

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The famous steam o'clok at Gastown.

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煤氣鎮（英語：Gastown）是加拿大卑詩省溫哥華市内一個地區，位於市中心東北角，並構成市中心東端一部份。^[1]^[2]煤氣鎮是溫哥華開埠時最早開發的社區，當時以布拉德内灣海旁（填海後現時是水街和加拿大太平洋鐵路路軌所在）、哥倫比亞街、喜士定街和甘比街為界，並以區内首間酒吧東主John Deighton的外號「Gassy Jack」命名。

溫哥華市政府於1950年代開始研究於市内興建高速公路網，市議會並於1967年宣佈具體計劃，當中來回8綫行車的南北向公路將取代卡璐街的走綫貫穿煤氣鎮。^[3]為了落實此計劃，當局需於華埠、士達孔拿區和煤氣鎮一帶清拆多座建築物，令該帶面目全非。該三區的居民和商戶於是聯手反抗公路計劃，^[4]並獲其它團體（如溫哥華貿易局）聲援，遂於1968年逼使市政府放棄計劃。^[5]此舉不但成功挽救該帶的社區，更改變了溫哥華的城市規劃模式，為溫哥華日後的公共交通發展和市中心高密度化奠下基礎。

煤氣鎮逃過清拆命運後，商戶和居民連同市議會和市政府部門於1970年代在區内進行美化，將舊建築復修至原貌，並於街道上鋪設鵝卵石，該區遂發展成溫哥華的主要觀光景點之一，更於2009年被列入加拿大國家史蹟。^[6]位於甘比街夾水街的蒸汽鐘也成為該區的標誌。

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And since your ticket is valid for two days, you can take your time visiting top attractions, including Stanley Park, Vancouver Aquarium, English Bay Beach, Granville Island, Chinatown, and the Robson Street shopping district.

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We stop at Gastown, Chinatown, Stanley Park, Granville Island, Robson Street Shopping District, English Bay, Entertainment District and more.

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Directions: This tour operates in the city of Vancouver.

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From sparkling waterfront to unique cityscapes, from ancient forest to snowcapped mountain views, the Big Bus Tour is the only way to see the best of Vancouver BC Canada. And since your ticket is valid for two days, you can take your time visiting top attractions, including Stanley Park, Vancouver Aquarium, English Bay Beach, Granville Island, Chinatown, and the Robson Street shopping district. Big Bus sightseeing tour highlights: - Fully experience ALL the sights and sounds of Vancouver - Hop-on, hop-off anywhere along the route - 20 stops taking in the very best - Buses leave every 12-15 minutes in summer - Commentary in SIX languages – English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Mandarin Our open-top and vintage double-decker bus tours are the most frequent in Vancouver and Victoria. During summer; buses leave as often as every 12 minutes and you can hop on and off at 20 stops along the route. Join the Big Bus sightseeing tour anywhere along the route. You can hop on the Big Bus tour at any of our 20 stops, and most of our guests like to do the full 90-minute tour first, and then hop on and off at the attractions. And remember, with a 2-day ticket you can see everything the city has to offer at your own pace! Here's a sample route for the full 90-minute Big Bus tour of Vancouver... Stop one for many visitors is the famous Steam Clock in historic Gastown. From there, you’ll head along the waterfront, taking in spectacular North Shore mountain views. Then it's through the bustling downtown, across the scenic Burrard Bridge – an Art Deco gem – and onto Granville Island, recently voted Best Neighbourhood in North America. The Big Bus then takes Granville Bridge across False Creek, and heads on past English Bay Beach towards the ancient oaks of Stanley Park and Vancouver Aquarium’s aquatic wonders. You’ll then meander past the chic stores and restaurants of Robson Street – a people-watchers’ paradise – to the world’s largest air-supported stadium, BC Place. Finally, it’s back to Gastown, taking in the sights and sounds of colourful Chinatown on the way. And then, if you like, you can do it all again! And again... We guarantee it's a trip you won’t forget. Remember, you have two whole days to discover Vancouver on the Big Bus.

Among Gastown's clubs are Canvas, Modern, Fabric and Shine. Bars (a different licensings category in Vancouver) include 19 Below, The Cambie, Chill Winston, Columbia Club, Lamplighter Public House, Mao Mao Bistro, One Lounge, Revel, The Annex, and The Columbia. The Town Pump, now renamed <Fabric> was one of Vancouver's premier live music venue since the hippie-era of the 1960s. The Blarney Stone is one of the more popular Irish-style party houses in Vancouver, while around the corner on Maple Tree Square Loft Six, located upstairs in one of the city's first bank buildings on the corner of Powell and Carrall, was closed when hip-hop nights there incurred a violent group shooting; the same location during the punk era was a long-standing main venue for live music until converted into a discothèque.

Water St.Cafe which Itaily style pub at Gastown.

The Gastown Steam Clock
Gastown's most famous (though nowhere near oldest) landmark is its steam-powered clock, located on the corner of Cambie and Water Street. Built to cover a steam grate, part of Vancouver's distributed steam-heating system, the clock was built as a way to harness the steam and to prevent street people from sleeping on the spot in cold weather. Its original design was faulty and it had to be powered by electricity after a breakdown. The steam mechanism was completely restored with the financial support of local businesses as it had become a major tourist attraction, and is promoted as a heritage feature although it is of modern invention. The steam used is low pressure downtown-wide steam heating network (from a plant adjacent to the Georgia Viaduct) that powers a miniature steam engine in its base, in turn driving a chain lift. The chain lift moves steel balls upward, where they are unloaded and roll to a descending chain. The weight of the balls on the descending chain drives a conventional pendulum clock escapement, geared to the hands on the four faces. The steam also powers the clock's sound production as whistles are used instead of bells to produce the Westminster "chime" and to signal the time.

This faux-heritage steam clock entertains touristsGastown retains few vestiges of its 1970s role as "Haight-Ashbury North".[citation needed], with the area now mostly coffee shops, galleries, native art and import stores, restaurants and nightclubs.