Celebrating Vancouver’s history as a port and trading center, the Maritime Museum’s star feature is the schooner, St. Roch,  which is on permanent display. Built as a supply ship for the Mounties in 1928, in 1940–42 St. Roch  was the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage in both directions.

Other displays include Man the Oars , and Map the Coast,  which tells the story of British Captain George Vancouver and the crews of the Chatham  and the Discovery  who charted the inlets of the coast of British Columbia in 1792. The Children’s Maritime Discovery Centre has a powerful telescope through which the city’s busy port can be viewed.