Edgemont Village

Edgemont Boulevard and Highland Boulevard meet at the heart of the village, and the District treats that corner and Highland Plaza as the place people gather. Its plan keeps the buildings low and the streets on their old crescent grid, which leaves the North Shore mountains in view. A few walls carry murals painted for Vancouver Mural Fest in 2021. The District counts 246 net new homes in the village since its 2011 community plan, from apartments and townhouses to a seniors' assisted living residence.

Cafés and bakeries set the pace on Edgemont Boulevard. Kokomo makes plant-based bowls and smoothies at 3270 Edgemont Boulevard and opens from 9:30 am to 7 pm every day. Farther down the boulevard at 102-3053, BjornBar Bakery has its Edgemont shop, and there is a Delany's coffee house in the village as well. For a rental kitchen, the District lists a grocery store and drug stores.

The 232 bus leaves Edgemont Boulevard at Highland Boulevard and climbs Capilano Road and Nancy Greene Way to the Grouse Mountain Skyride, so a winter evening on Grouse needs no car. Capilano Suspension Bridge Park's entrance sits above the Capilano River's east bank on Capilano Road, and Cleveland Dam holds the river back farther up the same road. Metro Vancouver warns that water released over the dam can raise the river fast. Keep out of any area posted as dangerous in Capilano River Regional Park, and watch the water level whenever you are down by the river.