Places you can go when it is raining: the aquarium. Although there are some exhibits outside, much of this is covered. I am really glad I went, as I discovered and learned about the Beluga whale - ‘the amazing white whales of Arctic Canada’. You’ll see quite a few photos of this intelligent animal. They have trained them to follow hand-signals and whistles. There are several underwater viewing tanks. Many of the displays are about the fish or sea-life found in the waters around
The middle video of this series on rescuing baby seals is the one I watched at the aquarium. The baby seal is just three days old.
There is also a tropical section and an Amazon section, with sharks and alligators respectively. The Amazon section has some very scary enormous fish with whiskers, and large eel-like creatures, among other more neutral creatures.
When it is not raining, on the other hand, a walk on the wild side has a lot to recommend it, and we walked along the pipeline that leads out into the bay near the airport. 
During the four and a half kilometres (multiply that by two), we saw a seal, some geese flying overhead, some other seabirds and a bald eagle, who came to rest on a pole and sat there for just ages. There are also the remains of entire trees that have been washed down in a storm. And some good views which would have been better if the weather had been clear instead of just not raining. As we were under the flight path for landing at Vancouver airport some time after midday, I can report that the planes are frequent and varied in size and company!
During the four and a half kilometres (multiply that by two), we saw a seal, some geese flying overhead, some other seabirds and a bald eagle, who came to rest on a pole and sat there for just ages. There are also the remains of entire trees that have been washed down in a storm. And some good views which would have been better if the weather had been clear instead of just not raining. As we were under the flight path for landing at Vancouver airport some time after midday, I can report that the planes are frequent and varied in size and company!
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