Waterfront Station was built as the end of the line. When it opened in August 1914, Canadian Pacific meant it to tie Vancouver to Toronto and Montréal, cities that had settled the east long before the west coast caught up.

The station still looks much as it did then, which is rare in a city so quick to knock buildings down that it's nicknamed the City of Glass. It's now Vancouver's busiest, where two SkyTrain lines, buses, the West Coast Express and the SeaBus to North Vancouver all meet. Outside stands Angel of Victory, one of several copies of a statue by London sculptor Coeur de Lion McCarthy, honouring railway employees lost in the First World War.

VoiceMap's Gastown Highlights tour starts at the station. It begins at the angel, then follows the road into Gastown's cobblestone streets and the story of Gassy Jack.