Greater Vancouver, BC Tourism Guide with hotels, events and attraction in the historic city of New Westminster.
Discover Queensborough
Queensborough has a colourful past unlike other neighbourhoods in the Royal City. Here people from many different cultures lived and worked together: seeking employment at local sawmills, canneries, shipyards, and farms. To this day Queensborough, which is set apart from the main city by the North Arm of the Fraser River, continues to have a wonderful multicultural flavour.
Today Queensborough Landing is the centre of New Westminster’s island suburb. Filled with restaurants, outlet stores and a newly opened 5-star casino, Queensborough is a shopaholic’s dream.
When visiting the Landing, drop in at Mexx, La Senza, Guess, Aldo, Tommy Hilfiger, Le Chateau and Esprit for fashion, Best Buy for electronics, and Home Outfitters and Walmart for your home needs. Explore YZZA, Quicksilver, Fairweather, Liz Claiborne, Jones New York, Point Zero, Moores, and Payless Shoes. Fuel up with a late lunch or dinner at the newly opened Boston Pizza: try their Stromboli sandwiches, they are amazing. Other local restaurants include Tora Sushi, Taco Del Mar, Starbucks, Tim Horton’s and Opa! Greek restaurant.
Take a break from the afternoon of shopping and take a walk along the Fraser River. Enjoy one of BC’s last ‘working rivers’ by watching tugboats zip up and down this busy bit of the mighty Fraser.
What you wouldn’t expect in this community are quaint neighbourhoods tucked along the riverside. But that’s what you find if you take a trip off the beaten path.
Take a jaunt down Queensborough’s main drive: Ewen Avenue. The first thing you’ll find is the Queensborough Community Centre. In addition to proving excellent programs and services, the centre is also home of the volunteer Queensborough Special Programs Committee who help coordinate a number of community events such as monthly family dinner, Queensborough Day and Queensborough’s renowned Urban Farmers Fall Fair which takes place in September.
Residents of Queensborough are proud of their community and strive to preserve their history at the centre. Come in and see the picture collages, murals, family plaques which recognize long time residents as well as the beautiful handmade quilt that recognizes the local community groups.
If you continue down Ewen Avenue, to the far end of the island, you’ll discover Queensborough’s neighbourhood pub: Frankie G's Boilerhouse (305 Ewen). A family run pub decked with boating fixtures: floorboards, lamps, brass fixtures and more. If you want an authentic pub experience, this is your best pick.
Starlight Casino (350 Gifford Street) is Queensborough’s newest addition and the Royal City’s culinary and entertainment hotspot. Boasting five restaurants, Starlight is New Westminster’s number one choice for dining out. Choose from Redbar: an intimate lounge with live performances, the salt and pepper café, Schanks: BC’s largest and most fully interactive sports bar, Kirin: authentic Cantonese and Northern Chinese cuisine or Shang Noodle House. A Gateway Casino, Starlight has all the amenities you expect plus live music and dance performances most nights of the week.
There is a great deal of growth in Queensborough making it an ideal location for young families trying to beat the housing price climb. It is commuter friendly, serving as a thoroughfare for most of the lower mainland: Burnaby, Vancouver, Delta and even the international border, via Highway 91A. Port Royal, Thompson’s Landing, Eagle Crest Estates and Alexander Walk are just a few of the new developments in progress on this waterside community.
