Steveston Village, Richmond

Steveston is a historic fishing village and and a popular tourist destination because of its rich heritage character and many interesting places for tourists to visit.

Post-war Steveston developed along with Richmond into a residential suburb for Vancouver as farmland was converted to housing. Since the 1970s the community, which remains an active fishing port, has developed its heritage character and its waterfront to attract business and tourism.

Today, Steveston is still very much a small fishing village. Steveston Harbour is the home to Canada's largest commercial fishing fleet - home base to more than 600 seiners, gill-netters, trawlers and other vessels that line the docks.

Steveston & Tourism

The village boasts over 350 businesses and services to accommodate its growing population. Steveston has become a popular place to visit and live. On sunny days, visitors flock to Steveston's waterfront boardwalks to enjoy the scenery, people and food.

Whale watching is a popular tourist attraction for many visitors to Richmond. Steveston harbour now is a the gateway shuttling boatloads of tourists and locals out to the Gulf of Georgia to watch orca (killer whales), seals and bold eagles.

Each weekend, hundreds of local residents, people from other parts of BC and foreign visitors come to the Steveston waterfront to relax and enjoy their visit here. There are 101 things to do in Seveston Village.

New housing developments in Steveston greatly expanded the village, and many new residents choose to live in the Steveston neighborhood for it's proximity to the river and the very unique village character.You can view detached homes, townhouses and condos located at Steveston South neighborhood of Richmond.

Steveston Area Condos

Some of the condos around Steveston area are:

The Village -4280 Moncton St, London Station - 6233 London Rd, 6077 London Rd, Imperial Landing - 4211 Bayview St, Britannia - 12911 Railway Ave, 12931 Railway Ave The Villa @ South Cove - 5800 Andrews Rd and River Reach - 5700 Andrews Rd.

The village atmosphere is retained with the blending of modern buildings around the village helps to preserve Steveston Village's semi-rural and country heritage. If you like to have more information on properties for sale in Steveston Village area, kindly emal me or call me @ 604-721-4817.

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