The Opera House
The Orpheum Theatre, 850 block on the corner of Smithe and Seymour Streets, downtown Vancouver.

Travel Tips: Appearing in numerous episodes, The Opera House is an amazing spot to visit. In July and August, The Orpheum Theatre provides public tours that cost about $10 per person. The tour is two hours long and you get to explore the Orpheum from basement to attic!  An article about tours in 2011: Orpheum Tours.


Our tour guide, Arthur, was such a nice guy. There was an orchestra rehearsing while we were there, so we had to wait quite a while before we could get on stage. At first, Arthur would only let us peek into the theatre, then after a few more minutes of exploring, he let us quietly step in and walk a few meters to stand and listen. Finally, he got comfortable enough with Anne and me that he let us sit in balcony seats and enjoy the music. It was amazing. The orchestra rehearsal was scheduled to end at 12:30 pm, but we got worried as they seemed to be in the middle of a very long piece as the time approached. In the end, they stopped mid-piece and packed up their stuff on the dot of 12:30 pm!  It was AWESOME to be on stage afterwards.    

Tylium Refinery 
Roger's Sugar Mill, 123 Rogers Street, Vancouver

This episode has three locations.
1.  Algae Planet
Private land in Kamloops

Travel Tips: Unfortunately all of the locations in Kamloops are on private land. The Algae Planet is part of The Hoodoos, an amazing rock formation that is on T'kemlups Indian Land. The drive is amazingly scenic (particularly the mountain pass) and the city itself is large, but beautiful. I could retire here. :) To see more Algae Planet rock formations, see the 'Eye of Jupiter.'


2.  Temple of Five
Vancouver Wharves, North Vancouver. Public access is highly restricted for security reasons.

Travel Tips: This site on the waterfront was also used for parts of Ragnar Station from the Miniseries. Not accessible to the public.

Travel Tips: Appearing in numerous episodes, The Opera House is an amazing spot to visit. In July and August, The Orpheum Theatre provides public tours that cost about $10 each. The tour is two hours long and you get to explore the Orpheum from basement to attic! An article about tours in 2011: Orpheum Tours. For a more complete look at the Opera House, see the Crossroads entries.

This is mostly a flashback episode, but since there is new footage of the location we decided to include it.

New Caprica City
Go to No. 8 and Blundell Road in Richmond, BC, and follow Blundell west until it ends. GPS coordinates: 49.156829, -123.043334  

Location Notes: This location can be difficult to find. Thanks to Bart McLeroy for the photos! He found the location by putting the coordinates above into his GPS. It's now an industrial area, but it is possible to see some sand if you look closely.

Below are photos of the area off of Blundell Road, dressed as New Caprica City for several episodes including 'Unfinished Business.' Photos are copyright Maurice Woodworth and are not to be re-used without his written consent.

Projection: Gaius and Six
Third Beach in Stanley Park

Travel Tips: The beach is Third Beach in Stanley Park, and the woods are right beside the parking lot (north side). There was a huge wind storm a few years ago that really damaged the trees in the park so it will not look the same as when it was shot. We did not have a chance to visit this site. If you were out there and have a pic or two, we'd love to add them to the website! Please use the contact form on our about us page.

This episode has two locations.
1.  New Caprica City

Go to No. 8 and Blundell Road in Richmond, BC, and follow Blundell west until it ends. GPS coordinates: 49.156829, -123.043334  

Location Notes:  This location can be difficult to find. Thanks to Bart McLeroy for the photos! He found the location by putting the coordinates above into his GPS. It's now an industrial area, but it is possible to see some sand if you look closely.

Below are photos of the area off of Blundell Road, dressed as New Caprica city for many episodes, including 'Exodus Part II.' Photos are copyright Maurice Woodworth, and are not to be re-used without his written consent.

2.  Kara's cell
The Waterfall Building, 1540 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver

Travel Tip: The photo above is Kara's actual apartment! Parking is difficult here. There is a small gravel pay lot across from the building (near the train tracks) that is the most convenient. Appropriately, there's a Starbucks nearby!

The 'Pergamus Flats' were a private and active rock quarry. This is not a site that's possible to visit, which is too bad as how much fun would it have been to throw Anne down the hill like Roslin did to Zarek? ... well, OK, just fun for me. :) This is also the site of Kara's crash landing in 'You Can't Go Home Again.'

Travel Tip: Park next to the fence and enter the park at the model plane area. If club members are present, be careful to ask so that you do not interfere with their planes. Head left and walk into the forest; the location comes up quickly (you'll reach the river).