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Maxine's - 1215 Bidwell Street, Vancouver Location Notes: Maxine's was used for the interior of the Picon Harbor Bar, the Blue Moon (where we see Ellen talking to Cavil). You can find an article on Maxine's here: Picon Harbor Bar. As of July 2013, this building has been torn down in favor of a 21-story apartment building. Thanks to Jennifer Becker for letting us know about this location, and David Cook for the update.
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 Location Notes: Sets were built at the Vancouver Fire Department training facility in Vancouver. The fire fight apartment was a particular favourite of the crew. This is private property.
 Location Notes: These scenes were filmed using the exteriors of buildings at Vancouver Film Studios. This was also done for the military base where Kara meets Adama in 'Act of Contrition.' An exercise room at the Studios was used to film Anders' post game scenes in 'Daybreak.'
 Location Notes: This was the car deck of one of the big ferries that runs between Vancouver and Victoria. Taylor, a BC ferry aficionado, kindly informed us that it was a V-class ferry, the Queen of Vancouver, which was retired (along with other vessels of its kind) and sold for scrap several years ago.
An awesome article on Colonial One and the storage bay/car deck can be found at Galactiguise. Ragnar Station consists of two separate, private locations
Unfortunately, public access to both locations is now highly restricted for security reasons. Location Notes: The corridor scene for Ragnar was shot at the sugar refinery in a walkway that led from one building to another. There was a real problem with seagulls while shooting as they were landing on the walkway, squawking, running on the rooftop, and could be heard.
Bloedel Floral Conservatory, 4600 Cambie Street (at W 33 Avenue) Travel Tips: The Blondell Observatory is close to downtown, but not walking distance. The bench that Cami sat on has been removed. Lots of birds and plants to be seen here--really lovely!
This episode has two locations. 1. The Astral Queen Private property, Surrey  Location Notes: This location was once a power plant, but is now a recycling facility. 2. Entering Caprica Flight Centre Library Square, 203-345 Robson Street, Vancouver (downtown) Travel Tips: Distinctive and beautiful, the Flight Centre Library Square is not to be missed if you're downtown. It can easily be combined with a trip to the Orpheum Theatre (Opera House) and/or other downtown locations. Many are within walking distance of each other.
This episode has three locations. 1. Zak's Funeral Mountainview Cemetery, north of 33 Avenue, Vancouver Travel Tip: The location is just north of 33 Avenue. The lower photos were provided by the 13th Colony and were taken from camera positions used in the show. We didn't have a chance to visit this site, but from Google Earth, it seems possible to check it out without disturbing the cemetery at all. 2. Caprican 'Air Force' Base  Location Notes: The exteriors where Adama meets Kara for the first time were filmed on the lot at Vancouver Film Studios. 3. Helo and Sharon Bomb Shelter The Alibi Room, 157 Alexander Street, Vancouver Travel Tips: The Alibi Room is located in Gastown, a hip shopping and lifestyle neighbourhood that offers 'the complete Vancouver experience.' It was cool to be able to sit and eat on a 'set' from the show. The Alibi Room offers a wide selection of beer--my 'maple beer' unfortunately tasted like someone had squeezed Aunt Jemima directly into a pilsner, but perhaps you will make a better choice. The shopping and architecture in the area are great!
This episode has two locations. 1. Kara's crash landing site  Location notes: This is a private, active rock quarry in Coquitlam. There is no public access and the site is dangerous, so we don't recommend trying to visit. This was the same quarry used for the Cylon firing squad scenes from the New Caprica arc. 2. Sharon and Helo Bomb Shelter Alibi Restaurant, 157 Alexander Street, Vancouver Travel Tips: The Alibi Room is located in Gastown, a hip shopping and lifestyle neighbourhood that offers 'the complete Vancouver experience.' It was cool to be able to sit and eat on a 'set' from the show (the Alibi Room offers a wide selection of beer--my 'maple beer' unfortunately tasted like someone had squeezed Aunt Jemima directly into a pilsner, but perhaps you will make a better choice). The shopping and architecture in the area are great!
This episode has two locations. The Woodwards Building (roof and parking garage), West Hastings Street, Vancouver Travel Tips: The Woodwards Building has unfortunately been torn down, but we're including the address here since you can walk the street and see the same buildings that Doral, Six and Sharon saw. The parking garage under this same building was used for the area where Helo finds the injured Sharon and, you'll note from the cap above, that it was also the interior of the museum at Delphi (Kobol's Last Gleaming II). 2. Cylon Occupied Vancouver 650 West Georgia street, Vancouver Travel Tips: This location can be easily made part of a downtown trip. Make sure you have a good map! Anne and I found it really easy to get disoriented downtown. 3. Helo's Fire Escape 340 Cambie Street (Gastown District)  Travel Tips: Steve Fronczek, of Galactiguise, and Valorie Hoye of The 13th Colony, scouted this location and report that it's in a very sketchy area of downtown Vancouver. It's the Pub 340 roof and fire escape. Considering that they saw spent needles on the ground there, we don't recommend visiting this site.
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