City of Richmond

britannia shipyards

Britannia Shipyards is a 3.2-hectare historic cannery and shipyard site and public park located on the south side of Lulu Island on the South Arm of the Fraser River in the community of Steveston in Richmond BC. The site is part of three-kilometre stretch of shoreline known collectively as Cannery Channel, which was once the most prolific salmon canning centre in British Columbia. The site is bounded by the Fraser River to the south, Westwater Drive and residential development to the north and west, and the Steveston Harbour Authority to the east. It is a 10-minute walk from the Steveston Village. Britannia Shipyards consists of a collection of wooden buildings related to early canning, fishing, and boatbuilding operations arranged along a wooden boardwalk, dike and bulkhead. The buildings reflect both the original Britannia Shipyard operation and others relocated to the site for interpretive purposes. Additionally, the foreshore of the Fraser River contains important ecological and wildlife habitat features. The site was declared a National Historic Site in 1992 and opened as a public facility in 1995.

BlueOcean Consulting was asked to undertake a feasibility study to guide the development of food services on the bottom floor of the Chinese Bunkhouse building at Britannia Shipyards, and the Phoenix Net Loft.