Hadden Park

Home of the Vancouver Maritime Museum, Hadden Park is filled with fascinating bits of Vancouver history, with historic vessels often docking in harbour. The sparkling waters of English Bay are a popular attraction at most times of the year.
This park includes a dogs off-​leash area with water front access.
History
Englishman Harvey Hadden purchased this site in 1928 from the Canadian Pacific Railway for the sum of $ 44,000, a tremendous amount of money at the time. He is quoted as saying, «Vancouver’s been good to me and now it’s time I was good to Vancouver.» Hadden then turned around and donated the waterfront property to the Park Board and gave them an additional $ 5000 to develop the area. He envisioned a bathing beach, especially for use by women and children.
The Maritime Museum opened on June 11, 1959 and it most famous component, the St. Roch Historic Site, a retired RCMP vessel, was officially opened on June 23, 1966.
A totem pole to commemorate British Columbia’s Centennial was erected on October 15, 1958 standing 100 feet tall and carved by Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin from a 600 year old cedar tree.

This is my 2^nd favorite dog park/​beach in Vancouver. The 1^st being Spanish Banks because when the tide is out, my dog goes nuts!!!
I love this park because it’s close by. Free parking isn’t easy to find in the summer but quite easy the rest of the year. If you’re desperate, there’s the paid lot next to the Maritime Museum.
The only reason I’m not giving this 5 stars is:
1. Some dog owners believe that they don’t have to pick up dog poop. It’s quite disgusting seeing dog poop around and even dog poop in bags they couldn’t bother to walk to the nearby trash cans.
2. The annoying summer May 1 — September 30^th off leash times. The rest of the year it’s ²⁴⁄₇ and during May-​September, it’s NOT off leash 10am-​5pm. Be VERY careful during the summer months because they sure enjoy giving the $ 250 ticket for being off leash and an additional $ 200 or so for not having a dog license. They are vigilant and I’ve known two people who were ticketed.
I honestly don’t get why dogs can’t get this park/​beach year round. The rest of Kits Beach is no dogs allowed. Do beach goers really want to sun tan where dogs dig, pee, and poop?

This is one of our favourite places to go when the dog needs a swim.
It’s not as good as some others because of parking restriction and off leash hour restrictions;
Off-​leash times
May 1 to September 30:
6:00am to 10:00am
5:00pm to 10:00pm
October 1 to April 30:
6:00am to 10:00pm