Background

Great Northern Way Campus (GNWC) is on 18.5 acres of land donated by Finning International in 2001 to the 4 academic partner institutions. It is located on the southern edge of the False Creek Flats, a 308 acre industrial area generally bounded by Main Street to the west, Clark Street to the east, Prior/Venables Streets to the north, and Great Northern Way to the south.

Information on the False Creek Flats can be found on the city website here.

You can also view a pictorial history of the False Creek Flats here.