Located at the north edge of the Kitsilano neighbourhood, the beach faces out onto English Bay.

When the provincial government granted his land to the Canadian Pacific Railway(CPR), Greer was forced out and his home destroyed.

Electric made a deal with the CPR to run a tram from downtown Vancouver "to a point called Greer's Beach, or Kitsilano.

"[6] In 1906, the company managing the facilities at the beach for the CPR announced plans for a baseball field, a dance pavilion over the water, and a dock for a small ferry to run to the new "country club" at Jericho.

[7] Commencing in 1909 and continuing over several years, the City of Vancouver acquired several portions of what is now the public beach park.