McBarge - McDonalds Abandoned Boatstaurant

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The McBarge, officially named the Seaborne II (formerly the Friendship 500), was a former McDonald’s restaurant, built on a 187-foot-long (57 m) barge for Expo ‘86 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Moored on Expo grounds in Vancouver’s False Creek, it was the second floating McDonald’s location in the world (the first being in St. Louis, Missouri), intended to showcase future technology and architecture.

Although the floating design allowed for the barge to operate in a new location following the exhibition, the derelict McBarge was anchored empty in Burrard Inlet from 1991, amid industrial barges and an oil refinery, until it was moved in December 2015 to Maple Ridge, British Columbia.

Apart from brief use by its original owner, McDonald’s, in 1986, the McBarge has never actively been used for anything and was drifting from owner to owner for thirty-four years.

By the end of March 2025, the McBarge had partially sunk into the Fraser River.