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Whonnock Lake Paddle
Quick Facts Whonnock Lake is a small, calm lake in Maple Ridge, accessible to the public from Whonnock Lake Park. At about 800m in diameter, it’s on par with the nearby Rolley Lake in size. Being a small municipal park, the parking lot here is much smaller and there is no hiking trail around the…
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Rolley Lake Paddle
Quick Facts Parking: 49°14’30.4″N 122°23’20.3″W Launch: 49°14’33.4″N 122°23’23.3″W Launching type: sandy beach Difficulty – very easy Boat traffic – no motor boats allowed View – conifer-covered lakeshores Facilities – pit toilets, no running water. Picnic tables, sandy beach. Overall score – 7/10 Paddle Report: September 2020 For the Labor Day long weekend, we stayed close and…
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Ambleside Centennial Seawalk
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Ambleside Centennial Seawalk Difficulty: easy, stroller friendly Traffic: quite busy on weekends Facilities: flush toilets at multiple parks along the walk. Great playgrounds at Ambleside and John Lawson Park. Restaurant options. Water access. View: panoramic views of Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park, and Burrard Inlet. Overall score: 7/10. (-1 for the…
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Rice Lake Hike
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Rice Lake via Rice Creek Loop Trail, 3.1km with 26m elevation gain Difficulty: very easy, stroller friendly Traffic: heavy Facilities: flush toilet at parking lot, picnic tables, pit toilet at Rice Lake View: beautiful lake surrounded by lush forest Overall score: 8/10 This is a great little 3.1 km stroller friendly…
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Mundy Park
Mundy Park is a 178 hectare park in Coquitlam, featuring a stroller-accessible gravel walk through a lush forest, with a small tranquil lake in the centre of the park. It also has an epic looking playground, a small pump track, a sheltered picnic area, a disc-golf course, an outdoor pool, and some sport fields. We…
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Admiralty Point Trail – Belcarra Regional Park
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Admiralty Point Trail Difficulty: easy Traffic: heavy Facilities: flush toilet, picnic tables, fire ring, water access, playground, basketball court, grassy field at Belcarra Picnic Area. Pit toilet at Maple Beach (about 1.5 km into the hike) View: Burrard Inlet, Indian Arm (peak-a-boo view of the water throughout hike, and more expansive…
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Minnekhada Regional Park
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Addington Lookout and Mid-March-Lodge-Fern Loop. Difficulty: moderate (some muddy and mildly hazardous sections) Traffic: quite busy on weekends Facilities: pit toilet, picnic tables View: interesting marsh views. The view at the Addington Lookout was partially obstructed by trees. Overall score: 6/10 Trip Report: February 2021 On this bright February weekend, we visited…
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Fraser Foreshore Park
To map out our Fraser River Series of parks, we headed to Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby on a cloudy fall afternoon. We were very confused by Google Maps because when we arrived at where it said the park was, it was just a long narrow road next to an industrial park. We weren’t sure…
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Burnaby Lake Regional Park
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Burnaby Lake. Difficulty: easy, stroller friendly Traffic: quite busy on weekends Facilities: flush toilets at Nature House at Piper Ave Entrance and Burnaby Sport Complex. View: peek-a-boo views of the lake through out. Overall score: 5/10. Significant highway noise intrudes the South Shore Trail, and railway noise intrudes the Cottonwood Trail to…
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Colony Farm Regional Park
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Sheep Paddocks Loop Difficulty: easy, but due to a flight of stairs, not stroller friendly Traffic: light on a weekday Facilities: flush toilet, picnic tables at the community garden View: turns out the best view of the distant mountains was right at the community farm. Views on the dyke trail was…