Epic mountains, sparkling lakes, living rainforests and oceanside trails – there are hundreds of parks in BC to explore.
From world-ranked Stanley Park in the heart of Vancouver to Gwaii Haanas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that puts the “wild” into wilderness, British Columbia is renowned for having the most extensive parks system in Canada – there are more than 1,000 provincial parks and protected areas, plus many more national and city parks.
Walking and hiking are a given in virtually every park. Beyond that, there is wildlife viewing, backpacking, camping, kayaking and canoeing, swimming, fishing and boating, skiing and boarding, mountain biking and mountaineering.
Epic mountains, sparkling lakes, living rainforests and oceanside trails – there are hundreds of parks in BC to explore.
From world-ranked Stanley Park in the heart of Vancouver to Gwaii Haanas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that puts the “wild” into wilderness, British Columbia is renowned for having the most extensive parks system in Canada – there are more than 1,000 provincial parks and protected areas, plus many more national and city parks.
Walking and hiking are a given in virtually every park. Beyond that, there is wildlife viewing, backpacking, camping, kayaking and canoeing, swimming, fishing and boating, skiing and boarding, mountain biking and mountaineering.
Located in historic Fort Langley, The BC Farm Museum has the province’s largest collection of pioneer and agricultural artifacts. In 1953 the donation of a single high-cut walking hand plow by Mr. R. J. Coleman to the University of British Columbia started a planning process to establish an Agricultural Museum in the Fraser Read more [...]
The Butchart Gardens is a world renowned floral display garden that attracts over a million visitors each year. Started in 1904 by the Butchart family and still family owned. The beautification of a depleted limestone quarry into the Sunken Garden is part of a series of gardens that comprise the Read more [...]
Richmond celebrates local food, sustainability and its agricultural past, present and future on Saturday, August 11, 2018 from 10am – 3 pm at Farm Fest at Garden City Lands. The festival will be held on the spectacular Garden City Lands, an amazing 136.5 acre park in the heart of Richmond. Read more [...]
A gem of Vancouver Island Heritage; Filberg Park is nine acres of breathtakingly landscaped waterfront green space, gardens and heritage buildings, in Comox, British Columbia. The park features 130 varieties of trees, seasonal gardens, and hundreds of rhododendrons.At the heart of the site is the 1930’s heritage lodge, the former Read more [...]
London Heritage Farm is a 4.06 acre heritage site that overlooks the south arm of the Fraser River. The site offers a fully restored 1880’s farmhouse, heritage, memorial and herb gardens, the restored Spragg family barn, vintage farming equipment, a small hand tool museum, and large lawns for gatherings. The Read more [...]
With over 12 acres to explore – including cultivated garden beds, 600 to 800-year-old old-growth rainforest, sculpture including Indigenous work and a wave-shaped memorial of the 2011 tsunami, farm animals, and the protected Tofino Mudflats – there is so much to discover at Tofino Botanical Gardens. Darwin’s Café is a Read more [...]
