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Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the city of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser River just east of Haney and extending approximately 11 km (7 mi) up the creek to just south of the community of Webster's Corners. The Maple Ridge Fairgrounds are just east of the lower regions of the park, beyond them is the community of Albion. Derby Reach Regional Park is just across the Fraser in Langley.

A variety of plants and animals can be located in all 3 areas of the park and it is a popular spot for both Black Bear and Salmon populations. Kanaka Creek Regional Park has a rich history- the first purchase of land for the park by the City of Maple Ridge occurred in the late 1970s, and the land is the traditional unceded territory of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Matsqui, Musqueam, Semiahmoo, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Recently, misuse of the land has negatively changed parts of the park. To fix this issue, Metro Vancouver Regional Parks implemented a 20 year management plan in 2004 with the assistance of the Katzie First Nation among other groups, and the University of Victoria (UVIC) completed a restoration project in areas of the park in 2022.

Recreation
Kanaka Creek is widely recognized for its natural beauty, as well as recreational appeal. According to a local newspaper, the Daily Hive, Kanaka is the 8th most popular park in metro Vancouver, with 610,500 visitors in 2022. The park features walking, hiking, and biking trails publicly available to anyone who wants to use them. Along these walks there is plenty of flora and fauna to view. The park also has a lake in which visitors can fish, or canoe. The park is wheelchair accessible, and equipped with parking and public washrooms.

The 400 ha. park has three main areas. The Riverfront area adjacent to the Fraser and BC Hwy 7 has picnic tables and a boat-launch, suitable for launching canoes and kayaks for navigating the slow-moving waters of Kanaka Creek up as far as the 240th Street bridge. The Riverfront Trail winds along this stretch of the creek and has a number of three-story wooden viewing towers. Above 240th Street the stream is shallower and full of snags and not suitable for boating. Above that a popular swimming hole with slickrock slides is at Cliff Falls. There are twin falls on Kanaka Creek, one on each of its upper fork. Much of the upper area of the park is heavily forested, though hiking along the creek beds is feasible and a number of wooden walkways through the forest and along the creek have been established in the area.
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Bird's eye view .
A little rustic birdhouse sits perched in the middle of this breathtaking sanctuary of nature.
The tidal Pitt River as seen here, is located betweeen the marsh lands and the BC Coastal Mountains.
The river is actually quite wide in this area, you just can't tell from the perspective this image was taken from.
So many times I have motored past this location by boat.


Pitt Polder Ecological Reserve was established to preserve a fragment of the rapidly disappearing Fraser Valley boglands.

Ecological reserves protect special natural ecosystems, and support research and education. They are not intended for outdoor recreation. However, this ecological reserve is open to the public for non-destructive activities like hiking, nature observation and photography.

Consumptive activities like hunting, fishing, camping, or foraging are prohibited. Motorized vehicles are not allowed.
Reference: BC PARKS

The Pitt River in British Columbia, Canada is a large tributary of the Fraser River, entering it a few miles upstream from New Westminster and about 25 km ESE of Downtown Vancouver. The river, which begins in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains, is in two sections above and below Pitt Lake and flows on a generally southernly course. Pitt Lake and the lower Pitt River are tidal in nature as the Fraser's mouth is only a few miles downstream from their confluence.

The Pitt River drains into the northern end of Pitt Lake. The western shore of Pitt Lake are protected within Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, while most of the eastern shore are protected within Golden Ears Provincial Park. The southern end of Pitt Lake features an extensive marshland called Pitt Polder. While most of this marshland has since been drained for agricultural use, the northernmost portion is strictly protected in order to provide critical habitat for migratory birds.
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Heart of Vancouver
Still overcast and raining in some areas, but not as gloomy overhead as in the previous image.
False creek - Foreground
Downtown Vancouver - Center
North Shore mountains - Backdrop

False Creek is a short inlet in the heart of Vancouver. It separates downtown from the rest of the city. It was named by George Henry Richards during his Hydrographic survey of 1856-63. George Richards named False Creek during his survey of the coast in the mid-19th century. While traveling along the south side of the Burrard Inlet, he thought he was traversing a creek; upon discovering his error, he gave the waterway its modern name. Wikipedia

False Creek Ferries, are people movers that transport people to designated destinations along False Creek in the Heart of Vancouver, British Columbia
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Ladner, BC Canada

Canoe Pass is a channel located just 2.4 miles from Ladner, in Greater Vancouver Regional District, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Fishermen will find a variety of fish including bullhead, chum salmon, dolly varden, chinook salmon, pink salmon, sockeye salmon, bull trout, white sturgeon, coho salmon, flounder, cutthroat trout, steelhead trout and sucker here.

Whether you’re fly fishing, spinning, trolling or baitcasting your chances of getting a bite here are good. So grab your favorite fly fishing rod and reel, and head out to Canoe Pass.- Wikipedia

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Thank-you for your visit, and any comments or faves are always very much appreciated! ~Sonja

South Delta, BC Canada

MV PACIFIC WAR WIND, FISHBOAT

Registry # 1391734 (Canada)
Name: Pacific War Wind
Year Built: 1979
Place: Campbell River
Area: BC
Country: Canada
Builder: Gooldrup Hulls Ltd.
Measurement (metric): 22.19m x 7.32m x 2.56m
Hull: Reinforced
Gross Tonnage: 128.15
Registered Tonnage: 50.06
Engine: 675bhp diesel engine (1979)
Propulsion: Screw

In 1979-1984 she was owned by Douglas L. Larden, Richmond BC. In 2004-2019 she was owned by D.L. Larden & Sons Fishing Co. Ltd., Delta BC.

MV BERING SEA, FISHBOAT

Registry #1: 312047 (Canada)
IMO#: 5042261
Name: Bering Sea (II)
Year Built: 1959
Place: New Westminster
Area: BC
Country: Canada

Designer: Robert Allan
Measurement (imp): 69.4' x 20.8' x 9.5'
Builder: John Manly Ltd.
Measurement (metric): 21.15m x 6.34m x 2.90m
Hull: Steel
Gross Tonnage: 110.42
Registered Tonnage: 75.09
Engine: 290hp diesel engine (1959)
Engine Manufacture: Waukesha-Hesselman Engines
Repower: Repowered with a 365bhp diesel engine (2004c)
Propulsion: Screw

In 1959-2004 she was owned by The Bering Sea Boat Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 2012-2019 she was owned by The Bering Sea Boat Ltd., Delta BC.

MV RIVER LADY, FISHBOAT

Registry #1: 393594 (Canada)
Name: River Lady
Year Built: 1979
Place: Sidney
Area: BC
Country: Canada

Builder: Philbrook's Shipyards Ltd
Measurement (metric): 8.6m x 3.4m x 1.2m
Hull: Reinforced Plastic
Gross Tonnage: 10.29
Registered Tonnage: 3.95Type 2
Engine: 300bhp gasoline engine (1979)
Propulsion: Screw

In 2001 she was owned by D.L. Larden & Sons Fishing Co. Ltd., Delta BC. In 2004-2019 she was owned by Douglas L. Larden, Delta BC.


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Thank-you for your visit, and any comments or faves are always very much appreciated! ~Sonja

Ladner, BC Canada

Canoe Pass is a channel located just 2.4 miles from Ladner, in Greater Vancouver Regional District, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Fishermen will find a variety of fish including bullhead, chum salmon, dolly varden, chinook salmon, pink salmon, sockeye salmon, bull trout, white sturgeon, coho salmon, flounder, cutthroat trout, steelhead trout and sucker here.

Whether you’re fly fishing, spinning, trolling or baitcasting your chances of getting a bite here are good. So grab your favorite fly fishing rod and reel, and head out to Canoe Pass.- Wikipedia

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Thank-you for your visit, and any comments or faves are always very much appreciated! ~Sonja

Ladner, BC Canada

Canoe Pass is a channel located just 2.4 miles from Ladner, in Greater Vancouver Regional District, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Fishermen will find a variety of fish including bullhead, chum salmon, dolly varden, chinook salmon, pink salmon, sockeye salmon, bull trout, white sturgeon, coho salmon, flounder, cutthroat trout, steelhead trout and sucker here.

Whether you’re fly fishing, spinning, trolling or baitcasting your chances of getting a bite here are good. So grab your favorite fly fishing rod and reel, and head out to Canoe Pass.- Wikipedia

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Thank-you for your visit, and any comments or faves are always very much appreciated! ~Sonja

South Delta, BC Canada

Wesdel Marina is situated on Canoe Pass which is an arm of the Fraser River. It is situated south east of Ladner, British Columbia (Canada). There is an incredible variety of water fowl because of the nearby Reifel Bird Sanctuary.

You can walk along the dike which extends all around the delta giving an unobstructed 360 degree view of the Coastal Mountains, Mount Washington and the gulf islands. The most amazing site on the dike is the beautiful sunset over the waters of the Juan De Fuca Strait.

There is very little water traffic in Canoe Pass. The manually operated swing bridge built in the early 1900s allows cars to pass to Westham Island and the bird sanctuary.

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Thank-you for your visit, and any comments or faves are always very much appreciated! ~Sonja

Ladner, BC Canada

Canoe Pass is a channel located just 2.4 miles from Ladner, in Greater Vancouver Regional District, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Fishermen will find a variety of fish including bullhead, chum salmon, dolly varden, chinook salmon, pink salmon, sockeye salmon, bull trout, white sturgeon, coho salmon, flounder, cutthroat trout, steelhead trout and sucker here.

Whether you’re fly fishing, spinning, trolling or baitcasting your chances of getting a bite here are good. So grab your favorite fly fishing rod and reel, and head out to Canoe Pass.- Wikipedia

Image best viewed in large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any comments or faves are always very much appreciated! ~Sonja

South Delta, BC Canada

MV PACIFIC WAR WIND, FISHBOAT

Registry # 1391734 (Canada)
Name: Pacific War Wind
Year Built: 1979
Place: Campbell River
Area: BC
Country: Canada
Builder: Gooldrup Hulls Ltd.
Measurement (metric): 22.19m x 7.32m x 2.56m
Hull: Reinforced
Gross Tonnage: 128.15
Registered Tonnage: 50.06
Engine: 675bhp diesel engine (1979)
Propulsion: Screw

In 1979-1984 she was owned by Douglas L. Larden, Richmond BC. In 2004-2019 she was owned by D.L. Larden & Sons Fishing Co. Ltd., Delta BC.

MV BERING SEA, FISHBOAT

Registry #1: 312047 (Canada)
IMO#: 5042261
Name: Bering Sea (II)
Year Built: 1959
Place: New Westminster
Area: BC
Country: Canada

Designer: Robert Allan
Measurement (imp): 69.4' x 20.8' x 9.5'
Builder: John Manly Ltd.
Measurement (metric): 21.15m x 6.34m x 2.90m
Hull: Steel
Gross Tonnage: 110.42
Registered Tonnage: 75.09
Engine: 290hp diesel engine (1959)
Engine Manufacture: Waukesha-Hesselman Engines
Repower: Repowered with a 365bhp diesel engine (2004c)
Propulsion: Screw

In 1959-2004 she was owned by The Bering Sea Boat Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 2012-2019 she was owned by The Bering Sea Boat Ltd., Delta BC.

MV RIVER LADY, FISHBOAT

Registry #1: 393594 (Canada)
Name: River Lady
Year Built: 1979
Place: Sidney
Area: BC
Country: Canada

Builder: Philbrook's Shipyards Ltd
Measurement (metric): 8.6m x 3.4m x 1.2m
Hull: Reinforced Plastic
Gross Tonnage: 10.29
Registered Tonnage: 3.95Type 2
Engine: 300bhp gasoline engine (1979)
Propulsion: Screw

In 2001 she was owned by D.L. Larden & Sons Fishing Co. Ltd., Delta BC. In 2004-2019 she was owned by Douglas L. Larden, Delta BC.


Image best viewed in large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any comments or faves are always very much appreciated! ~Sonja

Ladner, BC Canada

Canoe Pass is a channel located just 2.4 miles from Ladner, in Greater Vancouver Regional District, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Fishermen will find a variety of fish including bullhead, chum salmon, dolly varden, chinook salmon, pink salmon, sockeye salmon, bull trout, white sturgeon, coho salmon, flounder, cutthroat trout, steelhead trout and sucker here.

Whether you’re fly fishing, spinning, trolling or baitcasting your chances of getting a bite here are good. So grab your favorite fly fishing rod and reel, and head out to Canoe Pass.- Wikipedia

Image best viewed in large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any comments or faves are always very much appreciated! ~Sonja

Maple Ridge, BC Canada

Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser River just east of Haney and extending approximately 11 km (7 mi) up the creek to just south of the community of Webster's Corners.

The 400 ha. park has three main areas. The Riverfront area adjacent to the Fraser and BC Hwy 7 has picnic tables and a boat-launch, suitable for launching canoes and kayaks for navigating the slow-moving waters of Kanaka Creek up as far as the 240th Street bridge. The Riverfront Trail winds along this stretch of the creek and has a number of three-story wooden viewing towers. Above 240th Street the stream is shallower and full of snags and not suitable for boating.

Above that a popular swimming hole with slick rock slides is at Cliff Falls. There are twin falls on Kanaka Creek, one on each of its upper fork. Much of the upper area of the park is heavily forested, though hiking along the creek beds is feasible and a number of wooden walkways through the forest and along the creek have been established in the area.

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Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Sonja

Maple Ridge, BC Canada

Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser River just east of Haney and extending approximately 11 km (7 mi) up the creek to just south of the community of Webster's Corners.

The 400 ha. park has three main areas. The Riverfront area adjacent to the Fraser and BC Hwy 7 has picnic tables and a boat-launch, suitable for launching canoes and kayaks for navigating the slow-moving waters of Kanaka Creek up as far as the 240th Street bridge. The Riverfront Trail winds along this stretch of the creek and has a number of three-story wooden viewing towers. Above 240th Street the stream is shallower and full of snags and not suitable for boating.

Above that a popular swimming hole with slick rock slides is at Cliff Falls. There are twin falls on Kanaka Creek, one on each of its upper fork. Much of the upper area of the park is heavily forested, though hiking along the creek beds is feasible and a number of wooden walkways through the forest and along the creek have been established in the area.

This image is best viewed in Large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Sonja

Maple Ridge, BC Canada

Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser River just east of Haney and extending approximately 11 km (7 mi) up the creek to just south of the community of Webster's Corners.

The 400 ha. park has three main areas. The Riverfront area adjacent to the Fraser and BC Hwy 7 has picnic tables and a boat-launch, suitable for launching canoes and kayaks for navigating the slow-moving waters of Kanaka Creek up as far as the 240th Street bridge. The Riverfront Trail winds along this stretch of the creek and has a number of three-story wooden viewing towers. Above 240th Street the stream is shallower and full of snags and not suitable for boating.

Above that a popular swimming hole with slick rock slides is at Cliff Falls. There are twin falls on Kanaka Creek, one on each of its upper fork. Much of the upper area of the park is heavily forested, though hiking along the creek beds is feasible and a number of wooden walkways through the forest and along the creek have been established in the area.

This image is best viewed in Large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Sonja

Maple Ridge, BC Canada

Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser River just east of Haney and extending approximately 11 km (7 mi) up the creek to just south of the community of Webster's Corners.

The 400 ha. park has three main areas. The Riverfront area adjacent to the Fraser and BC Hwy 7 has picnic tables and a boat-launch, suitable for launching canoes and kayaks for navigating the slow-moving waters of Kanaka Creek up as far as the 240th Street bridge. The Riverfront Trail winds along this stretch of the creek and has a number of three-story wooden viewing towers. Above 240th Street the stream is shallower and full of snags and not suitable for boating.

Above that a popular swimming hole with slick rock slides is at Cliff Falls. There are twin falls on Kanaka Creek, one on each of its upper fork. Much of the upper area of the park is heavily forested, though hiking along the creek beds is feasible and a number of wooden walkways through the forest and along the creek have been established in the area.

This image is best viewed in Large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Sonja

Maple Ridge, BC Canada

Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser River just east of Haney and extending approximately 11 km (7 mi) up the creek to just south of the community of Webster's Corners.

The 400 ha. park has three main areas. The Riverfront area adjacent to the Fraser and BC Hwy 7 has picnic tables and a boat-launch, suitable for launching canoes and kayaks for navigating the slow-moving waters of Kanaka Creek up as far as the 240th Street bridge. The Riverfront Trail winds along this stretch of the creek and has a number of three-story wooden viewing towers. Above 240th Street the stream is shallower and full of snags and not suitable for boating.

Above that a popular swimming hole with slick rock slides is at Cliff Falls. There are twin falls on Kanaka Creek, one on each of its upper fork. Much of the upper area of the park is heavily forested, though hiking along the creek beds is feasible and a number of wooden walkways through the forest and along the creek have been established in the area.

This image is best viewed in Large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Sonja

Maple Ridge, BC Canada

Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser River just east of Haney and extending approximately 11 km (7 mi) up the creek to just south of the community of Webster's Corners.

The 400 ha. park has three main areas. The Riverfront area adjacent to the Fraser and BC Hwy 7 has picnic tables and a boat-launch, suitable for launching canoes and kayaks for navigating the slow-moving waters of Kanaka Creek up as far as the 240th Street bridge. The Riverfront Trail winds along this stretch of the creek and has a number of three-story wooden viewing towers. Above 240th Street the stream is shallower and full of snags and not suitable for boating.

Above that a popular swimming hole with slick rock slides is at Cliff Falls. There are twin falls on Kanaka Creek, one on each of its upper fork. Much of the upper area of the park is heavily forested, though hiking along the creek beds is feasible and a number of wooden walkways through the forest and along the creek have been established in the area.

This image is best viewed in Large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Sonja

Maple Ridge, BC Canada

Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser River just east of Haney and extending approximately 11 km (7 mi) up the creek to just south of the community of Webster's Corners.

The 400 ha. park has three main areas. The Riverfront area adjacent to the Fraser and BC Hwy 7 has picnic tables and a boat-launch, suitable for launching canoes and kayaks for navigating the slow-moving waters of Kanaka Creek up as far as the 240th Street bridge. The Riverfront Trail winds along this stretch of the creek and has a number of three-story wooden viewing towers. Above 240th Street the stream is shallower and full of snags and not suitable for boating.

Above that a popular swimming hole with slick rock slides is at Cliff Falls. There are twin falls on Kanaka Creek, one on each of its upper fork. Much of the upper area of the park is heavily forested, though hiking along the creek beds is feasible and a number of wooden walkways through the forest and along the creek have been established in the area.

This image is best viewed in Large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Sonja

Maple Ridge, BC Canada

Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser River just east of Haney and extending approximately 11 km (7 mi) up the creek to just south of the community of Webster's Corners.

The 400 ha. park has three main areas. The Riverfront area adjacent to the Fraser and BC Hwy 7 has picnic tables and a boat-launch, suitable for launching canoes and kayaks for navigating the slow-moving waters of Kanaka Creek up as far as the 240th Street bridge. The Riverfront Trail winds along this stretch of the creek and has a number of three-story wooden viewing towers. Above 240th Street the stream is shallower and full of snags and not suitable for boating.

Above that a popular swimming hole with slick rock slides is at Cliff Falls. There are twin falls on Kanaka Creek, one on each of its upper fork. Much of the upper area of the park is heavily forested, though hiking along the creek beds is feasible and a number of wooden walkways through the forest and along the creek have been established in the area.

This image is best viewed in Large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Sonja

Maple Ridge, BC Canada

Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser River just east of Haney and extending approximately 11 km (7 mi) up the creek to just south of the community of Webster's Corners.

The 400 ha. park has three main areas. The Riverfront area adjacent to the Fraser and BC Hwy 7 has picnic tables and a boat-launch, suitable for launching canoes and kayaks for navigating the slow-moving waters of Kanaka Creek up as far as the 240th Street bridge. The Riverfront Trail winds along this stretch of the creek and has a number of three-story wooden viewing towers. Above 240th Street the stream is shallower and full of snags and not suitable for boating.

Above that a popular swimming hole with slick rock slides is at Cliff Falls. There are twin falls on Kanaka Creek, one on each of its upper fork. Much of the upper area of the park is heavily forested, though hiking along the creek beds is feasible and a number of wooden walkways through the forest and along the creek have been established in the area.

This image is best viewed in Large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Sonja