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Burnaby Lake Nature House REGIONAL PARKS Bird Feeding Area A place for hands-on learning since the 1970s, the Bird feeding is ONLY permitted at Piper Spit. Nature House continues to inspire awareness about Bread is unhealthy for birds, so please feed the park’s plants and animals. It is open weekends and them grain or seeds. Help reduce rodents - statutory holidays from mid-May through Labour Day. do not leave piles of feed. Check out educational displays, or stroll through the Butterfly Garden. Accessibility Trails and Recreation The Nature House, washroom facilities, Picken House boardwalk and viewing tower at Piper Spit Built in 1929 this Tudor-styled house is currently Dogs are wheelchair accessible. the home of the Catching the Spirit Youth Society Lake Dogs are welcome but must be leashed and which encourages and mentors outdoor activities, under control at all times. Even well-trained Enjoy the Park Safely stewardship and leadership. Regional Park dogs can frighten or injure park wildlife Regional parks are natural areas and can present and visitors. To protect bird habitat, dogs are not Wildlife Rescue Association (604-526-7275) Burnaby hazards for the unprepared. Look and listen, and permitted on Piper Spit. There is a dog off-leash area .4 x .4 inch be aware of your surroundings. Know your limits, be This rehabilitations facility for orphaned or injured at nearby Warner Loat Park. Please scoop up your wildlife is located at the Glencarin Entrance. prepared for changing conditions and obey all signs. Water, woodlands and wildlife dog’s poop and dispose of it in the dog waste bins. .4 x .4 inch Emergencies Burnaby Lake Park Association will awaken your senses and renew your Horseback Riding Call 9-1-1 for Fire, Ambulance and Police. Participate in hands-on projects to help remove connection with nature. Horseback riding is permitted on designated invasive plants; look after nest boxes; monitor turtle trails. Unload horse trailers at the Avalon nests; and support education programs. Find out Avenue parking lot. To prevent injuries to more at www.burnabylakepark.ca. horse and rider, stay to the center of the trails as soft Bears and Cougars edges can be hazardous. Ecological Restoration Team Bears and cougars are known to pass through the park from time Canoeing Help remove invasive plants and replant native to time. If you encounter a bear or species in regional parks. To volunteer for hands-on Canoeing is not recommended for novices .4 x .4 inch cougar, stay calm and slowly back work parties, call 604-520-6442. because the marshy shoreline provides .4away. x .4 inch Do not approach or try to feed bears; and do few safe places to land. Canoes can be not leave any garbage. Pacific Parklands Foundation launched from Piper Spit, but check water levels Pacific Parklands Foundation is a registered charity before unloading your canoe as low levels can make dedicated to the conservation and enhancement of launching difficult. General Information Metro ’s regional parks. For information or Park Hours to make a donation, call 604-451-6168 or visit Cycling The park is open at 7 am. Park hours are posted at www.pacificparklands.com. Cycling is not permitted on park trails. A bike park entrances; earliest closing is 5 pm. Gates are rack is provided at the Nature House. Cycling locked when the park is closed. is permitted on the Brunette-Fraser Regional Greenway east of the park; and along the Central Areas Not Open to the Public Valley Greenway north of the park. Rental properties are closed to the public; please No Vegetation or Mushroom Removal respect tenants’ rights to privacy. Do not trespass on private property. To protect park habitats, vegetation and Further information: mushroom removal is prohibited. Visitor Programs .4 x .4 inch Area office for Burnaby Lake, 604-520-6442 For information on programs, field trips and events, Metro Vancouver, 604-432-6200 go to www.metrovancouveronline.org. metrovancouver.org No Liquor, No Camping, No Fires and No Smoking Liquor, camping Park Conditions Mailing Address: and fires are not To report an environmental spill, call 604-294-7200. Metro Vancouver Regional Parks permitted in the .4 x .4 inch To report conditions or situations requiring the 4730 , Burnaby, B.C. park. Smoking is not permitted in regional parks, assistance of Regional Parks, phone or leave a V5H 0C6 except in designated areas marked with signs. message at 604-520-6442. Feb / 2018 SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS FOR A LIVABLE REGION .4 x .4 inch

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Trail Distance Time to Return Terrain Comments to Return Burnaby Lake Loop 10 km 3 hours Flat with stairs at Cariboo Trails are excellent for walking and Dam and Deer Lake Brook jogging. bridge. Avalon and Southshore 8.4 km 2 hours Flat with some boardwalk Access to Wildlife Rescue Trails sections. Association; boardwalk section along marsh edge. Cottonwood Trail 5.2 km 1.5 hours Flat Phillips Point provides access to the lake shore. Brunette Headwaters Trail 3.6 km 1 hour Flat Cool, shady walk through second growth forest on Conifer and Spruce Loop trails.