Monthly Archives: September 2009

Oct 3 | Heritage Apple Day

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Celebrate Heritage Apple Day with the Derby Reach/Brae Island Park Association.

Enjoy guided tours of the heritage orchard, sample different varieties of apples and talk with experts.

The visiting Royal Engineers will provide a glimpse into Derby’s past. Fiddlers from the Langley Community Music School will make you want to get up and dance! There will also be games and crafts for children.

Meet at the Heritage Area on Allard Crescent, north of 96th Avenue and 4-kilometres west of Fort Langley.

Information: 604-530-4983 Presented by Metro Vancouver and Derby Reach/Brae Island Park Association.

Time: 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location: Derby Reach Regional Park
Contact: 604-432-6359, email: programs.info@metrovancouver.org

Oct 4 | Nature Preschool

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Connect your little one with the great outdoors in the beautiful setting of Aldergrove Bowl.

Direct contact with nature helps children develop respect and a caring attitude for the environment, and positively affects their development.

Meet a giant rock and romp through old fields, forest and pond.

For children 3 to 5 years old. $12/child, adult pair.

Registration required, call 604 432-6359.

Time: 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Aldergrove Lake Regional Park
Meet at the Aldergrove Bowl entrance on Lefeuvre Road, Abbotsford.
Contact: Lisa Ferris,  604 530-4983, email: lisa.ferris@metrovancouver.org

Oct 10 | Critter Capers – Who took my Burrow?

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Use your detective skills to find out who stole the muskrat’s burrow.

Solve clues, examine tracks, scat and other evidence.

Was it the river otter, the snowshoe hare, or the mink? Allow at least one hour to complete the program.

Ages 6+ Free, registration not required.

Meet at Burnaby Lake Nature House at the end of Piper Avenue off Winston Street.

Information: 604-520-6442.

Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location: Burnaby Lake Regional Park

Oct 24 | Kitsilano Neighbourhood House Autumn Fair

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The Autumn Fair provides the opportunity for community to come together and celebrate the season.

Events for all ages include:

  • pancake breakfast
  • pie eating contest
  • local wellness market
  • pumpkin patch
  • music, square dancing and more

Kits House – helping to create a safe, healthy and vibrant community where everyone thrives.
We support the development of welcoming, inclusive and safe communities.

Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Location: 7th and Vine
Contact: Emily Palmer, 604-736-3588 ext. 27,  E-mail: emily@kitshouse.org

Oct 3 | Salmon in the Seymour

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As in past years, we take participants throughout the watershed to learn about the natural habitats used by different salmonids. ]

We will go to the hatchery to learn about how we work to manage and maintain the runs.

Please bring lunch and dress for the weather.

Ages 10+ $4/child/youth/senior $7.50/adult, $20/family

Registration required

Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location: Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve
4400 Lillooet Rd. North Vancouver, BC
Contact: Watershed Education Programs, 604-451-6506, Email: watershed.ed@metrovancouver.org

Sept 27| Fresh Air Hike: Ravine to Shaggy Mane Trail

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This moderate hike will take you under fall maples and tall cedars, past old fields and through the wide flat bottom of the Little Campbell River.

Follow the rail bed of a narrow-gauge railway and see the Annand/ Rowlatt pioneer farmstead.

Pass historic Langley Speedway and enjoy panoramic views on the Shaggy Main Trail.

Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Campbell Valley Regional Park
Meet at the Visitor Centre which is located at the corner of 8th Avenue and 204th Street in Langley, via the South Valley park entrance.
Contact: Lisa Ferris, 604 530-4983.  Email: lisa.ferris@metrovancouver.org

Sept 26 | BC Rivers Day at the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve

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Join the Watershed Keepers Volunteer Stewardship group for an exciting day of hands-on stewardship acitivities for the whole family in the Seymour Watershed.

Time: 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Location: Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve, 4400 Lillooeet Road, North Vancouver
Information: Watershed Keepers Volunteer Stewardship Program, 604-451-6506
Email: watershed.ed@metrovancouver.org

Sept 25 | Beaver Watch

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Beavers come out to work and play after dark.

Find out about these master builders of ponds, dams and canals, and the habitats they create. Listen for warning slaps, watch for beaver swimming patterns and learn about beaver friends and foes.

Registration required, call 604-432-6359 for information on costs.

Time: 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: Burnaby Lake Regional Park
Contact: Metro Vancouver 604-432-6359, Email programs.info@metrovancouver.org

Sept 27 | Word on the Street

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The Vancouver Public Library invites you to join us for one of Canada’s biggest annual book and magazine festivals.

Vancouver’s Word on the Street is back for its 15th year with another full day of indoor and outdoor author events, exhibits, performances, a marketplace, and all-round books and reading fun and frolic.

Admission is free.

Time: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm

Location: Library Square, 350 W. Georgia St., (Homer and Hamilton Streets between Robson and Georgia)
Contact: 604-684-8266, web: TheWordOnTheStreet.ca