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EcoBlitz – TD Tree Days 2019

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Join the Burnaby Lake Park Association and folk from the TD Tree Days organization in the Metro Vancouver EcoBlitz as we continue work to rehabilitate the forest edge near the Cariboo Dam in an area we are calling the Lenson Field. The first EcoBlitz was held in 2014 and was a one day event across the Metro Vancouver Regional Parks System to give an opportunity for the community to lend a helping hand to nature and show a little extra love to our Regional Park.

Again this year, we are grateful to TD Tree Days for awarding the grant used to fund the purchase of the native species being planted. To find out more about TD Tree Days, click here.

On October 20, we are enlarging the area we planted 2018. Those of you who have been out to Weedbusters at the site this summer have made this planting possible by preparing the site. Join us as we plant native species and clean up any wayward weeds if needed. Remember to dress for the weather, wear sturdy and water proof shoes or boots, rain pants, jackets and a hat if needed. We’ll provide the gloves, tools and snacks! Ages 8+

Please register at this link so we can plan to have enough tools and refreshments. Please RSVP by the end of the day on Thursday, October 17th to let us know you’re coming.

Keep an eye on our social media closer to the event so you can be kept up to date with any changes due to weather or for any additional information.

If you have any questions, please contact Ann at info@burnabylakepark.ca.

Click here for Directions.  A short walk from the Production Way skytrain station or the Route 101 Bus.  Plenty of free parking at the Avalon Parking Lot off of Cariboo Road (map below).

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Weedbusters 2019-11

Be a champion for native plants!

We’ll be doing some maintenance in the area around the Nature House and Piper Spit where we have removed invasive species and planted native plants in the past.

Look for signage to find us.

Dress for the weather, with sturdy shoes as you may be working off trail. We’ll provide gloves, tools and refreshments.

Any questions or interested in bringing a group? Contact Ann, our volunteer coordinator at info@burnabylakepark.ca.s, invasive species

Weedbusters 2019-10 – Special Sapperton Landing Project

Be a champion for native plants!

And a good neighbour!

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    We’ve been asked to help our neighbouring regional park with this outing to Sapperton Landing Regional Park in New Westminster.

Join us on an exciting new adventure! The Burnaby Lake Weedbusters are helping out in a different park this Sunday. We’re assisting park staff at Sapperton Landing Regional Park begin the process of “wilding” the park by re-establishing native vegetation in areas formally colonized by invasive Himalayan Blackberry.

Staff have prepared the site and the Weedbusters will help dig up and remove the root balls before planting native plants this fall. Tools, training, and refreshments will be provided. Please dress for the weather and for physical work (closed toed shoes required, pants and long sleeves recommended).

Located in the heart of New Westminster, Sapperton Landing is at the southern terminus of the Brunette-Fraser Regional Greenway. This unique park was designed to highlight the beauty and power of the mighty Fraser River and features backwater tidal channels and riparian woodlands. Learn about the unique habitats found at Sapperton Landing, its connection to other regional parks, and how you can help further steward this habitat oasis in the city.

DIRECTIONS:
Driving – Access to the park is at the corner of Cumberland Street and East Columbia Street in New Westminster. When using Google, use 45 East Columbia as the address to find the park. If driving, you can ONLY access the park from East Columbia by traveling NORTH on East Columbia. Take the slip short of the foot of Cumberland Road over the train tracks. Parking is straight ahead.

Transit – If using public transit, take Skytrain to the Sapperton Station. Exit through the REAR of the station and walk south along the newly paved Brunette-Fraser Greenway off Spruce Street on the east side of the Brunette River (750 m).

HOW TO FIND US:
We’ll meet on the upper dock in front of the red warehouse. Look for the BLPA flag.

Please contact Ann at if you have any questions at info@BurnabyLakePark or to add yourself to the email list for future events.

More about Sapperton Landing:
HERITAGE:
​Sapperton Landing, where the Brunette River meets the mighty Fraser, is rich in history. It has been the site of a First Nation village, a Royal Engineers’ camp; the first colonial legislature of British Columbia and the BC Penitentiary. The only remaining building to reflect the site’s history is the BC Penitentiary Wharf Warehouse (ca. 1930s) where food, wood, coal, supplies and prisoners passed through.

ACCESS:
Metro Vancouver operates three sections of the greenway including Sapperton Landing along the Fraser River in New Westminster; and two sections of trail in Burnaby (2 km through the Brunette River Conservation Area; and 400m near Stoney Creek).
Sapperton Landing is located at the foot of Cumberland Street – a 750m walk from the Sapperton SkyTrain Station. Both the Brunette River and Stoney Creek sections can be accessed from Burnaby Lake Regional Park’s Avalon Avenue Entrance.

For more about the Brunette-Fraser Regional Greenway, click here.

Ages 8+.

To keep up to date with any changes, please check our social media and website closer to the date where we will have the latest news with any changes (e.g. due to weather or things beyond our control). Let us know if you’re coming with a quick RSVP to info@burnabylakepark.ca to help us organise and plan for refreshments. You can also ask to get added to the email list to receive notice of the next event. For more information or to arrange for a group to attend, contact Ann at info@burnabylakepark.ca.