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Confederation Park
by Burnaby Now
OUTDOOR RECREATION
Enjoy the Great Outdoors
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There’s plenty of outdoors to explore at the more than 150 parks in the city. With plenty of walking and cycling trails and outdoor amenities, you’ll never be short of things to do in Burnaby’s great outdoors.
The 86.4-hectare urban Central Park is one of our favourites and it’s gotten better after the city add- ed an urban trail around most of the park. There are natural ponds,
plenty of walking and biking trails, tennis courts, a pitch-andputt golf course, lawn bowling and horseshoe pitches, all under a lovely canopy of lush, native trees, including Douglas fir, western hemlock, cedar, poplar and maple. There are also ball diamonds, a fitness circuit, outdoor pool, and kids’ playgrounds. Don’t forget the Swangard Stadium, which hosts a variety of sporting and cultural events over the year.
Scale Burnaby Mountain for breathtaking views of the Bur- rard Inlet and the North Shore. You’ll find the Kamui Mintara (Playground of the Gods) totems on top of the hill, created by Japanese sculptors Nuburi Toko and his son Shusei, gifted to the city to show goodwill between Burnaby and Kushiro, Japan, our sister city. There’s cycling, casual picnic sites, the 1,400-metre-long velodrome trail, and a lovely rose garden. For mountain bikers, there’s downhill trails for riders of varying difficulties, some with obstacles. The trails attract riders of all skill levels from across the Lower Mainland.
Appreciate the beauty of the Fraser River at Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park. The shoreline trail is popular for runners, or you can sit at one of the benches along the path and take in the scenery. The city has expanded its trail system here.
Deer Lake Park is known both for its scenic lake views and as the hub of Burnaby’s cultural and art activity. If you follow the walking trails, you might end up at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, the Burnaby Village Museum, Deer Lake Gallery or the Burnaby Art Gallery (facilities are expected to be reopened as the summer moves on). There’s lots of grassy areas to rest along the way. If you’re hun- gry, stop with your lunch at one of the picnic sites or get a bite to eat at the Hart House Restaurant.
For more information on Burnaby’s Parks and Recreation amenities, go to burnaby.ca.
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Arts & Culture
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ARTS & CULTURE
Creativity in the city
Walk along Deer Lake Avenue and you’ll find yourself in the hub of Burnaby’s arts community, which has been reopening gradually throughout the summer as part of the province’s Phase 3 program. The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, located at 6450 Deer Lake Ave., is an awardwinning, multi-purpose community arts facility, nestled between heritage buildings and the grasslands of Deer Lake Park. Arts are alive year-round with various performances, festivals, exhibitions and special events.
Get creative at one of Shadbolt’s art classes and programs in dance, music, visual arts, ceramics, theatre and literary arts for all skill levels.
For more info, go to shadboltcentre.com.
Take in an exhibit at the Burnaby Art Gallery at 6344 Deer Lake Ave. Open now for more than 50 years, the gallery now hosts lively public programs meant to enrich visitor experiences and appreciation of the arts. Artist talks and workshops on site hosted in conjunction with exhibitions are a regular occurrence at the gallery. Items not in use are stored offsite at the climate-controlled environment of the old Ceperley Mansion built in 1910. Original hand-pulled prints make up 80 per cent of the collection, with drawings, collages, paintings and sculptures filling out the rest.
For more info, go to burnabyartgallery.ca.
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OUTDOOR RECREATION
This Sporting Life
Enjoy the luxury of private clubs at public courses when you play at Burnaby’s award-winning golf facilities.
Riverway Golf Course, the classic 18-hole championship course, is one of the premier golf courses in the Lower Mainland. The 5,400- to 7,000-yard course is designed with
beautiful wild grasses, white tan bunkers and challenging water hazards. Visit the driving range to get your swing just right. There are 54 stalls, covered, climate-controlled and night-lit. It’s at 9001 Bill Fox Way, in South Burnaby. Call 604-280-4653 for more info.
Head to Burnaby Mountain Golf Course, rated by Golf Digest as one of the best places to play on the continent. You’ll enjoy the serene, popular golf course with 5,800 to 6,400 yards of natural, tree-lined beauty and a gentle rolling hill terrain. You’ll need precise shot-making to achieve par, but recreational players find it forgiving. If you need some practice, get a few swings in at the new state-of-the-art heated and lit 60-stall driving range. It’s located at 7600 Halifax St., in North Burnaby. Call 604-280-7355 for more.
Looking for something more casual? Try one of Burnaby’s pitch and putt layouts. Central Park Pitch and Putt (3883 Imperial St.) is located in the heart of the city. You can practise your short game and enjoy a golfing experience in a beautiful park setting, great for players of all skills. For beginners, or if you don’t have time for a full round, you can still have the golf experience at Kensington Pitch and Putt (5889 Curtis St.). This course is great for all ages. Call Riverway or Burnaby Mountain for more information.
Spor ts
Swangar d Stadium is Burnaby’s showcase sports venue, a
multi-use facility that hosts regional, provincial, national, and international soccer, rugby, football and track and field events. The stadium is home to all kinds of sporting teams, recently with TSS FC Rovers, B.C.’s women’s soccer team being added to the list. The new team splits their home games between Swangard Stadium and Mercer Stadium in New Westminster.
The Bill Copeland Sports Centre has twin arenas, 2,000-seat capacity, and space for ice skating and other ice sports. The ice rink is NHL regulation size and features retractable seats and boards. After the city installed a new 17,000-square-foot portable maple wood lacrosse floor, the centre has been hosting some of the world’s best box lacrosse players.
The city is also home to Canlan Ice Sports Burnaby 8 Rinks, where recreational hockey players have a multitude of ice options, and a variety of cultural activities. The 250,000-square-foot-facility has six NHL-sized rinks, one indoor soccer field, and one dedicated figure skating rink, and hosts more than 1.5 million annual visits. Outdoor Recreation
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DINING
Dining Outside
Restaurants in Burnaby have if you want to do a patio or outdoor reopened and you can literally eat eating experience? We’ve compiled a your way around the world there list of some of the best. are so many cultures represented. • Hop and Vine: This pub in Greystone
And one of the coolest things is that Village near the Burnaby Mountain so many Burnaby restaurants have Golf Course has a sneaky-good patio patios for you to sit back and enjoy a that offers nice shade during the hot meal with less worry about COVID-19 summer months. protocols. • Red Robin: This popular burger joint
Burnaby restaurants have opened up next to Lougheed shopping centre has their patios with physically distanced a large patio. tables. So, where do you go in Burnaby • Cora Breakfast and Lunch: In South Burnaby’s Highgate area. • Cotto: This is an excellent Italian restaurant on Hastings in the Capitol Hill area. Try the meatballs. • Pho 99: This Vietnamese restaurant is located in the UniverCity development on Burnaby Mountain next to SFU. Its patio is big, shaded and views tranquil water fountains. • Vassilis Greek Taverna: Nice patio on Kingsway in South Burnaby. • Hart House: This is the best patio
in all of Burnaby, offering incredible views of Deer Lake. The restaurant has expanded the patio out onto the grass to allow more distance. On a clear day, it’s absolute Zen. • 50’s Burgers: The traffic might get a little loud, but it’s a decent patio and they have outstanding burgers and milkshakes. • White Spot on North Road: They have a patio and drive-in service so you can eat in your vehicle. • Cactus Club, Joey, Earls: These three big-chain restaurants have multiple locations in Burnaby (near Brentwood and at Station Square) that include patios. • La Villetta Ristorante: This Italian institution in the Heights area has a covered patio area in the front. • Keg Burnaby: This is in the Still Creek area. Nice covered patio. • Browns Social House: This is on Lougheed near Brentwood.
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