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Squamish: The Sea-to-Sky Adventure Getaway
Adventure & Outdoors
Boardwalk Burns Bog at the Delta Nature Reserve
Raised boardwalks float you over one of the continent's biggest peat bogs, full of skunk cabbage and 140-odd bird species.
Adventure & Outdoors
Raised boardwalks float you over one of the continent's biggest peat bogs, full of skunk cabbage and 140-odd bird species.
The Delta Nature Reserve is the public corner of Burns Bog, which sounds modest until you learn Burns Bog is one of the largest raised peat bogs on the continent. You explore it on raised wooden boardwalks and viewing platforms that float you above the sphagnum moss, bog laurel, Labrador tea and skunk cabbage, keeping your shoes dry and the fragile bog floor undisturbed. There are also 140-odd bird species overhead, because apparently giant ancient bogs are extremely popular. The loop is flat, easy, and takes roughly an hour to ninety minutes, which is the exact duration of a conversation that starts with 'so, what even IS a peat bog?' The boardwalks occasionally close for flood repairs, so check before you go. Dogs on leash, on the planks. This one is free and quietly one of the stranger, better dates in the Lower Mainland.
