Adventure & Outdoors
Raised boardwalks float you over one of the continent's biggest peat bogs, full of skunk cabbage and 140-odd bird species.
Delta Nature Reserve, north of 72 Avenue (Planet Ice access), Delta
More infoThe Delta Nature Reserve is the public corner of Burns Bog, one of the largest raised peat bogs on the continent. You explore it on raised boardwalks that float you above the sphagnum moss, Labrador tea and skunk cabbage while keeping the fragile floor undisturbed. With 140-odd bird species overhead, it's an easy hour of the sentence 'so what even IS a peat bog?'
Park at the Planet Ice lot off 72 Avenue and follow the raised boardwalks into the bog, it's flat, stays on the planks, so street shoes are fine. Loop it slowly in 60 to 90 minutes, spotting sphagnum, Labrador tea and a few of the 140-odd bird species, and check ahead in case flood repairs have closed a section. You'll leave with something genuinely new to talk about.
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