Boardwalk Burns Bog at the Delta Nature Reserve, Delta Nature Reserve, north of 72 Avenue (Planet Ice access), Delta, Vancouver BC

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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.

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The 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?'

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Duration
1½-2 hours
Best time
Daytime
Per person
Free
setting
Outdoor
neighbourhood
Delta Nature Reserve, north of 72 Avenue (Planet Ice access), Delta
best season
Year-round

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