Adventure & Outdoors
Loop the Traboulay PoCo Trail
A 25 km river loop around all of Port Coquitlam, almost zero hills, salmon in the water and absolutely no pressure to finish it.
Gates Park trailhead, Reeve Street
More infoAdventure & Outdoors
A 25 km river loop around all of Port Coquitlam, almost zero hills, salmon in the water and absolutely no pressure to finish it.
Gates Park trailhead, Reeve Street
More infoThe Traboulay is Port Coquitlam's best trick, a 25 km gravel-and-pavement loop ringing the whole city at near-zero elevation alongside two rivers and open farmland. Nobody expects you to walk all of it. Pick a riverside leg, amble at conversation pace, spot salmon when the run is on, watch herons do their prehistoric statue impression, and turn back whenever you like. Flat, quiet, and free from start to finish.
Park free at Gates Park (2300 Reeve St) - it is the easiest trailhead and has washrooms and ample lot space, though it fills on sunny weekends so aim before 10am. Head north along the Coquitlam River dike: this leg is hard-packed gravel, stroller-flat, and shaded enough for a hot day. Time it for September and you will actually watch salmon spawning in the shallows below the bridge - that is the moment first-timers always miss because they speed-walk it. Don't miss the spur out to the river's edge just past the park where the water widens and the North Shore mountains line up behind it; it is the best free photo on the whole loop. Bring a thermos and turn back whenever you feel like it - nobody finishes all 25 km on a first date, and you score points for knowing that.
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