It is best to travel in groups and make noise as you walk. From Vancouver, take Highway #1 (Trans Canada Highway) eastbound to Exit #44, the Pitt Meadows / Maple Ridge Exit. Both areas are protected land but are open to the public for walking or biking along dyke systems. Pinecone Burke Provincial Park 2 Hiking, Parks, Lakes. It is a perfect trail for nature lovers and bird watchers. Hiking trail in Silver Valley, British Columbia (Canada). The full name of this area is the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area. All threee loactions have great views to the SW, S, and W over the Pitt-Addington Marsh lands and the Fraser River Valley. Directions: Drive to Pitt Lake and park in the parking lot. View to the glacial valley in the north, Pitt Lake. Katzie Marsh Loop – Pitt Addington Marsh. Pitt Addington Marsh - dyke trails, Pitt Meadows, BC. The 2021 Brink/McLean Grassland Conservation Fund application is now available. Located on the north side of Pitt Meadows, Grant Narrows is the gateway to the surrounding Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area (WMA managed by the provincial Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development). Minnekhada Regional Park is a natural park situated in northeast Coquitlam, British Columbia, alongside Pitt-Addington Marsh and the Pitt River.It is over 200 hectares in size, and features trails, rock knolls, abundant trees, birds and other wildlife. This is more of a walk, as it is completely flat, but the distances can be over 10 km, depending where you go. From our understanding, access is restricted to the summer months. It would be very difficult to get lost as it all joins up. Amenities: viewpoint; Hiking Trails (1) 1. We actually spotted a crane from a distance. Fish and Wildlife: The Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA supports over 200 bird and 29 mammal species. The marsh supports over 200 bird species and 30 mammal species. It is located where the Pitt Lake drains into the Pitt River. This reserve was established in 1980 to protect a fragment of rapidly disappearing Fraser Valley boglands. “Lovely trails all around and nice view. Signs advise that black bears are sometimes very active in the park. In the summer of 2019, Nature Trust staff installed nesting boxes for Wood Ducks at Addington Point Marsh. This fund was established by... Take a glimpse behind the scenes and see The Nature Trust in action, including stunning photos you won’t see anywhere else! It features trails, picnic facilities, rock knolls, thick forest, lush marshland and a variety of birds and other wildlife. Turn left onto Cedar Road and then take Oliver Road (signs for Minnekhada Regional Park) to the end where there is a parking lot for the regional park. The full name of this area is the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area. Each summer The Nature Trust of BC Lower Mainland Conservation Youth Crew undertakes restoration and maintenance projects on the property. Download its GPS track and follow the itinerary on a map. Of particular note is the presence of Greater Sandhill Cranes feeding and nesting in the adjacent Wildlife Management Area—one of only two nesting sites in the Lower Fraser Valley. NTBC staff install nesting boxes | photo by Andrew Klaver. Other bird species include Canada Goose, Mallard, American Wigeon, Teal, Pintail and Wood Ducks. There are a network of dykes and trails taking you along the River/Lake and marshland. Details for Pitt-Addington Marsh. Also very popular as a short bicycle tour, or extension of the Poco Trail bicycle loop. As soon as the chicks hatch, they leap from the nests into the water. 1 review of Pitt-Addington marsh Wildlife Management Area "The Pitt-Addington marsh Wildlife Management Area is located on both sides of the Pitt River on portion in Port Coquitlam behind Minnekhada Regional Park and the other Side in Pit Meadows at Grant Narrows. The main trails are the Quarry Trail, Mid-Marsh Trail, Lodge Trail and the Fern Trail. This is an extended version of the Pitt Wildlife loop. Dog-and-bicycle friendly, the Nature Dyke Trail is a flat, easy 6km loop that starts out from the very northern tip of the Pitt Lake parking lot, near the canoe rental shed, and encircles a portion of the Pitt-Addington Marsh. Download its GPS track and follow the itinerary on a map. The 16.2 km route begins and ends at the Grant Narrows car park. ... At the end of the trail there is a nice lookout tower for great views/photos. Once on the dyke it is a pleasant stroll back to the car park. There are more bike routes around Pitt Lake.. Katzie Marsh Loop. Two large marsh ponds host abundant and varies waterfowl. One of the Lower Mainland’s best places for a walk or cycle is the stretch of dyke right at Pitt-Addington Marsh, starting at the parking lot at Grant Narrows Regional Park. Much of the reserve used to be known as Grant Narrows Regional Park, but that was dissolved in 2011 when the Katzie First Nation were given control of the area – now called the Pitt-Addington Recreation Area. It is located where the Pitt Lake drains into the Pitt River. The Pitt River lies to the north and east. It's basically an extension to the one loop. At this point you have a choice. Minnekhada Regional Park is north of Coquitlam, near the Pitt River and the Pitt-Addington Marsh. The area features dyked and undyked wetlands on the alluvial plain created by sediment deposited by the tidally influenced Pitt River. 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