Minnekhada was once the hunting lodge of Eric Hamber, Lieutenant Governor of BC in the early 1900s and is now a popular park. Follow The Great Trail along the Coquitlam River and join the Poco Trail through Port Coquitlam to the Pitt River dyke. Enjoy snow-dusted mountain views in winter and look for bears in the blueberry fields in summer.

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Near Hyde Creek Center a mother bear and two cubs crossed the trail

Bears eating blueberries

Along the Pitt River

A heron stands at water’s edge. You may see hawks, eagles, cormorants, osprey and crows.