Coquitlam

Festival du Bois successfully combines a world-calibre music festival with an entertaining and affordable family-friendly community celebration. Festival-goers can wander the expansive park-site to gain new insights in Maillardville and its history, watch ice carvers in action, participate in fun activities, shop, and indulge ...Read More

The City of Coquitlam has done it again! Whoever is responsible for playground & park development in that City deserves a gold star. The playgrounds are so over-the-top creative and interactive that I’m pretty sure the planner is actually a kid. Or at the ...Read More

Splashing the summer away in an outdoor pool should be a part of every kids’ summer.  Here is a list of the outdoor pools in Vancouver and across the Lower Mainland. Burnaby Central Park Pool – 6110 Boundary Road Kensington Pool – 700 Hammarskjold Drive ...Read More

You know summer has arrived when the berry picking farms open.  Take your kids out to the berry patches, teach them about how fruit ends up on our table, get them to help pick the berries (inevitably they will add both over and under ...Read More

In June 2016, the new playground at Como Lake Park, in Coquitlam, opened. What an improvement over the playground that proceeded it! The playground offers something for every child. If your child is a climber, a day dreamer, a lover of swings, or musically inclined ...Read More

Who doesn’t love a round of mini golf?  The kids love the whimsical courses and the parents get to feel like a giant-for-the-day.  We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of mini golf facilities in Vancouver and across the Lower Mainland. Abbotsford Castle Fun Park – 36165 North ...Read More

You know you have found a good playground when your kids don’t want to leave despite a downpour of epic proportions. I can only imagine how popular the playground at Coquitlam’s Blue Mountain Park is during the sunny days. I love playgrounds which involve a ...Read More