Lynn Canyon Park - A Great Place for Hiking Not Far from Vancouver

 Monday, Day 4 - Lonsdale and Lynn Canyon

Lonsdale Quay , Vancouver, British Columbia

While visiting Canada's west coast, we stayed at Peri’s house in Vancouver for a couple of nights.  Being involved in many charities and volunteer work in both Vancouver and Toronto, Peri is a very busy lady often flying between the two cities and serving as board members on the executive committees.

She was home this morning and invited us to have breakfast with her. I was glad that we could at least spent some time chatting with one another.

Lonsdale Quay Market, Vancouver

Jean, another friend from Vancouver met us at Peri’s house at mid morning. We said good bye to Peri, concluding our stay with her.

Lonsdale Quay Market, Vancouver

Jean suggested us  to visit Lonsdale Quay, an indoor market in North Vancouver. 

It has many stores and eating places selling different kind of food. We tried some perogies; they were delicious! 

We had a Sushi lunch at the Lonsdale Quay Market 

Vancouver, a coastal city, is famous for fresh seafood. We had some fresh seafood at a Sushi place for lunch. It was scrumptious!

Entrance to the Lynn Canyon Park 

The weather in Vancouver for the past few days has been foggy and rainy. Today was no exception.

Visitor information signage at the entrance of the park

Seeing that the afternoon was a little drier,  we visited Lynn Canyon Park, about 40 minutes drive from where we were staying in Vancouver.

Hiking has always been one of our favourite things to do.

Good trails for hiking in the Lynn Canyon Park

Lynn Canyon Park offers 250 hectares of coastal  rainforest with scenic canyons, creeks and a  variety of local plants.

Lynn Canyon Park, British Columbia

There were a number of trails with varying length and difficulty.

We chose a trail that could be completed within an hour. If we had a whole day, we could have chosen the three hour long trail.

Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge

Not long after we started  walking on our trail,

we crossed the suspension bridge suspending 50 meters above the Lynn Creek. 

The suspension bridge was a good vintage point to take some scenic pictures of the park.

Waterfall in Lynn Canyon Park

We saw a nice water fall from the suspension bridge too.

This temperate rainforest includes a great variety of local plants such as 100 year old Douglas firs, western hemlock and western red cedar, moss and other young plants

Lots of fun hiking with my sis!

Hiking on the trail, we discovered  some surprises in this forest:















First, there were some strange wooden shapes formed from old and fallen trees in the forests.

Then, out from nowhere in the forest, there was a huge boulder jet out from the ground.

Lynn Canyon Park Beach

Our biggest pleasant surprise was a picturesque river and beach filled with rocks of different sizes. It was incredibly beautiful!





We had so much fun jumping from one rock to the other, posing and taking pictures and enjoying the scenery.

We enjoy hiking.
Lynn Canyon Park, one of the largest and most popular park of Metro Vancouver,  is an excellent place to relax, hike and enjoy some quality time with loved ones.

Lynn Canyon Park, British Columbia, Canada

I was glad that I did just that with my sister and loved ones today.



R.T.
Lynn Canyon Park
British Columbia
Canada